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FIELD INTELLIGENCE, IN DEVELOPMENT

A clearer picture.
Beyond the grid.

Meet Outpost. A solar-powered monitoring node being built to bring eyes, ears, and environmental awareness to remote sites.

Engineering design & customer discovery

Outpost enclosure rendered from the actual design: a cylindrical body, paired optical windows and an integrated tilted solar roof
OUTPOST / CORE NODE01 — DESIGN STUDY
Actual CAD geometry
Illustrative surface finishes

Designed for the field.
Built around context.

Solar powered
On-device processing
Cellular backhaul
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01 / THE IDEA

Remote shouldn’t
mean out of sight.

Changing sites. Critical assets. Long distances between them. Getting the full picture shouldn’t depend on already having power and a network in place.

Outpost brings multiple sensing approaches into one self-contained design, helping teams understand what changed, where to look, and what needs a closer assessment.

VISUAL CONTEXT+ENVIRONMENTAL SIGNALS+LOCAL PROCESSING→BETTER-INFORMED DECISIONS
02 / THE CORE NODE
DESIGN INTENT · NOT YET FIELD-TESTED

One node.
More context.

A common platform for sensing what’s happening around a site. Explore the hardware we’re developing.

01 / FRONT THREE-QUARTER Front three-quarter studio view of the current Outpost enclosure

Real design geometry. Finishes shown are illustrative.

01See the situation

Three visible-camera positions pair with thermal arrays, bringing visual context and heat signals into the same design.

Visible imagingThermal triggers

Three visible sectors are planned around the body. Thermal coverage is sector-based, with gaps.

02Listen for early signals

Audible and ultrasonic sensing are intended to add context around activity and possible electrical arcing or corona on nearby assets.

Audible acousticsUltrasonic sensing

Detection range and performance require testing on real hardware.

03Understand the environment

The sensing plan brings together gas, particulates, temperature, humidity, pressure, rain and lightning to put site conditions in context.

Air qualityLocal weather

Sensor selection, outdoor integration and valid sampling schedules remain in development.

04Work beyond infrastructure

An integrated solar roof, protected battery and cellular connection are central to the standalone concept. A low-power tier is intended to wake the vision processor when needed.

Solar + batteryTwo-tier computeLTE-M

Complete energy use, runtime and cellular service are still to be qualified.

Designed as a system.
Being validated as a system.

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30 W

Solar design target

3 sectors

Planned visible-camera layout

540 × 384 × 383 mm

Current overall CAD envelope, rounded

Design figures describe the current study.
They are not measured product performance.

03 / POSSIBLE DEPLOYMENTS
A FIELD OF POSSIBILITIES

Start with a site.
Think beyond it.

Our first focus is solar and battery-storage construction. Explore the possibilities for general construction sites, utilities and remote industry too.

INITIAL MARKET UNDER VALIDATION

From construction
to operation.

From after-hours security to dust, rainfall and progress records, we’re developing Outpost to help teams keep watch as a site takes shape, then explore continued monitoring in operation.

  • Review after-hours activity and potential theft
  • Watch for fire, heat and environmental changes
  • Document progress and review incidents remotely

Deployment concepts only. No live installations or customer pilots are claimed.

CONCEPTUAL SITE PLANSITE TYPE / 01
OP—01OP—02OP—03N
Possible Outpost positionILLUSTRATIVE · NOT TO SCALE
CONSTRUCTION USE CASES

What Outpost could do on site.

Practical applications we’re developing toward. Open a use case to see how it could help.

After-hours security

Flag potential unauthorized people, vehicles or unusual activity for review.

Theft and vandalism monitoring

Capture event images around material storage, equipment, temporary buildings and access points.

Fire and smoke warning

Combine camera images, thermal readings, particulates and gas indicators to flag potential fires for review.

Smoldering-material detection

Watch for heat and smoke around waste piles, vegetation, stored materials and hot-work areas.

Equipment overheating alerts

Flag unusual heat around generators, temporary electrical equipment, transformers and inverters within thermal coverage.

Electrical fault warning

Use ultrasonic sensing to look for signs of arcing, corona or tracking as electrical systems are energized.

Dust monitoring

Track particulate trends near earthworks, demolition, haul roads and site boundaries. This would not identify silica specifically.

Air-quality monitoring

Track CO and selected gas or VOC indicators, depending on the final sensors.

Rainfall monitoring

Record rainfall intensity and accumulation to help teams plan work and respond after storms.

Stormwater and erosion-control oversight

Combine rainfall records with scheduled photographs of drainage areas, silt fences and other controls to support inspections.

Lightning and weather awareness

Report nearby lightning activity and local temperature, humidity and pressure.

Progress documentation

Take scheduled photographs to document site changes, milestones and before-and-after conditions.

Remote incident review

Provide event snapshots and sensor history to help investigate damage, alarms and unusual activity.

Device tamper alerts

Detect movement, tilt or impact affecting the monitoring unit itself.

Planned applications. Detection performance, alerting and outdoor operation still require hardware and field validation.

THE LONGER VIEW

A core that stands alone.
An ecosystem that can grow.

Core node→Powered hub→External + leaf sensors
Expansion architecture planned; detailed hub and external-node development follows the core.
04 / BUILDING OUTPOST
DESIGN SNAPSHOT / 22 OCT 2026

Good hardware starts
with honest engineering.

We’re turning the system concept into an integrated design, while learning which field workflows matter most.

01
FOUNDATION ESTABLISHED

Define the system.

Product requirements, sensing architecture, interfaces and component studies give the design a shared foundation.

02
CURRENT FOCUS

Make it fit together.

Editable schematics, preliminary board placements, enclosure CAD and firmware studies are taking shape alongside customer discovery.

03
AHEAD OF US

Build. Test. Learn.

Prototype assembly, complete energy measurements, sensing performance and environmental qualification remain ahead.

FROM THE WORKBENCH

What we’re
working through.

The design is active. Here is what the latest engineering snapshot actually says.

v0.87 / POWER + PACKAGINGSimplifying the power system

The current revision removes the dedicated capacitor-reserve circuit and 91 fitted component bodies from the provisional main board. The outer enclosure stays the same.

Early battery shutdown and recovery after unexpected power loss are now required for this prototype, but remain unimplemented and unqualified.

SYSTEM QUALIFICATIONClosing the gaps that matter

The complete power budget, battery delivery, valid particulate-sampling schedule, camera operation, outdoor sensor performance, sealing and thermal behavior remain open.

Model checks and software replay support development. Physical hardware and field performance have not been tested.

FIELD WORKFLOWSLearning before the first deployment

Customer discovery starts with solar and battery-storage construction: how teams watch changing sites, assess events, and decide who needs to respond.

The first market is under validation. Deployment scenarios on this site are concepts, and no customer commitments or paid pilots are claimed.

Engineering-stage product. Boards remain unrouted, the design is not released for manufacture, and no physical prototype or field testing is claimed in this snapshot.

THE WORK IS JUST GETTING STARTED

More awareness.
Further out.

Building a clearer picture of the places that matter.

Meet Outpost
OUTPOST / DESIGN SNAPSHOT

Where the design stands.

Outpost is at the engineering design and customer-discovery stage. This site reflects project documentation through 22 October 2026.

What exists

System requirements, editable circuit schematics, preliminary PCB placements, enclosure CAD, firmware studies and bounded model checks. The current main-board and enclosure integration study is v0.87.

What still needs proof

The boards remain unrouted. Full power and autonomy, battery configuration, sensing accuracy, optical operation, weather resistance, thermal performance and recovery behavior require further implementation and hardware qualification. Gate A remains on hold.

About the images

Studio views use actual v0.83 exterior geometry, which the v0.87 integration retains. Colors, surface finishes and photovoltaic appearance are illustrative. Engineering drawings are original project outputs; component bodies and reserved volumes retain their documented limitations.

Documentation basis

Open current engineering drawing