Our client, an aerospace-and-defense supplier, builds a flight-control computer on a standalone AMD Xilinx Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC, with the internal RPU acting as the companion controller for the hard-real-time control loop. We collaborated with them on this project by providing an IV&V solution built on Polaris: independent mid-development validation covering dual-redundant IMUs, air-data sensors, MIL-STD-1553 and ARINC-429 buses, RS-422 links, and the actuator and pyro driver stages. The campaign exposed a pyro-channel glitch during FPGA configuration before the design freeze.
Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoCRPUflight controllerMIL-STD-1553ARINC-429RS-422DO-254DO-178CIMUpyro driverIV&V
Read the case study→Our client, an agricultural-technology company, builds a solar-powered precision irrigation controller: a Raspberry Pi CM4 on a custom carrier paired with a Raspberry Pi Pico W companion that runs the valve and sensing loop. We collaborated with them on this project by providing an IV&V solution built on Polaris: independent validation of the first-article boards covering sixteen solenoid driver channels, flow meters, soil-moisture ADC chains, the LoRa radio, and the solar charge path. The campaign caught a flyback-clamp defect that reset the CM4 every time a valve closed.
Raspberry Pi CM4Pico Wirrigation controllersolenoid driversLoRasoil moistureflow metersolar chargingMPPTagricultureIV&V
Read the case study→Our client, a Tier-1 automotive supplier, builds an ADAS domain controller: an NVIDIA Jetson SoM on a custom carrier with an external STM32 companion for power sequencing and safety monitoring. We collaborated with them on this project by providing an IV&V solution built on Polaris: independent validation of the first-article boards covering four GMSL2 camera links, dual CAN-FD radar channels, 1000BASE-T1 LiDAR Ethernet, and the 12 V automotive power tree. The campaign surfaced two board defects before the firmware program started.
NVIDIA JetsonSTM32ADASGMSL2CAN-FD1000BASE-T1ISO 26262ASIL-Bpower sequencingIV&Vautomotive
Read the case study→Our client, a retail-systems integrator, builds a self-service payment kiosk: a Raspberry Pi CM4 on a custom carrier paired with a Raspberry Pi Pico W companion supervising power and peripheral health. We collaborated with them on this project by providing an IV&V solution built on Polaris: independent mid-development validation covering the touch panel, EMV card reader, receipt printer, barcode scanner, weight sensors, and the PoE++ power stage. The campaign exposed an EMV-reader USB dropout driven by printer inrush before the fleet order was placed.
Raspberry Pi CM4Pico Wretail kioskEMVreceipt printerbarcode scannerPoEtouch panelPCI-DSSself-serviceIV&V
Read the case study→Our client, a building-systems manufacturer, builds a building automation and security hub: an Intel x86 SBC paired with an external STM32 companion that owns the field buses and supervised I/O. We collaborated with them on this project by providing an IV&V solution built on Polaris: independent validation of the first-article boards covering BACnet MS/TP over RS-485, Modbus RTU, door-controller inputs, the PoE budget, and the UPS backup path. The campaign exposed a 12 ms power-switchover gap that rebooted the hub on every mains loss.
Intel x86STM32building automationBACnet MS/TPModbus RTURS-485access controlPoEUPS switchoversupervised inputsIV&V
Read the case study→Our client, a consumer-electronics manufacturer, builds a wall-mounted smart home controller on a standalone NXP i.MX heterogeneous SoC whose internal Cortex-M7 core serves as the companion microcontroller alongside the Cortex-A application cores. We collaborated with them on this project by providing an IV&V solution built on Polaris: independent mid-development validation covering the Zigbee and Wi-Fi/BLE radios, MIPI-DSI touch display, PDM microphone array, eMMC, and the always-on power path. The campaign identified a 2.4 GHz coexistence defect before the rev B layout froze.
NXP i.MXCortex-M7smart homeZigbeeThreadWi-Fi coexistenceMIPI-DSIeMMCMatterRPMsgIV&V
Read the case study→Our client, a grid-equipment manufacturer, builds a three-phase smart grid meter on a standalone NXP i.MX SoC, with the internal Cortex-M7 as the companion microcontroller running the metrology sampling loop. We collaborated with them on this project by providing an IV&V solution built on Polaris: independent validation of the first-article boards covering the metering AFE, current transformers and shunts, the supercap-backed RTC, the NB-IoT module, RS-485 DNP3 links, and anti-tamper circuits. The campaign exposed a supercap leakage path that drained the RTC backup in weeks instead of years.
NXP i.MXCortex-M7smart metermetering AFEcurrent transformerDNP3IEC 62443NB-IoTRTCanti-tamperIV&V
Read the case study→Our client, a medical-device company, builds a handheld ultrasound scanner on an AMD Xilinx Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC. We collaborated with them on this project by providing an IV&V solution built on Polaris: independent validation of their first-article boards covering the transducer AFE and beamformer path, the PLL clock tree, DDR4, the battery system, and the handheld thermal envelope. The campaign caught a clock-jitter defect that would have degraded image quality in the field.
Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoCRPUportable ultrasoundAFEbeamformerIEC 62304IEC 60601DDR4battery gas gaugeclock treeIV&V
Read the case study→Our client, a home-appliance maker, builds a smart thermostat on a standalone TI Sitara SoC whose internal Cortex-M4 serves as the companion microcontroller for the low-power sensing and HVAC switching loop. We collaborated with them on this project by providing an IV&V solution built on Polaris: independent mid-development validation covering the relay and triac stages, NTC thermistor channels, capacitive touch, the Zigbee/Thread radio, and deep-sleep power states. The campaign found a sleep-current defect four times over budget before the layout froze.
TI SitaraCortex-M4smart thermostattriacrelay driverNTC thermistorZigbeeThreadcapacitive touchlow powerIV&V
Read the case study→Our client, an industrial-robotics manufacturer, builds a mobile-manipulator robot whose control board pairs an NVIDIA Jetson SoM with an external STM32 companion that owns the safety I/O and motion watchdog. We collaborated with them on this project by providing an IV&V solution built on Polaris: independent validation of the first-article boards covering EtherCAT motor drives, absolute encoders, the safe-torque-off chain, a force-torque sensor, and the 48 V power path. The campaign found an interrupt storm and an STO-latency exceedance before commissioning.
NVIDIA JetsonSTM32roboticsEtherCATsafe torque offIEC 61508SIL-2encodersforce-torque sensor48VIV&V
Read the case study→Our client, an IoT company, builds a home automation hub on a standalone NXP i.MX SoC whose internal Cortex-M4 acts as the companion microcontroller for radio scheduling and power supervision. We collaborated with them on this project by providing an IV&V solution built on Polaris: independent mid-development validation covering the Zigbee, Thread, and BLE radios and their coexistence, the PoE power stage, eMMC wear behavior, and USB host ports. The campaign exposed a PoE classification fault that browned out the hub on common office switches.
NXP i.MXCortex-M4home automation hubZigbeeThreadBLEMatterPoEeMMC wearcoexistenceIV&V
Read the case study→Our client, a factory-equipment builder, makes an embedded line controller: a standalone AMD Xilinx Zynq-7000 SoC with one Cortex-A9 dedicated as the companion real-time processor alongside the application core, driving deterministic I/O from the FPGA fabric. We collaborated with them on this project by providing an IV&V solution built on Polaris: independent mid-development validation covering PROFINET and EtherCAT ports, opto-isolated I/O banks, the 24 V industrial rails, and panel thermal load. The campaign exposed a contactor-transient reset before the design freeze.
Zynq-7000Cortex-A9line controllerPROFINETEtherCATopto-isolated I/O24V industrialdeterministic I/ODDR3manufacturingIV&V
Read the case study→Our client, a drone manufacturer, builds an inspection UAV whose flight core is an NVIDIA Jetson SoM on a custom carrier paired with an external STM32 companion running the stabilization loop. We collaborated with them on this project by providing an IV&V solution built on Polaris: independent validation of the first-article boards covering the IMU/magnetometer/barometer cluster, GNSS, DShot ESC outputs, the camera gimbal, the RC link, and the LiPo battery-management path. The campaign exposed GNSS desense from the carrier's own USB 3.0 routing before airframe integration began.
NVIDIA JetsonSTM32droneUAVIMUGNSSDShotESCLiPo BMSgimbalIV&V
Read the case study→Our client, a telecommunications equipment vendor, builds a 12-port aggregation switch on a standalone AMD Xilinx Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC, with the internal RPU serving as the companion controller for board management. We collaborated with them on this project by providing an IV&V solution built on Polaris: independent validation of the first-article boards covering the SerDes lanes, PHYs, SFP+ cages, PTP/1588 timing, the I2C management bus, and PSU telemetry. The campaign exposed an eye-closure defect on one lane at temperature and a fan-control fault that let the board run to thermal shutdown.
Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoCRPUnetwork switchSerDesSFP+PTPIEEE 1588PMBus10GBASE-RtelecomIV&V
Read the case study→Our client, an avionics ground-support equipment maker, builds a portable line-test set on a standalone NXP i.MX SoC, with the internal Cortex-M7 as the companion microcontroller driving the deterministic bus interfaces. We collaborated with them on this project by providing an IV&V solution built on Polaris: independent mid-development validation of the interface board covering ARINC-429 line drivers and receivers, discrete I/O per aircraft conventions, IRIG-B timing, and the isolated power stage. The campaign exposed converter noise coupling into the discrete inputs before the design freeze.
NXP i.MXCortex-M7avionics ground systemARINC-429IRIG-Bdiscrete I/Oisolated powerline test setground support equipmentIV&V
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