silicon-centric/ IV&V — independent verification and validation

Independent Validation
and Verification.

Independently validate and verify your embedded hardware from silicon to sensor — CPU cores, cache, peripherals, and connected devices, with a complete evidence trail.

Xilinx Zynq MPSoC · NVIDIA Jetson · NXP i.MX 93/95 · TI Sitara · Raspberry Pi

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0Reference platforms
0Test modes
5Coverage tiers
Yocto LinuxFreeRTOSFlatBuffersgRPCI²CSPIUARTUSBPCIeMIPIIMUADCDACCameraLiDAR
01 — Independent validation

We validate the hardware independently. Your team keeps building.

No access to your source code. No changes to your development workflow. SoCcentric deploys its own stack directly against the device under test — and produces a timestamped, traceable evidence trail ready for design reviews and certification submissions..

The result: independent coverage across compute, peripherals, sensors, and environmental conditions, with an evidence trail your design reviews and certification submissions can use directly.

Compute coverage

CPU, GPU, NPU, ISP — exercised independently from your application stack, with thermal telemetry captured in lockstep.

Peripherals & sensors

I²C, SPI, UART, USB, PCIe, MIPI — validated over the actual hardware, with drop counts and error rates logged explicitly per run.

Environmental conditions

Temperature, humidity, pressure, vibration — authored as test cases, triggered remotely, captured with three-stamp timing.

02 — Architecture

One HAL. Any silicon. Complete evidence.

Three layers: the target client (on the device under test, speaking FlatBuffers over FreeRTOS bare-metal or gRPC over Yocto Linux), the server (x86 Ubuntu, hosting run orchestration and the persistent evidence database), and the Web UI (Next.js + shadcn/ui, where tests are authored, scheduled, and reviewed). The only platform-specific component is the HAL adapter — everything above it carries forward unchanged when you move to new silicon.

01
HAL adapter

The only platform-specific layer — maps test logic to hardware registers and drivers for each target

02
Target client

On-device app on the DUT — FlatBuffers transport for FreeRTOS bare-metal; gRPC for Yocto Linux

03
Server (x86 Ubuntu)

Hosts run orchestration, the persistent evidence database, and the REST/SSE operator feed

04
Web UI

Next.js + shadcn/ui — author test suites, schedule runs, monitor live, review results and artifacts

03 — Test modes

Standardized test modes. Every peripheral. Every condition.

The same vocabulary whether you are testing an IMU, a PCIe SSD, a camera, or a motor controller. Test suites are portable across peripherals and platforms without modification. From a single boot-time health check to a 72-hour thermal soak, the framework produces the same evidence shape and the same audit trail.

One-shot

MODE 01 / ONESHOT

A single discrete test: configure, execute, capture result, return. Used for boot-time health checks, peripheral acceptance gates, and deterministic functional checks. Fast, repeatable, audit-friendly.

e.g., IMU self-test on boot

Monitoring

MODE 02 / MONITOR

Continuous sampling at a configured rate, streamed live with bounded buffering and explicit drop-count reporting. Used for thermal soak, vibration sweeps, and link-quality observation under sustained load.

e.g., 1 kHz IMU stream under thermal cycling

Event-based

MODE 03 / EVENT

The device fires when a configured condition is met — threshold crossing, fault, state change, or environmental trigger. Captures the exact moment with timestamps from origin, relay, and server.

e.g., temperature threshold crossed

Long-running

MODE 04 / LONGRUN

Hours or days of continuous execution with periodic progress snapshots and intermediate evidence capture. Used for endurance qualification and catching faults that only surface over time.

e.g., 72 h thermal endurance run
04 — Reference platforms

Dogfooded on six in-house reference test beds.

We run the Independent V&V Suite against our own reference platforms before any release. Each board covers a distinct target class — automotive SoC, avionics bare-metal, robotics compute, medical SBC, industrial real-time, edge compute. If your product sits in one of these classes, validation starts in days. If your silicon differs, we port the HAL adapter.

Arches

01 / AUTOMOTIVE SOC TESTBED

Automotive-class SoC with heterogeneous compute, camera, and radar interfaces. We validate the full peripheral stack — GPU, image processor, sensor buses, and thermal behavior — before any automotive suite release.

CLASS
Automotive SoC
ACCEL
GPU · NPU · ISP
TRANSPORT
gRPC
OS
Yocto Linux
Validated

Acadia

02 / ROBOTICS COMPUTE SBC

Robotics-class SBC with high-bandwidth peripherals, co-processor I/O, and diverse sensor interfaces. We run full peripheral coverage and environmental soak cycles against this board to qualify the suite for robotics programs.

CLASS
Robotics SBC
I/O
I²C · SPI · UART · USB
TRANSPORT
gRPC
OS
Yocto Linux
Validated

Zion

03 / AVIONICS BARE-METAL TESTBED

Avionics-class bare-metal board with a hard real-time execution environment. We validate the FlatBuffers client path, HAL adapter timing, and deterministic event capture against this board before every RTOS-target release.

CLASS
Avionics SBC
RTOS
FreeRTOS
TRANSPORT
FlatBuffers
OS
FreeRTOS
Validated

Pinnacle

04 / MEDICAL DEVICE SBC

Long-lifecycle medical SBC targeting IEC 62304 and FDA qualification programs. We run prolonged endurance, I²C sensor bus coverage, and environmental stress cycles against this board to validate the evidence trail for medical submissions.

CLASS
Medical device SBC
BUS
I²C · SPI · UART
TRANSPORT
gRPC
OS
Yocto Linux
Validated

Joshua

05 / INDUSTRIAL REAL-TIME TESTBED

Industrial real-time control board with deterministic fieldbus interfaces and FreeRTOS execution. We validate cycle-exact timing, event-based trigger accuracy, and FlatBuffers transport fidelity against this board for industrial suite releases.

CLASS
Industrial control
RTOS
FreeRTOS
TRANSPORT
FlatBuffers
OS
FreeRTOS
Validated

Sequoia

06 / EDGE / DEFENSE COMPUTE

High-compute edge board with multi-lane PCIe, high-bandwidth peripheral I/O, and Linux-based execution. We validate PCIe peripheral behavior, sustained thermal load, and gRPC transport stability against this board for defense-class programs.

CLASS
Edge compute / defense
I/O
PCIe · USB · MIPI
TRANSPORT
gRPC
OS
Yocto Linux
Validated
05 — What we validate

Five coverage tiers. Hardware-up.

Independent validation from the compute layer down to the environmental chamber. Each tier has its own test logic in the HAL, its own evidence shape in the database, and its own artifact in the audit trail.

Compute

CPU, GPU, graphics processor, media processor, NPU and ISP where present — each exercised under load via the HAL, independently of the application stack. Example check: sustained GPU utilization at rated clock with thermal telemetry captured at 10 Hz throughout.

Peripherals & busses

I²C, SPI, UART, USB, PCIe, MIPI, and similar — validated over the actual bus at operating frequency, not emulated. Drop counts reported explicitly per run. Example check: PCIe link stress at rated bandwidth with error-rate and retrain-count logged over a 30-minute window.

Sensors & actuators

IMU, ADC, DAC, and the long tail of on-board sensors and actuators exercised through the HAL adapter. Example check: IMU axis-alignment verification and noise-floor measurement at room temperature, followed by the same check at thermal extremes.

Perception devices

Cameras, LiDAR, radar, ToF — high-bandwidth devices validated for frame integrity, sync timing, and transport reliability under load. Example check: camera pipeline frame-drop count and latency distribution measured under concurrent LiDAR polling across a 60-second one-shot run.

Environmental conditions

Temperature, humidity, pressure, and thermal load — authored as test cases in the Web UI and triggered remotely. Monitoring mode streams telemetry continuously; event-based mode fires on threshold crossings. Example check: I²C bus error rate sampled at 1 kHz while the chamber ramps from 25 °C to 85 °C, with an event fired on any NACK.

06 — Industries

Four industries. Specific validation programs.

AUTOMOTIVE / ADAS

Forward-camera + radar fusion ECU under thermal cycling.

An ADAS ECU integrating a MIPI camera pipeline and radar interface required ISO 26262 ASIL-B platform evidence before safety sign-off. The suite ran the camera and radar subsystems concurrently under a thermal sweep from 25 °C to 95 °C, capturing frame-drop counts, bus error rates, and thermal telemetry throughout. Evidence mapped directly to ASIL-B test-to-requirement linkage.

  • MIPI camera pipeline
  • Radar interface
  • GPU / ISP
  • I²C sensor bus
  • Thermal telemetry
MODES: Monitoring · Event-based
AEROSPACE & DEFENSE

UAV mission computer MIPI camera + IMU stack across pressure altitudes.

A UAV mission computer carrying a MIPI camera array and a six-axis IMU needed DO-254 hardware artifact evidence and repeatable build-and-run records across simulated pressure altitude profiles. The suite logged IMU axis alignment, camera sync timing, and UART telemetry link quality at each altitude step. All run records were retained for DO-254 structural-coverage review.

  • MIPI camera array
  • Six-axis IMU
  • UART telemetry link
  • Environmental chamber (pressure)
MODES: One-shot · Monitoring
MEDICAL DEVICES

Patient-monitor SBC I²C sensor bus under continuous duty.

A patient-monitor SBC polling multiple I²C sensors continuously required IEC 62304 lifecycle evidence and FDA software-of-unknown-provenance mitigation records. The suite ran a 72-hour long-running test sampling the I²C bus at 500 Hz, logging NACK counts, timing drift, and any anomalous sensor state transitions. The resulting artifacts satisfied the IEC 62304 lifecycle-aligned log requirement.

  • I²C sensor bus
  • ADC channels
  • UART debug interface
  • Thermal sensor
MODES: Long-running · Event-based
INDUSTRIAL / ROBOTICS

AGV LiDAR + motor-controller chain under vibration.

An AGV platform combining a LiDAR unit and a motor-controller chain over SPI required IEC 61508 functional-safety evidence under operating vibration profiles. The suite ran event-based validation triggering on LiDAR scan-gap events and motor-fault signals, with monitoring mode capturing SPI bus integrity and latency distribution throughout. Environmental-stress records documented behavior at peak vibration load.

  • LiDAR (scan interface)
  • Motor controller (SPI)
  • IMU
  • Environmental chamber (vibration)
MODES: Event-based · Monitoring
07 — Regulatory evidence

Every run produces the artifacts certification programs need.

Every test run, every parameter, every result — captured, time-stamped, and traceable. The evidence database is append-only: runs are never silently deleted, operator actions are logged with identity and timestamp, and schema versions are snapshotted per run.

01

ISO 26262

Automotive functional safety

Fault-injection test results with pass/fail and device state at trigger
Coverage evidence mapped to ASIL requirement identifiers
Traceable test-to-requirement linkage per run
Thermal cycling records across the rated operating range
02

DO-178C / DO-254

Airborne SW / HW

Structural and hardware-level test artifacts with tool qualification data
Repeatable build-and-run records — same inputs produce identical artifacts
Firmware and schema versions snapshotted at run start
Timestamped operator log for every state-changing action
03

IEC 62304 / FDA

Medical device SW lifecycle

Software-of-unknown-provenance mitigation evidence per 62304 §8
Lifecycle-aligned logs with operator identity and immutable timestamps
Long-running endurance records for continuous-duty device qualification
Append-only store — invalidations recorded with reason, never silent deletes
04

IEC 61508

Industrial functional safety

Functional-safety integrity evidence across SIL target tiers
Environmental-stress test records: temperature, humidity, vibration
Event-based trigger logs with three-stamp timing on every record
Explicit drop-count reporting — "did the test miss data?" answered numerically
08 — FAQ

Engineering questions, answered straight.

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