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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.
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