A working sample and a working production run are different things. The first needs one unit to work; the second needs every unit to work identically. Between them s…
Power problems in embedded projects have a signature: they never appear in the lab and always appear in the field. The reason is simple — the lab has short leads, an…
When a device fails in the field, the most expensive part is rarely the repair — it is the time spent locating the fault. The same complaint, “it will not boot,” may…
In energy management, power monitoring and consumption data acquisition, the gateway plays an unglamorous but critical role: it talks downwards to meters and devices…
Treating a vision inspection terminal as “a computer that runs a model” is the most common misunderstanding in these projects. A vision system on a production line i…
Self-service kiosks — information points, queue terminals, self-checkout, vending — share one characteristic: they sit in public spaces, run unattended, and a failur…
After the SoC is settled, one choice is often overlooked: form factor. The same compute in a mini PC versus an edge box differs greatly in mounting, thermal path, co…
Choosing between models in the same series is harder than choosing between series — the enclosure and connector layout look alike, and the spec sheet does not obviou…
“I want a custom board” is not a quotable sentence. Not because suppliers are unwilling, but because too much is missing — how many interfaces, what dimensions, whic…
Certification is nearly always discovered at the last minute, and it is the one item that should never be left until then. It is not “just a label” — it determines w…