IoT development & consulting
IoT product development, from sensor to cloud
Connected products fail at the seams between device, network and cloud. We build the whole path, so data gets from the sensor to the dashboard reliably, securely, and at a cost that works at scale.
One owner for the whole system
An IoT product is three products: the device, the connection and the cloud. When each is built by a different vendor, nobody owns the failures between them: the device that drops data during a cellular outage, or the backend that buckles when a thousand devices report at once.
That whole path has been built and run in production. At Frost Solutions: solar-powered weather stations reporting every minute over cellular from 37 states and 7 Canadian provinces. At Rocket Wagon: connected products for Fortune 500 clients, deployed across 750+ retail locations.
IoT consulting is available on its own, too: architecture reviews, connectivity and platform selection, and a second opinion before you commit to a design.
What you get
Scope of work
- 01
IoT architecture
Device, network and cloud design sized for your fleet, power budget and per-device cost.
- 02
Device hardware & firmware
Sensors, power and connectivity on custom hardware, with firmware built for unattended operation, in an enclosure designed in-house or with our expert partners.
- 03
Connectivity selection
BLE, Wi-Fi, LoRa or cellular, chosen on range, power, data volume and monthly cost.
- 04
Cloud ingestion
Device provisioning, secure messaging and data pipelines on AWS IoT and similar platforms.
- 05
Dashboards & alerts
Real-time dashboards, alerting and the first web app, with partner teams brought in when it needs to scale.
- 06
Fleet operations
Monitoring, remote diagnostics and over-the-air updates for devices in the field.
How it works
Four phases, each with a clear exit
- 01
Architecture
Connectivity, cloud and cost model chosen before hardware is committed.
- 02
End-to-end prototype
One device reporting into a real backend early, to expose integration risk.
- 03
Pilot fleet
A small deployment in real conditions, with monitoring from day one.
- 04
Scale & operate
Provisioning, update and support tooling for a growing fleet.
Proof
Shipped, in the field
Connected products taken from concept through production.
Frost Solutions
Road Weather IoT Platform
Solar-powered road weather stations with cellular connectivity and real-time dashboards, deployed across 37 states and 7 provinces.
Read the case study
Rocket Wagon
Enterprise IoT Innovation
IoT innovation firm serving Fortune 500 clients including Duracell, Barnes & Noble College, and Amgen. Connected solutions deployed across 750+ retail locations.
Read the case studyFit
Who this is for
A good fit
- Hardware startups building a connected product for the first time
- Companies adding sensing or remote monitoring to an existing product
- Teams whose pilot works but whose fleet won't scale
Not the right fit
- App-only projects with no device. We'll introduce you to an app partner.
Founder-led
Hands-on, start to finish.
Every project is led by Luke Libraro, hands-on from the first schematic to the factory floor to the fleet dashboard.
Luke brings 15+ years of engineering and product leadership across hardware, firmware, cloud and AI. No account managers: the person who scopes your project leads the work. We build the first web experience, from dashboards to companion web apps, alongside the device, and bring in partner teams when an app needs to scale.
- Frost SolutionsCTO from launch; designed and built the hardware
- Rocket WagonCo-founder & CTO · 2015–2023
- VisiPillHardware team lead
- Light for HopeHardware lead, at Rocket Wagon
Enclosures, in-house or with expert partners
We design your enclosure in-house or bring in expert mechanical engineering and industrial design partners, so the product is beautiful, functional and built to work in the field. Already have a design team? We work alongside them.
FAQ
Common questions
What does an IoT consultant do?
Helps you make the decisions that are expensive to reverse: which connectivity to use, how devices are provisioned and secured, where data is processed, and what the system costs per device per month. A review before you build can save a board spin or a platform migration.
Which IoT connectivity should I use?
It depends on range, power and data volume. BLE suits short range with a phone nearby. Wi-Fi suits powered devices on a home or office network. LoRa suits small, infrequent messages over long range. Cellular suits devices that must work anywhere without local infrastructure, at a monthly cost per device.
Do you build the mobile app too?
Dashboards and alerts, yes. For a full consumer mobile app, we work alongside a partner app team and own the device and cloud integration.
Can you help us scale from a pilot to a fleet?
Yes. Scaling usually needs provisioning, monitoring and update tooling the pilot didn't. We plan those before the fleet grows.
Related
Related services
Firmware & Embedded
Bare-metal and RTOS firmware, drivers, low-power design, wireless stacks and OTA updates.
Electronics & IoT Prototyping
Proof-of-concept builds and functional prototypes on custom PCBs, with real firmware and connectivity.
Fractional CTO
Part-time technical leadership: roadmap, vendors, manufacturers, hiring and investor diligence.
Tell us what you’re building.
A short call is usually enough to know whether we’re the right fit, and what the first phase should prove.
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