ROI & TCO Analysis Tools
Enter your own system parameters and targets to get a rough estimate of how optimisation could affect return on investment and total cost of ownership.
System Parameters
Example Estimate from Stated Assumptions
Assumptions: The boot time reduction is computed from your target. Annual savings assume an 8% drop in hardware unit cost and 160 hours of R&D saved; the investment assumes 320 hours of engineering work.
This tool produces an estimate, not a measurement. The assumptions it uses are listed under the results in each tab; results in your own project may differ widely.
Frequently Asked Questions
What engineers ask about the calculator
01What questions does the calculator answer?
It produces three rough estimates: the Yocto tab shows how your boot time target affects cost and return on investment, the Edge AI tab the power and cost effect of on-device inference instead of the cloud, and the EtherCAT tab the effect of lower communication latency on scrap and downtime cost. Each tab lists its assumptions under the results.
02Is the result a binding quote?
No, the calculator is a pre-orientation tool. Final architectural decisions are made in the architecture audit, weighing thermal budget, regulation and field conditions together.
03What happens to my data?
Form data is used only to contact you and is never shared with third parties. Corporate e-mail validation and bot protection (honeypot + rate limiting) are active.
04What do you recommend for SWaP-C constrained projects?
Offloading to hardware accelerators (NPU/DLA) and quantization (FP16/INT8) are the primary levers. The decision metric is not fps but frames per second per watt. The calculator gives you a starting point for this class of decision.
05Who do I talk to after the result?
Engineers, not sales representatives. The technical intro call works through your current architecture, constraints and target metrics.