diff --git a/common/src/device_config.cpp b/common/src/device_config.cpp
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+++ b/common/src/device_config.cpp
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+
+#include "common/include/device_config.hpp"
+
+#include <regex>
+#include <stdexcept>
+
+DeviceConfig::DeviceConfig(uint32_t vendorIANA, const std::string& compatible,
+                           const std::string& configType,
+                           const std::string& name) :
+    vendorIANA(vendorIANA), compatibleHardware(compatible), configName(name),
+    configType(configType)
+{
+    std::regex reCompatible("([a-zA-Z0-9])+(\\.([a-zA-Z0-9])+)+");
+    std::cmatch m;
+
+    if (name.empty())
+    {
+        throw std::invalid_argument(
+            "invalid EM config 'Name' string: '" + name + "'");
+    }
+
+    // check compatible string with regex
+    if (!std::regex_match(compatible.c_str(), m, reCompatible))
+    {
+        throw std::invalid_argument(
+            "invalid compatible string: '" + compatible + "'");
+    }
+}