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Field Notes

Working notes on the engineering decisions behind connected hardware — written by Aditya Chilka, Founder & CEO of Rapid Circuitry.

IoT · 29 May 2026 · 5 min

Choosing a wireless protocol for your IoT product

BLE, Wi-Fi, LoRa/LoRaWAN, and cellular (LTE-M / NB-IoT) compared on range, power, bandwidth, and cost — a practical decision guide.

Hardware · 29 May 2026 · 5 min

Designing PCBs for first-pass manufacturing

A practical DFM checklist for getting boards right on the first build — footprints, fab margins, assembly, panelisation, and test.

Edge AI · 29 May 2026 · 6 min

Edge AI on microcontrollers: running TinyML in production

When to run ML on the device instead of the cloud, what fits in a few hundred KB of RAM, and how to ship TinyML on the ESP32, STM32, and nRF52.

Hardware · 29 May 2026 · 6 min

From prototype to production: a hardware product timeline

The real stages — EVT, DVT, PVT — of taking an electronic product from working prototype to manufacturable hardware, and where schedules slip.