Worked examples
Problems that looked like software and turned out to be hardware.
These are worked examples rather than client case studies: the problems we are built to solve, written out the way we actually approach them. Named client projects go up here as they are approved for publication.
Industrial & IoT
A soil sensor that had to last a season on one charge
Battery life was three weeks. The business model needed eight months.
A seed-stage agritech startup
Medical Devices
A diagnostic front end with a noise floor problem
The measurement worked on the bench and failed in the enclosure.
An early-stage medical diagnostics company
Industrial & IoT
A controller built around a part that no longer exists
Twelve years in production, and the core controller went end-of-life.
A small industrial equipment manufacturer
Consumer Products
A wearable that could not survive its own ramp
The bill of materials worked at 500 units and collapsed at 20,000.
A consumer hardware startup after a successful crowdfund
Robotics & Automation
A robot arm whose encoder lied under load
Position was accurate at rest and drifted the moment the motor moved.
A robotics startup building lab automation
Automotive & EV
A charger that throttled before it reached rated power
Rated for continuous output it could only hold for eleven minutes.
A light electric vehicle startup
Nothing in that sector yet.
On these examples: each one is a representative engineering problem rather than a named client engagement, written to show the reasoning we would apply to it. Client work is published here only with permission.