Author & Company¶
SmartManipulator-X is designed, written and maintained by Anton Vynohradov and published by SystemFromScratch® — secure embedded systems and compliance-ready engineering, from concept to certification.
Author¶
Anton designs and builds reliable, secure embedded products end to end: firmware, board support packages and drivers, RTOS and Embedded Linux platforms, hardware bring-up, and the security and compliance work needed to ship them. He is based in Poland and works remotely worldwide.
| Area | Focus |
|---|---|
| Embedded software | Bare-metal, RTOS and Linux firmware in C/C++, built to be maintained for years |
| BSP & drivers | Bootloaders, Zephyr drivers and Linux kernel work for MCUs, SoCs and SoC FPGAs |
| Security & compliance | Secure boot, threat modelling, MISRA C/C++, EU Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) readiness |
| Industries | Industrial IoT, automotive, robotics, medical and consumer electronics |
Technology: C · C++ · Python · Zephyr RTOS · FreeRTOS · Embedded Linux · Yocto · Buildroot · ARM Cortex-M · STM32 · Microchip FPGA · RISC-V · CAN / ISO-TP · ROS 2 · Docker · Git · CI/CD · MISRA C/C++ · EU CRA
For SmartManipulator-X, Anton designed the system architecture, the Robot PC image and its ROS 2 configuration, the robot description generated from the BCN3D Moveo CAD, the SmartFusion2 controller firmware with its motor tester, and this documentation.
SystemFromScratch®¶
SystemFromScratch® was founded by Anton Vynohradov. The company combines deep embedded engineering with cybersecurity and certification-focused product development, for teams in industrial IoT, automotive, robotics, medical and consumer electronics that need a partner who understands the whole stack — silicon, firmware, operating system and the regulations that govern them.
| Service | What it covers |
|---|---|
| Embedded software development | Bare-metal, RTOS and Linux firmware for performance, reliability and long-term maintainability |
| BSP & device drivers | Board support packages, bootloaders and low-level drivers for MCUs, SoCs, FPGAs and custom hardware |
| RTOS & Embedded Linux | Zephyr, FreeRTOS and Embedded Linux (Yocto, Buildroot): porting, configuration, integration, reproducible builds |
| Hardware bring-up & integration | Schematic review, first boot, validation and production support, including SoC FPGA and motor-control platforms |
| Cybersecurity & CRA readiness | Secure boot, firmware integrity, threat modelling and a secure development lifecycle for the EU Cyber Resilience Act |
| Compliance & consulting | MISRA C/C++, static analysis, code and architecture reviews, compliance roadmaps |
SmartManipulator-X is one of the open-source projects in the SystemFromScratch® portfolio: public engineering work that can be inspected line by line, from the ROS 2 host down to the stepper driver.
Contact¶
| Channel | Address |
|---|---|
| Website | systemfromscratch.com |
| avynohradov@systemfromscratch.com | |
| GitHub | github.com/AntonVynohradov |
| GitHub organization | github.com/SystemFromScratch |
| linkedin.com/in/vynohradov | |
| ORCID | 0009-0005-6965-0911 |
| Location | Poland — working remotely worldwide |
Building a robot, bringing up new hardware, or preparing for the Cyber Resilience Act? Get in touch through systemfromscratch.com or by e-mail.
Support and feedback¶
- Bugs and feature requests: open an issue on GitHub. Please include the repository commit, the host OS and Docker version, the command you ran and its output; for hardware, the firmware variant and the wiring revision.
- Contributions: read Development first; keep the documentation in step with the change.
- Commercial support, integration and custom development: contact SystemFromScratch® through systemfromscratch.com.
Trademarks and acknowledgements¶
SystemFromScratch® is a registered trademark. The SystemFromScratch® name and logo are used in this documentation to identify the publisher of SmartManipulator-X; the Apache License 2.0 grants no rights to use them, and they may not be used to endorse or promote products derived from SmartManipulator-X without prior written permission.
ROBOTIS, DYNAMIXEL and OpenMANIPULATOR are trademarks of ROBOTIS Co., Ltd. SmartFusion2 and Libero are trademarks of Microchip Technology Inc. TRINAMIC and TMC5160 are trademarks of Analog Devices, Inc. BIGTREETECH is a trademark of Shenzhen Big Tree Technology Co., Ltd. ROS is a trademark of Open Source Robotics Foundation, Inc. BCN3D is a trademark of BCN3D Technologies. SmartManipulator-X is not affiliated with or endorsed by these companies; their names are used only to identify the products the project builds on.
The mechanical design comes from the BCN3D Moveo project (MIT license; the license text ships with the robot description meshes). The ROS 2 software concepts come from ROBOTIS OpenMANIPULATOR-X and the DYNAMIXEL SDK and hardware interface.