Embedded Systems Diagnostics
Embedded boards — the microcontroller-based control electronics inside industrial, medical, and networking equipment — fail differently from general-purpose PCBs. Sinsal diagnoses these boards down to the specific circuit or firmware behavior causing the fault.
Common Equipment or Faults
- Board runs but the controlled equipment doesn't respond correctly
- Intermittent resets or lockups under normal operating conditions
- A specific I/O line or peripheral interface stops functioning
- Board behaves differently after a firmware update or power event
What Sinsal Assesses
- Power-rail and reset-circuit behavior under load
- Signal-level testing on I/O, communication, and sensor interface lines
- Whether the fault is a hardware defect or a firmware/configuration issue
- Clock and timing-related faults affecting microcontroller operation
What You May Receive
Diagnostic findings, Hardware-vs-firmware fault determination, Repairability recommendation.
Important Limitation
Diagnostics addresses the hardware and observable firmware behavior — custom firmware development or source-level software debugging is outside this service's scope unless separately agreed.
Common Questions
Can Sinsal tell whether a fault is hardware or firmware?
Diagnostics is specifically designed to make that distinction — signal and power testing on the board isolates whether the observed fault has an electrical cause or points to firmware/configuration behavior.
Does Sinsal repair or reprogram firmware?
Hardware-level firmware recovery (reading, programming, or restoring flash contents) is covered under Firmware & Hardware Data Recovery — custom firmware development is a separate discussion.
Have Equipment That Needs a Second Opinion?
Describe the equipment and the fault. Sinsal will confirm whether it's a fit for diagnostics and repair before any work begins.