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Rapid Hardware Iteration with Luka Mustafa

The Pragmatic Embedded Podcast · 19 Apr 2023 · 47m

What this episode covers

Luka Mustafa, founder and CEO of Erinus, explains how his 16-engineer product development firm achieves hardware iteration cycles of roughly two weeks by keeping CNC machining, PCB assembly, and firmware development entirely in-house. He details the 'Erna Sprints' methodology, where cross-functional teams collaborate in 2-3 week sprints to rapidly converge on product specifications, avoiding the pitfalls of traditional waterfall hardware development. Mustafa highlights the strategic use of Zephyr RTOS, in-house tooling like automated testing rigs, and a unique student-internship model to overcome the scarcity of embedded engineers in Slovenia.

Most relevant to

early-stage companies

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Companies
Erinus, Manifold, Memfault
Tools
GDB
Also
Zephyr RTOS

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