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LIVE FROM THE LAB — CULHAM CAMPUS, OXFORDSHIRE

Things we're building in the open.

Rufilla Labs is the experimental arm of Rufilla — open-source tools, embedded ML experiments and hardware builds from our smart-product work. Everything here is free to use, fork and break.

PROJECTS

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The first two stages of the ZephyrMLForge pipeline flowchart: user-defined constraints on target hardware, accuracy, latency and memory feeding an AI-driven Keras model design.
EXPERIMENTPython · Apache-2.0

ZephyrMLForge

An AI agent proposes a network, the pipeline trains and quantises it, then runs it on a real Cortex-M under Zephyr and feeds the measured latency back into the next proposal.

see the pipeline →
The assembled LuckFox Core3506 module on a Foxbridge carrier, with the microSD slot, twin USB-C ports and RJ45 jack visible.
OPEN SOURCEYocto · MIT

RK3506 Yocto layers

Yocto layers for the Rockchip RK3506. Builds a bootable image for the LuckFox Core3506 on our Foxbridge carrier — Ethernet, USB host and a DSI panel, all verified on hardware.

build the image →
KiCad 3D render of the Foxbridge carrier board with the Core3506 module fitted, showing the 40-pin header, Ethernet jack and two USB-C ports.
LAB BUILDKiCad · Apache-2.0

Foxbridge

A Raspberry Pi-sized carrier board breaking the LuckFox Core3506 module out to Ethernet, two USB-C ports, DSI and a 40-pin header. Revision A is built, reworked, and honest about its errata.

read the design notes →
KiCad 3D render of the ESP32-C6 HAT, a Pi Zero sized board with the ESP32-C6-MINI-1 module, its antenna area and the 40-pin header.
LAB BUILDKiCad · Apache-2.0

ESP32-C6 HAT

A Pi Zero form-factor HAT that hands any 40-pin host Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth 5 LE, Zigbee and Thread from an ESP32-C6. Hardware design only — bring your own firmware.

open the KiCad files →
This is how we build client products too.

The same team behind these experiments delivers production embedded Linux, hardware and long-term support for companies like Octopus Energy and Oxford Instruments.

Work with Rufilla →