Our services
Design Architecture
Creating the best system design architecture is the first critical stage in optimizing your path to IoT product success. For example, the decision to perform your IoT computing at the edge or in the cloud, as well as making microprocessor and communication technology decisions are key in this phase. We will help you start off in the right direction.
Development Recommendations
IoT product development is not trivial, and achieving your goals takes the right talent and tools. Often, this requires outsourcing certain functions to get the right talent of the job. We can help assess your project team, timeline and provide feedback to ensure success.
Make vs Buy Decisions
While most new product developers want to design from the ground up, there are often many complete solutions already available that should be considered, depending on functional requirements, access to funding, and timeframe goals. We can assist you with this decision.
Tradeoff Analysis
As they say, there’s more than one way to cook an egg. Often, there are multiple technology options to achieve the functionality you are looking for. We can help you analyze your current architecture and design, and provide comparative data to alternative IoT solutions.
Startup Due Diligence
Looking to invest in the world of IoT? With so many complexities in technology, sourcing, development and go-to-market options, we can provide you with honest and independent assessment of risks and confirm IoT product plans, schedules and validate assumptions.
Component / Supplier Selection
The process of selecting the right components and suppliers to work with is not trivial and should not be taken lightly. We can provide you with unbiased recommendations to suit your specific design needs and introduce you to companies that will be the best fit and provide the best support for you.
Manufacturing and Supply Chain Guidance
If this is your first electronic product, then you are wondering how to get your “thing” built. From building your first few prototypes to launching full scale production, it takes industry experience and relationships with the entities that will support your supply chain. We can help recommend and guide you to the best partners for your situation and requirements.
Test and Certification Requirements
While all electronic product development comes with standard test and certification requirements, IoT products typically bring even more with their connectivity aspects, such as FCC, GCF, and PTCRB. In addition, based on your end application, you may have additional industry-specific certifications. We can help you navigate this often confusing world.
IoT Service and Partner Relationships
Most IoT products today involve communication with a cloud based site and/or an app of some form, with which to present sensor data and provide control and access. The IoT cloud space is dominated by Amazon, Microsoft and Google, but there are a multitude of service provider options that sit between your thing and the internet. We can help demystify this and recommend partnerships that will be a good fit.
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