Accrued Expenses - Summary of Accrued Expenses (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Jan. 31, 2025	Jan. 31, 2024	Jan. 31, 2023	Jan. 31, 2022
Payables and Accruals [Abstract]
Customer Deposits	$ 786	$ 86
Acquisition Escrow Holdback	710
Warranty	548	711	$ 1,072	$ 834
Professional Fees	253	375
Grant Performance Obligation - Short Term	212
Current Portion of Lease Liability	320	233
Accrued Property & Sales Tax	538	209
Stockholder Relation Fees	63	94
Other Accrued Expenses	1,031	998
Total	$ 4,461	$ 2,706
Operating Lease, Liability, Current, Statement of Financial Position [Extensible List]	Total	Total

Accrued payroll and sales taxes current.

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Accrued stock holder relation fees.

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Acquisition escrow holdback current.

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Customer deposit current.

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Grant Performance Obligation - Short Term.

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Carrying value as of the balance sheet date of obligations incurred and payable, pertaining to costs that are statutory in nature, are incurred on contractual obligations, or accumulate over time and for which invoices have not yet been received or will not be rendered. Examples include taxes, interest, rent and utilities. Used to reflect the current portion of the liabilities (due within one year or within the normal operating cycle if longer).

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Carrying value as of the balance sheet date of obligations incurred through that date and payable for professional fees, such as for legal and accounting services received. Used to reflect the current portion of the liabilities (due within one year or within the normal operating cycle if longer).

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Present value of lessee's discounted obligation for lease payments from operating lease, classified as current.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Topic 842
-SubTopic 20
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Section 45
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-Subparagraph (b)
-Publisher FASB
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Indicates line item in statement of financial position that includes current operating lease liability.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Topic 842
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-Section 45
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Amount of expenses incurred but not yet paid classified as other, due within one year or the normal operating cycle, if longer.

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Carrying value as of the balance sheet date of obligations incurred through that date and payable for estimated claims under standard and extended warranty protection rights granted to customers. For classified balance sheets, represents the current portion of the liabilities (due within one year or within the normal operating cycle if longer).

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Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Topic 210
-SubTopic 10
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
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-Publisher FASB
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Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
-Topic 460
-SubTopic 10
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Section 50
-Paragraph 8
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-Publisher FASB
-URI https://asc.fasb.org/1943274/2147482425/460-10-50-8

Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
-Topic 460
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-Section 50
-Paragraph 8
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-Publisher FASB
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