Firmware Spikes That Fit in a Weekend
By Noah Kim
Weekend bootcamps tempt teams to chase shiny demos. We enforce spike charters capped at two risks per sprint card. If the spike cannot fit on half a page, it is not a spike—it is a thesis.
Paragraph two covers guardrails: power budgets, sensor substitution rules, and what happens when a spike fails. Failure must produce artifacts—notes, photos, and a kill decision—not optimism.
The third paragraph compares classroom spikes with production spikes. We borrow language from ops: timers, owners, and explicit stop conditions. Learners leave with a template their managers can reuse without translating IoT jargon.
We close with limitations. We do not supply labs for carrier certification or tower testing. If your spike needs spectrum gear beyond classroom kits, we route you to partner benches with separate contracts.