Engineering insights

Practical notes on embedded platforms, industrial controllers, reverse engineering and product redesign.

Embedded Linux platform engineering: from boot chain to production image

An embedded Linux product is not just a kernel image. A maintainable platform includes bootloader, board support, reproducible build, services, diagnostics and update behavior.

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Industrial controller development: architecture before implementation

A custom controller should start from equipment behavior, I/O, interfaces and safe states — not from a processor or a preferred software stack.

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Reverse engineering for obsolescence, import substitution and replacement products

Reverse engineering is most valuable when it turns an undocumented product into an engineering model that can be maintained, modernized or replaced.

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