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title: "Red Pitaya Powers Methane Monitoring Tech: Featured on Engineering Matters Podcast"
description: Red Pitaya joins Engineering Matters podcast to share how its boards support scalable methane monitoring and real-world environmental innovations.
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# Red Pitaya Powers Methane Monitoring Tech: Featured on Engineering Matters Podcast
- Posted by  [Črt Valentinčič](https://content.redpitaya.com/blog/author/črt-valentinčič) , July 1, 2025
I recently joined **Robbie Wright** (Co-founder and Chief Engineer at **LongPath Technologies**) on the **Engineering Matters podcast** for a special episode: *“Monitoring Methane: The Tech Behind the Tech.”*
This feature followed Red Pitaya being awarded the **Gold Champion for the Environment** at the Engineering Matters Awards—a recognition of how accessible, reconfigurable instrumentation can drive real-world climate solutions.
During the conversation, Robbie and I discussed how LongPath took Nobel Prize–winning dual-frequency comb laser spectroscopy out of the lab and turned it into a commercially scalable continuous methane monitoring system. Bringing that level of precision into hundreds of remote field sites required an instrumentation platform that could handle high-speed signal processing and real-time data acquisition without proprietary constraints.
By integrating Red Pitaya’s reconfigurable Zynq-based boards, LongPath was able to fast-track their transition from early prototype to mass commercial deployment. It is a prime example of how open-source engineering enables startups to solve critical environmental and industrial challenges efficiently.
Listen to the full episode on [Engineering Matters here](https://engineeringmatters.reby.media/2025/06/26/335-monitoring-methane-the-tech-behind-the-tech/).
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