AI and robotics, from design to implementation
Building on 20 years at Samsung, Amazon, Microsoft, and Qualcomm, we design and build software for drones, satellites, and robots.
About
Alpental Systems is an engineering company that makes AI and robotics work reliably on real devices. It is built on more than 20 years of hands-on work in embedded firmware, RTOS, and device drivers, which its founder gained as a software engineer at Samsung Electronics, Amazon, Microsoft, and Qualcomm. Past projects span aerospace and consumer electronics: satellite flight computer systems, drone battery management systems (BMS), flight termination systems (FTS), WLAN SoC power optimization, Windows device drivers, edge-device data processing with AWS, and mass-production support. We take responsibility for the whole path from system bring-up to production deployment.
Engineering Services
Robotics & Edge AI Integration
Distributed robot software architectures on ROS and ROS 2; high-performance data paths between edge AI devices and AWS IoT cloud pipelines.
LiDAR Sensor Data Processing & Pipelines
Real-time 3D LiDAR point cloud capture and filtering; object detection, point cloud compression, and 3D spatial pipelines optimized for embedded targets.
Camera & Vision AI (Edge AI)
Camera interface drivers for MIPI-CSI, USB, and Ethernet; real-time image preprocessing and pipelines with OpenCV and GPU/NPU accelerators, optimized for edge AI.
RTOS & Ultra-Low-Power Firmware
Custom architectures on open-source RTOSes such as Zephyr and FreeRTOS; high-reliability firmware for small, low-power, mission-critical devices.
Embedded Linux & BSP Engineering
Custom Linux BSPs with the Yocto Project and Buildroot; device drivers, kernel optimization, real-time performance with PREEMPT_RT, and system porting.
High-Speed Device Drivers & Bus Interfaces
From I2C, SPI, and UART to USB, PCIe, CAN, and Ethernet: register-level drivers and communication architectures that get the most out of the hardware.
System Bring-up & Troubleshooting
Hardware initialization and OS porting for new SoC and FPGA boards; hardware-software integration debugging with oscilloscopes and logic analyzers.
Secure Boot & Security
Secure bootloaders with MCUboot and Arm TrustZone; key management, integrity verification, and secure firmware updates over the air (FOTA).
Low-Power Optimization & System Profiling
Dynamic power management (DVFS) and deep-sleep architectures; runtime profiling to cut resource use and remove bottlenecks.
Automated Test Infrastructure (CI/CD, HIL)
Automated hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) pipelines on real target hardware; build, test, and release automation for consistent software quality.
Technical Blog
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STM32F3 Compass, Part 2: Signed Boot, USB Updates and Automatic Rollback with MCUboot
Part 2 of the STM32F3 Discovery compass series adds MCUboot (v2.4.0, Zephyr v4.4.2 sysbuild) with ECDSA P-256 signatures, firmware updates over the ST-LINK USB …
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CI/CD for Embedded Firmware: Builds, Software Integration Tests, HIL Tests and Releases with GitHub Actions
Embedded teams often assume CI/CD is for web services because firmware needs a board to test. This post shows that most of the work runs without hardware, and …
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OTA Updates for Millions of Devices: Design, Hurdles and How to Handle Them
A safe update on one device is the foundation, but a fleet of millions brings different problems. This design post, with no implementation, walks through them: …
Tech Stack
Languages & OS
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Vision, AI & Robotics
Hardware & Tools
Founder
Seo Jeong (정석영)
Founder · Principal Engineer
Seo Jeong began at Samsung Electronics and has spent more than 20 years as an embedded software engineer at global technology companies including Amazon, Qualcomm, and Microsoft, delivering high-reliability work on satellite flight computers, drone control systems, and wireless power optimization.
Alpental Systems brings this field experience to every engagement and helps clients make their AI and robotics products work reliably on real hardware, from start to finish.