Avalon Tech — Engineering, software & manufacturing

We don't sell promises — we document deliveries. Every project is filed like a drawing: problem, build, and measurable result.

AV-2023-266CNC · Manufacturing

Problem: The 21bitcoiners collective arrived with the Bitcoin-Nahua Calendar — the story of Bitcoin and El Salvador told in 21 blocks, inspired by Nahua culture — as a 3D model, and a date that wouldn't move: the Adopting Bitcoin 2023 conference in San Salvador. Three pieces from the same carving were needed, in solid cedar, finished and ready for auction.
Build: We sourced the cedar and split the 3D model into depth layers to generate the CNC toolpaths: roughing and detail per layer, the same 45 cm carving executed three times. Each piece was hand-finished with cedar tint and matte varnish.
Result: Three pieces delivered on time. They were among the most talked-about items at the expo: two were auctioned and sold fast, and one — as we later heard — was gifted to a high-ranking official in the context of the Bitcoin Law.

CAD/CAM · CNC · CEDAR · HAND FINISHING

AV-2020-004Software · Platform

Problem: In 2020 the pandemic left Salvadoran students out of their classrooms and families cutting costs — and GlobalBooks, an educational book distributor, watched its market fall from one year to the next. Their answer was an idea: "Why don't we build something like Netflix, but for books?" Digital access to school content, at a better price, aligned every year with the MINEDUCYT curriculum.
Build: We built Lector: a reading platform for students from 7th to 11th grade, launched on Laravel and deployed on AWS for the 2021 school year. It hasn't stopped growing since: a full redesign with a React frontend in 2023, and in 2025 Lector Infantil — its own brand, for 1st through 6th grade, on the same backend. Today the platform brings together books and audiobooks, a micro-LMS with tests, reading-speed assessments with age-appropriate parameters, assignments and announcements, and analytics for teachers, institutions and administrators.
Result: More than 6,000 active students across more than 25 institutions in the country read on Lector today. Five years of continuous development, a crisis launch turned into educational infrastructure — and one of several projects we keep building with GlobalBooks.

LARAVEL · REACT · AWS · EDTECH

AV-2022-227Machinery · Automation

Problem: Clients who knew us for 3D printing and prototyping arrived with an ambitious idea: fully automating a minuta — the Salvadoran shaved ice with flavored syrups and tamarind jelly you find on every corner on a hot day. Machines existed to shave ice; none existed that did the whole process, from on-screen selection to a served minuta, with no person in between.
Build: We designed a prototype and three production versions — two fully autonomous and one compact semi-autonomous for events. The machine makes shaved ice on the spot from an internal purified-water reservoir, doses syrups and jelly to the customer's touchscreen selection, dispenses the spoon, protects the interior with an automatic door and takes cash payments. Everything came out of the shop: mechanical, electrical and electronic design, four degrees of freedom, up to ten dosing pumps, hardware-revision-aware firmware in C, and a Linux mini server with a React frontend, remotely reachable over WiFi or cellular for analytics, maintenance and updates. The system is patented at the Centro Nacional de Registros.
Result: Seven machines built and delivered: one exported to the United States, four for Salvadoran malls and two compact versions working private events. We keep maintaining the machines in operation. A street-corner treat turned into an engineered product — with its own patent.

MECHATRONICS · FIRMWARE · CNC · 3D PRINTING

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