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Note 14 - Commitments and Contingencies (Details Textual) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands			3 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Oct. 04, 2023	Oct. 02, 2020	Dec. 31, 2023	Dec. 31, 2022	Sep. 30, 2023	Sep. 30, 2022	Sep. 30, 2021
Increase (Decrease) in Other Employee-Related Liabilities			$ 40	$ 548
Share Price			$ 2.03
Increase in Additional Paid-in Capital, Obligation to Issue Common Stock			$ 527
Additional Paid-in Capital [Member]
Increase in Additional Paid-in Capital, Obligation to Issue Common Stock			$ 527
Assets Acquisition of Amika Mobile Corporation [Member]
Business Acquisition, Equity Interest Issued or Issuable, Number of Shares, Each Anniversaries		191,267
Business Acquisition, Equity Interest Issued or Issuable, Number of Shares (in shares)		573,801	69,564		69,564
Share Price		$ 5.98
Business Combination, Consideration Transferred, Equity Interests Issued and Issuable		$ 3,431
Assets Acquisition of Amika Mobile Corporation [Member] \| Former Owner of Amika Mobile [Member]
Stock Issued During Period, Shares, Acquisitions			69,564		69,564	69,564	365,109
Evertel Technologies, LLC [Member]
Business Acquisition, Equity Interest Issued or Issuable, Number of Shares (in shares)	986,486
Share Price	$ 1.95
Business Combination, Contingent Consideration Arrangements, Range of Outcomes, Value, High	$ 1,050
Business Combination, Contingent Consideration, Liability	$ 890		$ 926
Evertel Technologies, LLC [Member] \| Acquisition Holdback Liability [Member]
Business Combination, Contingent Consideration, Liability			$ 235
Evertel Technologies, LLC [Member] \| Agreement to Issue Stock [Member]
Business Acquisition, Equity Interest Issued or Issuable, Number of Shares (in shares)	270,270
Share Price	$ 1.95
Evertel Technologies, LLC [Member] \| Agreement to Issue Stock [Member] \| Additional Paid-in Capital [Member]
Increase in Additional Paid-in Capital, Obligation to Issue Common Stock	$ 527