Yocto Security & CRA Compliance Checklist
What to verify in a Yocto build before it ships as a regulated product.
33 checks across 7 sections
- Known vulnerabilities
- Kernel and boot
- Updates in the field
Resources
The checklists and playbooks we work from, written for the engineers who have to ship the thing. 5 of them download straight away — no email, no form. The longer ones we send over, because they are worth an inbox.
Embedded Linux & Systems Engineering
Production Yocto Cookbook
Recipes for taking a Yocto build from boots-on-the-bench to shippable under the CRA.
10 sections
- A layer of your own
- Signed A/B updates
- Cutting boot time
Robotics & Autonomous Systems
Robotics Production Readiness Checklist
What to verify before a robot that works in the lab is allowed to work in the field.
32 checks across 7 sections
- Autonomy and safety
- Fleet operations
- The conditions prototypes never see
Autonomous Systems Architecture Blueprint
A reference architecture for a production robot, and the decisions behind each layer.
12 sections
- The layer model
- The safety chain
- Decisions you cannot defer
Reliable Systems Engineering
Safety Standards Quick-Reference Matrix
The standards, integrity levels, and evidence a rail or defence assessor will ask for, side by side.
5 sections
- The standards, by domain
- Integrity levels, side by side
- Evidence an assessor asks for
Safety-Critical Certification Readiness Guide
What to have in place before an assessor looks at your system, and in what order to build it.
11 sections
- Hazard analysis comes first, and it sets the level
- Assembling the safety case
- Certifying a legacy codebase
Embedded DevOps & CI/CD
HIL Pipeline Setup Checklist
What to verify when you stand up a hardware-in-the-loop rig, before you trust what it tells you.
31 checks across 7 sections
- The device under test
- Stimulus and measurement
- Fault injection
Embedded Systems CI/CD Checklist
A practical guide for firmware teams shipping with confidence.
30 checks across 6 sections
- Build pipeline
- Hardware-in-the-loop testing
- Deployment and OTA
Complete Embedded DevOps Playbook
Sequencing a firmware team from manual bench testing to automated hardware-in-the-loop.
10 sections
- Tier the tests before building any rig
- The first rig, deliberately minimal
- What it costs
Engineering Staff Augmentation
Build vs. Hire Decision Framework
A scoring instrument for deciding whether an open engineering role should be a hire, an augmentation, or neither.
6 sections
- Score the role
- What a hire actually costs
- Red flags in a consultancy proposal
Engineering Team Scaling Playbook
Sequencing an embedded or robotics team from a handful of engineers to a group that can ship without you.
9 sections
- Sequence by what unblocks the most
- Augmentation as an operating model
- A twelve-month shape