Software for connected hardware.
Your device works on the bench. I build everything it needs once it leaves: the cloud behind it, the link that gets data home, updates that cannot brick it, and a safe way in when something goes wrong.
What I build
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A view of the whole fleet
Every unit, where it is, what software it runs and whether it is healthy. Reports and analytics your customers can read.
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A link that survives bad networks
Hospital wifi, venue networks, units that drop offline for days. Data waits on the device and gets home when the network comes back.
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Updates that cannot brick a device
Signed releases rolled out safely to a fleet running different software versions, without breaking a single unit already installed.
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Remote support behind firewalls
A secure way to reach units inside networks you do not control, with the paperwork your customers' IT teams will ask for.
Built as a product: FieldLink.
Where I have done it
For a UK detection hardware company with units installed in hospitals, I built the cloud platform, the link from device to cloud, and secure remote access through hospital firewalls. A first working version was running within four weeks. Every change after that was designed in writing first, then shipped without breaking the fleet already in the field.
For Johnson & Johnson, I built EventScope: edge devices on a congress stand feeding a live dashboard, built to keep counting when the venue network does not. A build like this typically takes 4 to 6 weeks and costs £14k to £20k.
How we start
A short call to understand the device, the network it lives on and what is hurting. Hardware work is usually a bigger build, so the next step is a one week scoping sprint: a written spec, an architecture and a fixed price for the build.
Your team keeps the firmware. I take everything from the device outward, and I write it down so your team can own it after I leave.
Call it IoT, a connected device or a medical device; the problems are the same. If it sells into hospitals or other regulated settings, the change records and the security paperwork are part of the build, not an afterthought.
Tell me about your device
Thirty minutes, free. Enough to tell whether I can help and what the first step looks like.