01The cycler
Cyclone Eye
An 8-channel precision cycler. 24-bit measurement, hard limits in firmware, run as a service.
ExploreElectrochemical durability testing · as a service
The AI-native durability platform.
Precision cyclers, lab software with an AI co-researcher, and machine learning that calls cycle life early. Batteries today; fuel cells and electrolyzers next. Delivered as a service.
01 / The platform
One platform. Three parts.
A precision cycler, lab software with an AI co-researcher, and a machine-learning model that calls cycle life early. Each one makes the others better.
02 / Sentinel AI
Describe the experiment. Sentinel builds it.
Sentinel is the AI layer of the platform. It turns intent into a versioned protocol, simulates it before execution, watches every channel while it runs, and investigates whatever deviates. Engineers approve. Hardware executes.
| 25 °C | 45 °C | 60 °C · anchor | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baseline | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| Additive A | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| Additive B | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| Additive C | 2 | 3 | 1 |
- 4 × 3 conditions
- 3 replicates at 45 °C
- 2 anchor conditions
- 24 channel-slots
- est. 12 weeks
- 01rest2 h · 45 °C soak
- 02chargeCC 0.5C → 4.2 V · CV → C/20
- 03rest30 min
- 04dischargeCC 1C → 2.8 V
- 05checkupevery 25 cycles · RPT + EIS
- 06guardrailΔT > 3 °C → pause · dV/dt anomaly → flag
- Simulated · PyBaMM
- Safety limits checked
- Thermal envelope OK
03 / One trace
One trace, from intent to the next test.
Every artifact in Cyclone links to the one before it. Intent becomes a protocol version. The version runs on a channel. The channel’s telemetry feeds an investigation. The investigation ends in a decision that designs the next test. Nothing is reconstructed after the fact.
01 / 07Intent
- 01
Intent
Describe the question in plain language. “Rank three electrolyte additives for calendar life at 45 °C, with a decision by Q2.”
- 02
Design of experiments
Sentinel drafts a coverage matrix: conditions, replicates, anchors, and the channel-days it will cost. You edit; it re-plans.
- 03
Protocol, versioned
The plan compiles to a machine-executable protocol with an immutable version. Simulated in PyBaMM before a single cell is loaded.
- 04
Execution
Cyclone Eye runs it with local authority: offline-first, hard-limit safety aborts, and no cloud dependency in the safety path.
- 05
Telemetry
Every datapoint ships with its context: channel, calibration state, thermal environment, and the protocol step that produced it.
- 06
Investigation
A replicate diverges. Sentinel opens an investigation, gathers scoped evidence, runs transparent analysis, and ranks hypotheses.
- 07
Decision
An engineer accepts, modifies, or rejects. The disposition is recorded, the analysis is saved as a recipe, and the next test is drafted.
04 / Chemistries
Batteries first. Every electrochemical device next.
The workflow that runs a lithium-ion cycle-life campaign is the workflow that runs a fuel-cell accelerated stress test: a multi-condition matrix, thousands of hours, parallel channels, and a durability question at the end. The hardware differs. The platform does not.
U.S. Department of Energy ShippingLithium-ion
NMC · LFP · NCA
- Degradation axis
- Capacity fade, resistance growth, knee onset
- Protocols
- Cycle life, calendar aging, rate capability, EIS
Unsplash SupportedNext-generation cells
Na-ion · Si-anode · Solid-state · Li-metal
- Degradation axis
- Chemistry-specific; models validated per chemistry
- Protocols
- Custom DOE with anchor conditions; forecasts abstain outside envelope
Mariordo, CC BY-SA 4.0 RoadmapPEM fuel cells
Heavy-duty · stationary · maritime
- Degradation axis
- ECSA loss, membrane thinning, carbon corrosion
- Protocols
- DOE AST: voltage cycling, humidity swings, OCV holds
- Target
- DOE heavy-duty durability target: 25,000 h by 2030
Bubble60, CC BY-SA 4.0 RoadmapElectrolyzers
PEM · alkaline · AEM
- Degradation axis
- Catalyst dissolution, membrane degradation, voltage rise
- Protocols
- Load cycling, start/stop, intermittent renewable profiles
U.S. Department of Energy RoadmapSupercapacitors & redox-flow
EDLC · vanadium · organic
- Degradation axis
- Capacitance fade, ESR growth, electrolyte crossover
- Protocols
- Float, cycle, and temperature-accelerated aging
Roadmap chemistries are integration work with established gas-side test-station vendors, not new Cyclone hardware. A durability company should be precise about what it has measured.
05 / Mission
Faster durability answers you can trust.
Cyclone was founded by battery validation engineers and AI engineers who spent years waiting on test stands. We build the cycler, the lab software, and the models under one roof, because a durability number is only as trustworthy as the least trustworthy step that produced it.
Your next campaign,from intent to answer.
Talk to the founders about the chemistry, the conditions, and the decision you need to make.
or write to contact@cycloneinstruments.ai