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The checklists and playbooks we work from, written for the engineers who have to ship the thing. 7 of them download straight away. The longer ones we send over, because they are worth an inbox.

Industrial Automation & Controls

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Checklist

Production Line Digitization Checklist

What to settle before a line's machines and paper records feed one data backbone, and AI after it.

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Engineering Staff Augmentation

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Framework

Build vs. Hire Decision Framework

A scoring instrument for deciding whether an open engineering role should be a hire, an augmentation, or neither.

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Reliable Systems Engineering

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Matrix

Safety Standards Quick-Reference Matrix

The functional-safety standards, integrity levels and evidence an assessor will ask for, side by side.

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Industrial Automation & Controls

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Playbook

Legacy Controls Modernization Playbook

Sequencing an aging line from undocumented controls to connected, maintainable equipment, without stopping production.

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Robotics & Autonomous Systems

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Blueprint

Autonomous Systems Architecture Blueprint

A reference architecture for a production robot, and the decisions behind each layer.

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Engineering Staff Augmentation

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Playbook

Engineering Team Scaling Playbook

Sequencing an embedded or robotics team from a handful of engineers to a group that can ship without you.

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Embedded DevOps & CI/CD

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Playbook

Complete Embedded DevOps Playbook

Sequencing a firmware team from manual bench testing to automated hardware-in-the-loop.

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Reliable Systems Engineering

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Guide

Safety-Critical Certification Readiness Guide

What to have in place before an assessor looks at your system, and in what order to build it.

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Embedded Linux & Systems Engineering

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Cookbook

Production Yocto Cookbook

Recipes for taking a Yocto build from boots-on-the-bench to shippable under the CRA.

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Embedded Linux & Systems Engineering

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
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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
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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 functional-safety standards, integrity levels and evidence an assessor will ask for, side by side.

5 sections

  • The standards, by domain
  • Integrity levels, side by side
  • Evidence an assessor asks for
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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
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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

Industrial Automation & Controls

Machine Retrofit & Connectivity Checklist

What to verify before you change a running machine's controls, or connect it to anything.

29 checks across 6 sections

  • What the machine does today
  • Safety
  • The cutover
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Production Line Digitization Checklist

What to settle before a line's machines and paper records feed one data backbone, and AI after it.

37 checks across 7 sections

  • Moving paper checks to the station
  • The topic tree
  • Before AI
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Legacy Controls Modernization Playbook

Sequencing an aging line from undocumented controls to connected, maintainable equipment, without stopping production.

9 sections

  • Start with an inventory, not a quote
  • Read before you write
  • Migrate one machine as a pilot

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
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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