Requirements and system architecture
Operating scenarios, interfaces, performance targets, system partitioning, risk register, and a development path tied to product priorities.
Sosteco LLC · Architecture · Integration · Validation
Embedded systems consulting
for connected products.
Choosing an architecture, debugging an unreliable prototype, or preparing a pilot build? Sosteco LLC helps US product teams work through electronics, firmware, sensors, RF, and power as one system.
Architecture & feasibilityHardware-software integrationDebugging & validationProduction handoff
The constraint is the system
Optimize the product, not an isolated layer.
Memory, latency, power, radio behavior, sensor accuracy, enclosure limits, component availability, and manufacturing risk interact. A local fix in one discipline can create a larger problem elsewhere.
We make those tradeoffs explicit, test the riskiest assumptions early, and keep the architecture traceable as the product moves from concept to production.
Feasibility and critical experiments
Focused prototypes and measurements for the assumptions most likely to affect cost, schedule, power, connectivity, or technical viability.
Hardware-software integration
Board bring-up, drivers, RTOS behavior, sensor interfaces, communications, timing, power modes, and fault recovery considered together.
Cross-layer debugging
Structured fault isolation across electronics, firmware, radio, interfaces, and environmental conditions using reproducible evidence.
Verification strategy
Test plans, acceptance criteria, instrumentation, traceability, regression coverage, and representative operating conditions.
Engineering handoff
Architecture records, interface definitions, design files, source and build guidance, test procedures, known limits, and production support.
What a client receives
Decisions supported by engineering evidence.
Architecture package
System boundaries, functional blocks, interfaces, budgets, constraints, risks, and the reasoning behind major technology choices.
Prototype evidence
Experiment plans, representative builds, measurements, findings, and a clear record of what has and has not been proven.
Integrated implementation
Coordinated electronics and firmware outputs appropriate to the engagement, with interface behavior and dependencies documented.
Validation record
Test procedures, results, unresolved risks, failure analysis, and recommended actions before the next engineering or production gate.
Transfer and continuity
Maintainable project assets and direct engineering support for internal teams, suppliers, prototype builds, and manufacturing ramp.
Evidence of the method
Connected irrigation, documented by FIWARE.
FIWARE’s 2018 agrifood overview describes Sosteco’s approach to connecting irrigation systems within a shared platform. Its coverage of FIMART in Córdoba also identifies Sosteco among the companies presenting FIWARE use cases.
Read the independent sources: FIWARE’s agrifood overview and FIWARE’s FIMART report.
This is historical European work by Soluciones Sosteco SL, not a US client engagement. Current Americas engagements are delivered by Sosteco LLC. These sources document the work; they do not establish quantified savings or performance guarantees for a new product.
Engagement questions
Useful at a hard decision or across the lifecycle.
Can Sosteco join an existing product team?
Yes. We can own a defined technical workstream, investigate a cross-layer problem, review an architecture, or coordinate a broader development program with your internal team and suppliers.
Can you start before requirements are complete?
Yes. Early work can turn product goals, operating conditions, commercial constraints, and technical unknowns into a testable system brief and prioritized risk plan.
Our prototype resets when the radio transmits. Where would you start?
First, reproduce the failure and correlate reset causes, supply behavior, radio activity, and firmware timing. Measurements can then separate power integrity, watchdog, driver, and interference hypotheses before choosing a board change or firmware fix. The investigation scope depends on access to the hardware and existing test evidence.
What would an initial architecture review cover?
We would agree the product constraints, review the available block diagram and interfaces, identify high-risk assumptions, and define the measurements needed to resolve them. The proposed output is a prioritized decision and test plan; a full redesign is a separate scope.
Do you support prototypes through production?
Yes. The scope can extend from feasibility and architecture through electronics, firmware, validation, supplier coordination, production tests, deployment, and lifecycle support.
What should we send with an inquiry?
Start with a non-confidential product description, its current stage, the hardest technical unknown, and constraints such as power, connectivity, or target production volume. You do not need to send source code, schematics, or CAD files through the inquiry form. We can agree confidentiality and a suitable way to share technical files before a detailed review.
Start with the hardest unknown