Nashoba Products
NICS is our core platform: a hardware-level control system positioned above the battery management system and below the operating system, designed to preserve runtime, stabilize power behavior, manage thermal conditions, and optimize overall system health in real time. Tablets and power systems remain reference programs used to validate NICS in live hardware and support pilot-ready integration.
Nashoba Intelligent Control System (NICS)
NICS is designed for device makers and integrators who need stable, deterministic behavior under real operating conditions. Positioned above the BMS and below the OS, NICS interprets battery, thermal, power, and wireless telemetry in real time and applies policy-based control decisions to preserve runtime, maintain stability, and protect mission-critical functionality.
Telemetry-Driven Power Policy
Control logic built to stabilize load transitions, reduce avoidable runtime loss, and preserve uptime during variable workloads.
- Voltage, current, and power trend monitoring
- Rate-of-change based early warning and policy response
- Controlled step-down and recovery behavior
Adaptive Thermal Response
Designed to detect early thermal events and recover cleanly without oscillation, false escalation, or unstable behavior.
- Thermal event detection with policy-based response
- Separation of transient vs sustained conditions
- Hardware-level control enforcement strategy
Wireless Stability and Communication Policy
Continuous signal monitoring with policy-based communication decisions built for environments where stable operation matters more than peak throughput.
- RSSI monitoring and decision logic
- 2.4 GHz vs 5 GHz preference policy
- Designed for noisy, real-world environments
NICS System Architecture
NICS is structured as a layered control system designed for compatibility across multiple battery, device, and embedded hardware environments. This architecture allows the core control engine to remain consistent while supporting different interfaces, telemetry sources, and device policies.
Interface Layer
Collects and normalizes telemetry from battery systems, sensors, wireless subsystems, and host signals, including external communication interfaces such as CAN.
Core Engine
Interprets overall system health using battery, thermal, power, and communication inputs to evaluate stability, runtime risk, and changing system conditions in real time.
Policy Layer
Applies device-specific control actions such as brightness control, workload throttling, communication policy adjustment, and runtime-preservation behavior.
Reference Programs
These reference programs are used to validate NICS in real hardware environments and support pilot-readiness across mobile, embedded, and power-sensitive systems.
Industrial / Rugged Tablet Program
Rugged mobility platform used to validate NICS across real device loads, environmental changes, and field-like operating conditions.
- Industrial / rugged positioning
- Pilot-focused configuration options
- Accessory path (kickstand, pogo-pin, keyboard-case)
FusionCore™ Power Program
Modular power architecture designed to support long-duration operation, telemetry-aware control, and future integration with NICS-driven runtime and system health policies.
- Designed for extended runtime
- Battery telemetry integration path
- Supports future pilot deployments
Integrated Control Module Development
Development is underway to transition NICS from development hardware into a stable, integrated PCB-based control module designed for repeatable evaluation, partner demonstrations, and pilot deployments.
- Transitioning NICS to a unified embedded control board
- Supports repeatable evaluation and partner testing
- Designed to accelerate pilot-ready integration