High Versatility Equipment for Modular Use in Laboratories
About Us
What We Do
HVEMUL designs and manufactures modular hardware platforms that make power electronics research accessible, intuitive, and fast to implement. Our flagship product is a platform for Texas Instruments’ C2000 microcontrollers, featuring 10 optical fiber outputs, hardware protection with fault indication, 10 ADC measurement channels through BNC connectors, and Rack 3U compatibility. It works with software researchers already know—like MATLAB—meaning teams can go from unboxing to generating results in a single day.
Our modular approach means researchers choose only what they need: platform modules, power converter units, measurement modules, and optical fiber extensions, each in its own enclosure. No oversized systems. No unused features driving up costs. Just the right tools for the job.
Our Mission
To make investigation in the power electronics field more accessible for everyone. We flatten the learning curve by creating solutions that are simpler to use, easier to learn, and straightforward to implement in hardware. Where traditional platforms create weeks of setup and learning, HVEMUL equipment gets researchers to their actual work in hours.
Our Vision
We envision HVEMUL as a global company that sustains itself economically while maintaining our commitment to accessibility. Within five years, we see ourselves operating from our own facility, supporting a team of at least ten people, and serving universities and research institutions worldwide with long-term contracts and partnerships. We’re building this future one research group at a time—starting in Chile, expanding across Latin America, and ultimately reaching institutions globally.
Our Impact
Just months after launch, HVEMUL platforms are already enabling research at Universidad de Antofagasta and supporting cutting-edge work at AC3E. Our university collaborations aren’t just customer relationships—they’re partnerships where we help research teams grow, serve as beta testers for new solutions, and make breakthrough research easier to achieve. By making power electronics research more accessible, we’re not just selling equipment. We’re accelerating the development of clean energy solutions, supporting Chile’s renewable energy leadership, and empowering the next generation of power electronics researchers across South America and beyond.
Our Story
HVEMUL was born in 2025 from a simple observation: power electronics research shouldn’t be this complicated.
While working as an R&D engineer at the Advanced Center for Electrical and Electronic Engineering (AC3E), founder Polidoro Canales witnessed the same obstacles over and over again. Universities across Chile were launching new power electronics research programs, driven by the country’s massive potential in clean energy—from the solar-rich Atacama Desert to the wind-swept southern regions. Yet students and researchers consistently struggled with the same problem: existing equipment platforms were overcomplicated, expensive, and created unnecessary barriers to entry.
The available solutions required specific computers, physical license keys, strict installation protocols, and weeks of learning proprietary programming environments before researchers could even begin their actual work. Equipment was oversized with features that went unused, yet came with premium Price tags that made accessibility a challenge for emerging research groups.
On the same floor at AC3E, Alejandro Stowhas was pursuing his PhD at Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María (UTFSM) and experiencing these same frustrations. Through conversations and shared experiences—encouraged by supportive faculty including Professor Christian Rojas from UTFSM and Professor Samir Kouro—Polidoro and Alejandro realized they were uniquely positioned to solve this problem.
Polidoro, with his mechatronics engineering background from Universidad de Talca, brought deep hardware design expertise and complete understanding of product development from geometry to internal architecture. Alejandro, with his electronics engineering degree, master’s, and ongoing PhD from UTFSM, contributed academic insight and control systems expertise. Both maintained collaborative relationships with multiple universities, giving them direct insight into what researchers truly needed.
Together, they founded HVEMUL—an acronym for High Versatility Equipment for Modular Use in Laboratories. The name itself reflects their Chilean roots: inspired by the huemul, an endemic Chilean deer, with a creative twist (changing “U” to “V”) that makes it distinctively their own.
Polidoro Canales
Our Team
HVEMUL is led by co-founders Polidoro Canales and Alejandro Stowhas, supported by a network of academic advisors including Professor Christian Rojas and Professor Samir Kouro from UTFSM, along with the broader AC3E research community. We’re a spin-off with deep roots in Chilean engineering excellence, and we’re just getting started.
