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Notes on machine data, test, and the engineering teams operating at scale.

BootLoop Test Bench for measuring pulse timing

Introducing BootLoop Test: Bringing Enterprise Scale HIL Testing to Your Team

Introducing BootLoop Test: Bringing Enterprise Scale HIL Testing to Your Team

We've launched BootLoop Test. A hardware-in-the-loop testing framework that brings enterprise-grade firmware and hardware testing to every team

Noah Pacik-Nelson

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BootLoop on Memfault's Core Dump: An AI Agent That Runs on Your Bench, Not Just Your Editor

BootLoop on Memfault's Core Dump: An AI Agent That Runs on Your Bench, Not Just Your Editor

Noah and Chris on Memfault's Core Dump podcast: how an AI for firmware engineers reads schematics, drives scopes and JTAG, and tests on real hardware.

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A barchart showing the categories of embedded companies founded over time. The chart shows a distinct trend of new embeddd software companies overtaking new hardware companies.

Embedded is Changing. Software is overtaking Hardware.

Embedded is Changing. Software is overtaking Hardware.

Sensors Converge has become the US embedded industry's annual state-of-the-union, and the 2026 snapshot makes the industry shift hard to ignore.

Noah Pacik-Nelson

PCBs and Osciliscopes

Why Your AI Coding Assistant Can't Write Firmware

Why Your AI Coding Assistant Can't Write Firmware

Why GitHub Copilot and Claude can't write firmware: hardware context, debug loops, and what embedded teams actually need. Read the full breakdown

Noah Pacik-Nelson

Best in Show Award Winners - Embedded World

BootLoop Wins Best in Show for Test and Measurement at Embedded World 2026

BootLoop Wins Best in Show for Test and Measurement at Embedded World 2026

BootLoop wins Best in Show for Test and Measurement at Embedded World 2026. See how our AI agent tests firmware on real hardware.

Noah Pacik-Nelson

Lura Health's Device

Case Study: BootLoop x LURA: Accelerating Medical Device Validation with Agentic Hardware Testing

Case Study: BootLoop x LURA: Accelerating Medical Device Validation with Agentic Hardware Testing

Lura Health transformed their testing infrastructure to stand up complex hardware-in-the-loop (HITL) validation in a matter of hours with BootLoop

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Every Big Trend at Embedded World Makes Firmware Harder. That's a Problem.

Every Big Trend at Embedded World Makes Firmware Harder. That's a Problem.

Edge AI, RISC-V, the EU CRA: every Embedded World 2026 trend makes firmware engineering harder. Read why and how AI agents can help close the gap.

Noah Pacik-Nelson