The gap between a working prototype and a shippable connected product is almost entirely provisioning, update and support. Faststream takes connected devices from concept through electronics, firmware, connectivity, certification and cloud to manufacture — including the parts nobody demonstrates, like what happens to ten thousand units when a firmware release is wrong.
Function, power budget, connectivity choice, cost target and regulatory path decided together, because each constrains the others.
Schematic, layout, signal and power integrity, antenna design and placement, prototype build and bring-up.
Bare metal, RTOS or embedded Linux, drivers, power management, connectivity stack and update mechanism.
Link selection, protocol design, ingest, device registry, fleet management and dashboards.
Radio, EMC, safety and market-specific approvals planned into the schedule rather than discovered at the end.
Test fixture and coverage, factory provisioning, yield analysis and supply continuity.
Field diagnostics, staged updates, component obsolescence management and end-of-life handling.
Sensing, embedded control, Bluetooth link and cloud record — with the accuracy and audit requirements that a result used in a decision implies.
Metering, embedded control, authorisation and cloud telemetry in a mobile, hazardous-area-aware form factor.
Sensing, low-power wide-area connectivity and analytics across distributed assets with no mains power.
Extreme power constraint, small antenna, comfort and reliability, plus a phone-side and cloud-side experience.
Cost-driven electronics, consumer-grade connectivity, and a support model that survives an installed base.
Design controls, traceability and validation alongside the engineering, with the regulatory path shaping architecture from the start.
A device that cannot be provisioned reliably in the factory produces a field failure rate that looks like a hardware problem and is not. A device that cannot be updated safely produces either a frozen product or a recall.
Both are architectural decisions made early. Factory provisioning needs an auditable process that does not depend on a technician's diligence. Staged over-the-air update with rollback needs partition layout, bootloader design and a delivery mechanism that were planned before the first prototype, because retrofitting them into a shipped product is close to impossible.
Electronics design, embedded firmware, wireless connectivity, antenna design, certification, cloud platform, factory provisioning, over-the-air update and manufacturing transition — the whole path from concept to a product that can be shipped and supported.
At architecture. Radio module choice, antenna placement, enclosure material and market list all affect the approval path, and discovering that at the end of development costs a re-spin.
Faststream handles the transition to manufacture — test fixture and coverage, factory provisioning, yield analysis and supply continuity — working with the customer's chosen manufacturing partner.
Tell us the specification, the constraint and the deadline. Programmes that cross silicon, radio, embedded and AI are where Faststream is strongest.