Arches

A custom Yocto-based embedded Linux platform, validated on Jetson TX2, Xavier NX, Orin, and Thor — from board bring-up to OTA-managed fleets.

• Hardened, Yocto-built Linux for the NVIDIA Jetson family — TX2, Xavier NX, Orin, Thor.
• Replaces ad-hoc JetPack / L4T images with a reproducible, auditable, customer-owned build.
• Every layer — bootloader, kernel, BSP, middleware, update system — configured for your hardware.
• Skip 6–12 months of platform engineering. Start application work on day one.

Schematic to first boot

• Schematic and pin-mux review before PCB fab — power sequencing and DDR layout caught early.
• Custom BSP: device tree for your carrier — CSI cameras, PCIe, USB, GPIO, I²C / SPI peripherals.
• Board bring-up and smoke test covering power rails, clocks, memory training, peripheral enumeration.
• Custom bootloader work: UEFI customization, CBoot (legacy TX2), boot configuration, splash screens.

Failsafe boot

• Golden boot image in a protected partition — a known-good state the device always recovers to.
• Failsafe and rollback boot: watchdog-supervised, automatic rollback on boot failure, brick-proof updates.
• Memory partitioning: eMMC / NVMe layout design, redundant partitions, persistent data separation.
• Flashing and manufacturing support: massflash tooling, fuse provisioning, production-line scripts.

Kernel tuned to your hardware

• Kernel customization on NVIDIA's downstream kernel (5.10 / 5.15 / 6.x per JetPack release).
• PREEMPT_RT patch porting and validation for deterministic latency on Orin / Thor.
• Boot streamlining: initramfs minimization, deferred module loading, parallelized init.
• V4L2 camera drivers (CSI / GMSL / FPD-Link), IIO sensor drivers, custom PCIe / USB / SPI / I²C drivers.

Industry-specific images

• arches-robotics — ROS 2 (Humble / Jazzy), DDS tuning, Isaac ROS GEMs, real-time executor.
• arches-iot — MQTT (Mosquitto / paho), Azure IoT / AWS IoT Greengrass, edge telemetry agents.
• arches-automotive — SocketCAN, PREEMPT_RT, AUTOSAR-adjacent gateway patterns, ISO 26262-aware workflow.
• arches-medical — IEC 62304-aligned build traceability, SBOM generation, audit-ready change logs.
• arches-vision — DeepStream, GStreamer, TensorRT pipelines, multi-camera synchronization.

Field updates, no field failures

• A/B redundant partitions (Mender, RAUC, or SWUpdate — selected per project).
• Golden boot image + automatic rollback on failed update or failed health check.
• Cloud or on-premise update server, fleet grouping, staged rollouts, delta updates.
• Signed updates cryptographically verified and chained to secure boot.

Everything your app team needs

• Pre-flashed evaluation image for Jetson devkits and your custom hardware.
• Application SDK + eSDK: cross-toolchain, sysroot, CMake / Yocto SDK integration.
• Boot and runtime profiling: systemd-analyze, bootchart, perf, Nsight Systems for GPU / CPU.
• CI/CD: automated image builds, hardware-in-the-loop smoke tests, artifact signing.

Real-time where you need it

• FreeRTOS firmware on the SPE (Cortex-R52 on Orin / Thor, R5 on TX2 / Xavier).
• Linux ↔ RTOS communication: shared-memory mailboxes, IVC channels.
• Offload architecture: deterministic control on the R-core, perception on the GPU.
• Watchdog and health supervision from the real-time domain.

Production-ready, day one

• Per-device identity, keys, and cloud enrollment at first boot.
• Manufacturing test suites for the production line.
• Reproducible builds with SBOMs — ready for ISO 26262, IEC 62304, IEC 61508, DO-178C.
• First boot on your hardware in weeks, not quarters.