SR&ED for hardware teams.
Hardware development is iterative and uncertain by design, from board bring-up to firmware. That constant problem-solving is what SR&ED is built to reward.
What qualifies in Hardware, Electronics & IoT?
Eligibility comes down to one test: did your team work through genuine technical uncertainty? In hardware, electronics & iot, that usually looks like this.
- Designing circuits or PCBs with real performance uncertainty
- Developing firmware and embedded systems
- Solving RF, signal-integrity, or thermal problems
- Integrating sensors or hardware with unpredictable behaviour
- Prototyping and iterating on new designs
What a claim looks like
An IoT company redesigned a board to fix RF interference that was killing range.
A device maker developed firmware to hit a power budget nothing off-the-shelf could meet.
A hardware team solved a thermal issue that only appeared once the product ran at scale.
How Chrono builds your claim
Chrono reconstructs defensible, evidence-linked timesheets and technical narratives from the records you already keep. No manual time tracking required.
- Firmware Git history
- PCB / PLM revisions
- Bench-test logs
- Design docs
Hardware, Electronics & IoT, answered
Is prototyping eligible?
Experimental prototyping to resolve technical uncertainty is. Building a prototype to a known, achievable spec generally isn't.
We outsource manufacturing. Can we still claim?
Yes. Your development and experimentation can qualify even when the physical manufacturing is done by a contractor.
See what your Hardware, Electronics & IoT claim is worth.
Estimate your credit in two minutes, then let Chrono build the claim from the data you already have.