Coordinate access to scarce hardware.
Reserve scarce hardware, prevent conflicting access, and preserve audit trails.
Shared devices get wedged, reserved informally, misconfigured, or monopolized by a single workflow.
Shared labs run on spreadsheets, Slack threads, and trust. Someone reserves a board informally; someone else plugs into it anyway; a CI job flashes firmware over a manual debug session. Devices get wedged, nobody knows who did what.
Embroid uses device records, leases, permissions, queues, and audit logs to make shared labs predictable.
Every device has a record. Every access runs under a lease with scoped permissions. A queue coordinates automation. An audit log shows who did what and when — on the record, not in memory.
How Shared Lab Management works with Embroid
- 01Operators register devices with tags and capabilities.
- 02Engineers request leases through the UI, CLI, or CI.
- 03Embroid grants exclusive access for the lease window.
- 04Automation jobs queue behind manual work politely.
- 05Session records flow into the lab's audit log.
What teams get from Shared Lab Management
- Time-boxed leases prevent conflicts
- Per-user permissions for destructive actions
- A shared queue for automation jobs
- An audit log for every session
Which Embroid product fits this workflow
The primary product for shared labs — scheduler, queues, locks, and accessory support.
Explore ProUseful at the edges of a lab, or for smaller teams that need a handful of shared benches.
Explore BasicBuilt on these parts of the platform
What the record looks like
Audit trail per device: lease history, operators, verbs called, firmware hashes, and session outcomes. Useful for lab leads, security review, and post-incident analysis.
A realistic rollout
Roll out Pro across the lab's primary benches. Register devices and tag capabilities.
Migrate manual reservations to leases. Turn on audit logging and role policies.
Layer on scheduled jobs, CI integration, and cross-lab coordination.
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Firmware Bring-Up
Turn flashing, reset, serial capture, and setup steps into repeatable workflows.
CI Hardware Testing
Run real-device validation on pull requests, nightly builds, and releases.
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