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Real-time Firmware Reference Board

HW-002PrototypeEmbedded SystemsRevised 2025-11-19

Reference hardware for the deterministic real-time firmware specification. Documented timing analysis and reproducible bring-up.

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OVERVIEW

Overview

Description
Reference board pairing an Arm Cortex-M7 with a deterministic scheduler and instrumented I/O.
Current phase
Prototype — design review DR-ES-009 closed.
Objectives
  • Reproducible sub-microsecond jitter
  • Open bring-up guide
  • Instrumented power rails
Engineering challenges
  • Toolchain reproducibility
  • Boot determinism across silicon revisions