Capability briefs from the edge of the sustainment problem.
Short technical pieces on edge compute, signal processing, low- latency video, and real-time systems — the engineering substrate a contested-environment sustainment platform actually runs on. Written for engineering audiences inside primes, SBIR teams, and DoD labs.
Sub-Millisecond H.264 Pipelines on Zynq for ISR Downlink
An SoC-FPGA design pattern for capture-to-radio H.264 video with end-to-end latency under one millisecond, suitable for ISR platforms where decision loops cannot tolerate frame buffering.
AD9361 + SoC-FPGA Architecture for Tactical Software-Defined Radios
A reference architecture for a 70 MHz–6 GHz software-defined radio built on a wide-tuning RF transceiver and an SoC-FPGA, with the trade-offs that matter for tactical comms and ISR cueing.
Eight-Channel High-Speed Signal Acquisition for Sensor Fusion
Reference design for an eight-channel 14-bit signal acquisition board combining a multi-core DSP with a Kintex-class FPGA — the building block for phased-array sensor fronts and bench-top SIGINT.
Hard Real-Time on ARM: Adopting Xenomai for Mission-Critical Sustainment Workloads
When a sustainment workload needs deterministic response in the tens of microseconds — closed-loop motion control, safety interlocks, time-sensitive networking — a vanilla Linux scheduler is not enough.
On-Device Inference at the Forward Edge: Algorithms, Power, and Practical Limits
What a 6–12 TOPS edge inference accelerator actually does well versus poorly, and how to think about deploying it as part of a forward sustainment posture rather than as a stand-alone camera.
Short-Range Ground Surveillance Radar: A Reference Architecture
FMCW + DSP+FPGA back-end for a short-range ground surveillance radar — the design pattern behind base perimeter, forward operating position, and unmanned-watch use cases.
UAS Obstacle Avoidance: Fusing mmWave Radar with Monocular Vision
A heterogeneous compute architecture for small UAS autonomy — millimeter-wave radar provides ranging in degraded visibility, monocular vision provides semantic understanding, and the two are fused on-device.
Time-Sensitive Networking for Mission Systems: IEEE 802.1Qbv in Practice
What TSN actually buys you over conventional Ethernet for mission-critical systems — and the implementation patterns that determine whether your end-to-end latency is bounded or just average.
Multi-Channel RF Direction Finding: Architectural Choices for SIGINT and EW
Coherent multi-channel receivers, angle-of-arrival algorithms, and the integration patterns that determine whether a DF system gives you 1° accuracy or 10°.
Hardware-Rooted Secure Boot for Field-Deployed Compute
A defense-grade trust chain — from immutable boot ROM through measured boot to attested runtime — that survives a stolen device and an opportunistic supply-chain tamper.
Integrating Compute Into Military Vehicles: CAN, J1939, and the Real-World Wiring Closet
Adding a compute node to an existing military or commercial-derived military vehicle — bus protocols, electrical isolation, and the integration patterns that survive shock, vibration, and 24V transients.
Multi-Board Compute Fabrics: PCIe vs Serial RapidIO for Mission Subsystems
When a mission subsystem spans multiple processor boards, the backplane fabric you choose determines latency, scalability, and how much pain a board swap inflicts.
Predictive Maintenance for Rotating Machinery: Vibration and Current-Signature Analysis at the Edge
The data-acquisition architecture and signal-processing patterns behind reliable bearing-defect detection, unbalance, misalignment, and electric motor fault diagnosis — done on-device.
Camera Integration at the SoC-FPGA Boundary: MIPI CSI-2 vs Parallel for Mission Optics
When you put a camera into a deployed compute node, the interface between sensor and processor has more design implications than the sensor choice itself.
Forward-Base Microgrid Power Quality: Multi-Channel Monitoring as a Sustainment Foundation
Real-time multi-phase power monitoring at a forward base or expeditionary site — three-phase voltage and current, harmonic distortion, arc-fault detection — and why it's a foundation for operational continuity.