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At Hoomanely, our vBus modular architecture isn't just about physical connectors and pin-out standards—it extends deep into how we design, document, and communicate about our systems. One of our most powerful innovations is the standardization of net names across every schematic in our entire product ecosystem. Every
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Introduction: When Supply Chains Falter, Design Excellence Prevails The global semiconductor shortage of 2021-2023 taught the industry a hard lesson: design decisions made in the schematic capture phase have far-reaching consequences that ripple through manufacturing, supply chain management, and ultimately, your ability to deliver products to customers. At Hoomanely, we&
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Introduction: Reimagining Manufacturing Infrastructure At Hoomanely, we've always believed that great hardware deserves equally great manufacturing infrastructure. When we developed the vBus ecosystem—our standardized communication architecture for modular System-on-Modules—we immediately recognized an extraordinary opportunity: if our products could speak a universal language, why shouldn't
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Introduction: The Challenge That Wasn't There's a moment in every ambitious engineering project where you step back and think, "What have we gotten ourselves into?" For me, that moment came when we committed to designing all Hoomanely products around the vBus architecture. Not just
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Introduction: Organization is Everything In our previous articles, we introduced the vBus ecosystem and explored the various SoM architectures at Hoomanely. We've talked about 100-pin CPU SoMs, 30-pin Power SoMs, and the challenges of standardization. But here's a question we haven't fully answered: what
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Introduction: From Bus to Modules In our previous post, we introduced vBus—our universal communication bus architecture that forms the backbone of Hoomanely's modular ecosystem. We discussed the challenges of creating a standardized interface that could accommodate diverse modules with varying requirements. Today, we're pulling back
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In the world of embedded systems development, one of the most persistent challenges is creating hardware that's both flexible and standardized. At Hoomanely, we've tackled this challenge head-on by developing vBus—a universal communication bus architecture that serves as the backbone for all our product lines.
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There's a peculiar rhythm to hardware development that anyone in the field knows well. You design a circuit, order boards, and then... you wait. Weeks pass. The boards arrive. You test them, discover issues, make fixes, and the cycle begins again. Each iteration feels like watching paint dry,
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How We Made PCB Manufacturing at Hoomanely Predictable, Repeatable, and Fast In hardware, the real deadline is not when the firmware compiles or the prototype boots. The real deadline is when your manufacturer loads your files into their pick-and-place line — because that’s when surprises cost money. At Hoomanely, we
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When a user picks up your IoT device, they ask three immediate questions without saying a word: "Is it on?" "Is it working correctly?" "How much battery is left?" At Hoomanely, we answer all three questions through a single, intelligent interface: RGB LEDs driven