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Edge systems11 min5 September 2026
Edge bring-up checklist before field pilots
Before you ship edge hardware into a pilot site, lock power, thermal, connectivity, logging, update path, and failure behaviour — or the pilot will debug your lab debt.
By Axon Labs Engineering
Before you ship edge hardware into a pilot site, lock power, thermal, connectivity, logging, update path, and failure behaviour — or the pilot will debug your lab debt.
Key takeaways
- Define power brownout behaviour in writing before install day.
- Log what you will actually retrieve remotely — not what feels complete in the lab.
- Name the update path and the rollback path.
- Thermal limits should trip into safe states, not mysterious lag.
- Pilot success metrics must be separable from install quality issues.
What should be done before an edge field pilot?
Power and thermal: what must be explicit?
Connectivity and offline behaviour
Update and rollback path
Pilot metrics vs install noise
What this checklist will not invent
Frequently asked questions
Sources
- Axon Labs — Insights · verified 5 September 2026
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