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Research & Development

The engineering work
that shows up in the silicon.

Four research themes, four working labs, and a small set of clearly stated open problems. Read what we are actually trying to solve — not what we already know how to ship.

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ARAI
Automotive Research Association of India
Automotive type approval & pre-compliance support
NABL
National Accreditation Board for Testing & Calibration Laboratories
Calibration & testing laboratory accreditation
BIS
Bureau of Indian Standards
IS 17017 & AIS-138 compliant components
OCA
Open Charge Alliance
OCPP 1.6J & 2.0.1 — certification programme
Research themes

Four active areas of investigation.

We are honest about what is shipping versus what is open research. The bullets below are open engineering questions we're working on — not marketing claims.

Theme 01

Wide-bandgap power conversion

SiC/GaN traction inverters, onboard chargers, DC-DC modules. Topology selection, magnetics design, gate drive engineering.

Active problems
  • Paralleling N×SiC half-bridges with sub-50 ns gate-skew
  • dv/dt control under 5 kV/µs without efficiency loss
  • Soft-switching topologies for OBC at 22 kW class
Theme 02

Charging protocol stacks

Standards-aligned charging and roaming. PKI provisioning for Plug-and-Charge with cross-vendor certificate handling.

Active problems
  • OCPP 1.6J / 2.0.1 interop matrix testing across vendors
  • OCPI 2.2.1 hub roaming with billing reconciliation
  • ISO 15118-20 Plug-and-Charge with cross-OEM PKI
Theme 03

Functional safety embedded

ISO 26262 ASIL-C software workflows for VCU/ECU. AUTOSAR-classic abstraction. HSM-backed secure boot.

Active problems
  • AUTOSAR-classic with HSM secure boot under 500 ms startup
  • Safe-state transitions for traction inverter fault modes
  • Side-channel analysis hardening for charger authentication
Theme 04

Edge AI for diagnostics

Time-series anomaly detection at the edge. Predictive maintenance for charger fleets and industrial energy operations.

Active problems
  • Sub-200 ms edge inference for charger fault detection
  • Shadow-model MLOps for power-quality classification
  • Cross-site model drift detection without ground-truth
Intellectual property

Patents, papers, and open problems — publicly tracked.

Counters below are intentionally honest. As filings, publications, and MoUs are completed, this block is what gets updated — not the marketing copy.

Patent applications filed
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To be published as filings progress

Peer-reviewed papers
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First IEEE / SAE submission targeted Q2 next FY

Open MoUs
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Updated as collaborations are signed

Lab facilities

Four benches in Hyderabad — named equipment, real work.

We build hardware where engineers can probe it. Equipment lists are public so collaborators know what's available before a conversation starts.

Lab 01

Power Electronics Characterisation

Efficiency mapping, switching-loss measurement, dv/dt and EMI characterisation of SiC / GaN converters.

Equipment
  • Yokogawa WT5000 high-precision power analyser
  • Tektronix DPO5104B oscilloscope
  • Chroma 17040 regenerative DC source
  • Thermal-stream system and temperature chamber
Lab 02

EMC Pre-Compliance

Pre-scan radiated and conducted emissions before ARAI / ICAT submission. Iteration cycles in days, not weeks.

Equipment
  • Anechoic enclosure for pre-scan radiated emissions
  • LISN (Line Impedance Stabilisation Network) suite
  • CISPR 25 / CISPR 32 / IEC 61000 test templates
Lab 03

Hardware-in-the-Loop Test Cell

Close-loop validation of VCU/ECU firmware, charger control logic, and protection sequences without the vehicle in the loop.

Equipment
  • Dynamic battery emulator
  • Grid-tied bidirectional source/sink
  • Motor dynamometer for traction inverter testing
  • Real-time controller for HIL scripting
Lab 04

Embedded Security

Side-channel analysis, secure boot validation, PnC certificate provisioning across charger and vehicle.

Equipment
  • HSM development workstations
  • Oscilloscope-based side-channel analysis bench
  • ISO 15118-20 PnC test rig
Collaborations

Working with labs, OEMs, and academia.

We work with Indian standards bodies (BIS, ARAI, ICAT) for product qualification, and we actively pursue research collaborations with academic institutions and OEMs. Signed MoUs and academic partnerships are listed as they close — not before.

Standards & qualification
BIS, ARAI, ICAT
Academic partners
IIT, IIIT (under MoU)
OEM development
Vehicle programmes (NDA)
Utility & grid
DISCOM pilot studies
Partner with R&D

Co-develop a prototype.
Same team, end-to-end.

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Joulepoint

India's energy R&D company. We engineer power electronics, embedded firmware, charging infrastructure and intelligent energy platforms for the energy transition.

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