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IoT Devices2024

A modular smart-switch platform built to scale

A modular smart-switch system built to scale across configurations. A clean look on a manufacturable electromechanical platform.

Client · Smart-home brand (confidential)

A modular smart-switch platform built to scale
ModularOne platform, many variants
Clean facesMinimal fronts
Built to scaleReady for volume
The challenge

A switch range has to look clean on a wall, click together in lots of configurations, and stay cheap to build at volume, all while holding the electronics for connectivity.

Our approach

We built a modular platform. One common mechanical and electronic core that covers a range of switch and socket layouts. The industrial design kept the faces simple, and the insides were laid out so the antenna and the electronics could share the space.

The outcome

A proper family of switches that share parts, go together cleanly, and read as one consistent design across the whole range.

Services applied
Industrial Design & CMFMechatronics & ElectronicsPrototyping & ValidationManufacturing & Supply
Module configurations
Module configurations
FAQ

Questions, answered

The things teams usually ask before they start.

Can we hire you for just one part of a project?

Yes. Take a single discipline - say industrial design or simulation - or hand over the whole product from concept to production. We work both ways.

Do you work with startups or only established companies?

Both. We have taken first-time founders to investor- and regulator-ready devices, and helped OEMs and product teams ship new lines.

Can you take a product all the way to manufacturing?

Yes. We handle design for manufacturing, vendor identification and audits, and pilot runs into volume production.

Where are you based, and do you work remotely?

We are in Bengaluru with the whole team in one place, and we work with clients across India and abroad.

How do projects usually start?

With a short conversation about where you are. A sketch, a spec, or a rough prototype is more than enough to begin.

Have a product in mind? Tell us where you are. A sketch, a spec, or a prototype that is not quite working. We will tell you how we would take it forward.

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