FIRIA

Software and hardware design

Firmware, Hardware, Software, and IoT Product Design Experts - helping companies achieve their product development goals.

Hardware

Software

FIRIA DESIGN SERVICES

- INNOVATIVE IOT DESIGN -

Product development is our passion, and we know from experience that developing successful products demands rapid iteration and getting the customer involved early and often.

We work closely with our clients to ensure project requirements are clearly understood at the outset, and we stay plugged in throughout the development process.

Embedded Systems

From board design and layout to initial software bring-up, application coding and full production test, we have the experience to deliver complex designs on schedule.

Software

Full-stack development. If your product requires Mobile, Desktop or Cloud software development, our team has the depth and experience to get you there.

Integration

Bringing new connected products to market is our specialty. Our system architects own the whole solution, and our experienced project management team drives it to done.

Our Capabilities

You have a winning early-stage startup team at your disposal. Energetic, driven, smart, and disciplined. Quick to understand what’s critical to your business and keenly focused on executing the vision.

Embedded, mobile, desktop, and cloud software development.
Hardware design, PCB layout, Global Compliance Testing / Certification.
Experienced with most microcontroller vendors and CPU architectures.
Networking protocol experts - wireless stack development, integration, high-scalability.
UI / UX design and development.
Strategy innovation - Design Sprint process, customer discovery.

Our Projects

What Sets Us Apart

Innovation: combining creativity with pragmatism and intuition to derive maximum business value from the latest advances in technology.
Generalist Spirit: our engineers master multiple technology platforms, spanning hardware design to cloud to UX. This breadth enables unparalleled architectural integrity and implementation speed.
Ownership: we partner with select clients who are pushing the boundaries of their industries. With Firia, you have an experienced senior-level team driving your products forward as their own.

Case Studies

- Innovation. Excellence. Attention to detail. -

Large Scale Wireless Photovoltaic (PV) Monitoring

Solar Balance of Systems Leader

Developed low cost reliable monitoring system for Utility Scale solar fields (thousands of devices per site).
Hardware/Software implementation comprised mesh networks, hardened embedded electronics, firmware, Linux gateways, LTE modems, cloud backend software, HTML5 web applications.
Delivered unprecedented level of Operations visibility supporting cloud-based data analysis and concurrent access through legacy SCADA systems.

Vibration Monitoring in Distribution Centers

Wireless Condition Monitoring Systems Provider

Completely re-architected system for client who was struggling to meet demands of world’s largest online retailer.
Designed wireless sensor nodes to monitor equipment vibration and temperature.
Built software infrastructure - Node to Gateway to Cloud - to support high-volume data collection to a serverless backend.
Developed real-time analytics combining intelligent edge-device processing with cloud lambda functions to deliver urgent notifications of detected anomalies.

Wireless Asset Tracking System

Multi-National Lighting Supplier

Internal customer with millions of assets to track.
Architected system, modeled dataflow and performance, ensured cost targets would meet ROI demands.
Invented new IP for long-range asset tracking at scale, with cost effective devices.
Assisted legal team with patent disclosure, claims, office actions on client’s behalf.
Designed custom low-cost edge gateways with multiple IoT radio links.
Built complete real-time system with asset tags actively communicating to cloud-based backend, with React.js based front-end UI.
Optimized commissioning process with custom software.
Developed high-volume manufacturing test fixtures and coordinated with CMs for production.

Hospital Alarm Management / Nurse Call

Healthcare Technology Startup

Implemented field-upgrade capability for mass deployed hospital equipment systems.
Developed and deployed firmware and software upgrades to dramatically improve nurse-call system performance, directly impacting key customer account retention.
Assisted client with FDA Compliance Remediation program, building quality systems and process documentation.

Large Scale Wireless Photovoltaic (PV) Monitoring

Solar Balance of Systems Leader

Developed low cost reliable monitoring system for Utility Scale solar fields (thousands of devices per site).
Hardware/Software implementation comprised mesh networks, hardened embedded electronics, firmware, Linux gateways, LTE modems, cloud backend software, HTML5 web applications.
Delivered unprecedented level of Operations visibility supporting cloud-based data analysis and concurrent access through legacy SCADA systems.

Vibration Monitoring in Distribution Centers

Wireless Condition Monitoring Systems Provider

Completely re-architected system for client who was struggling to meet demands of world’s largest online retailer.
Designed wireless sensor nodes to monitor equipment vibration and temperature.
Built software infrastructure - Node to Gateway to Cloud - to support high-volume data collection to a serverless backend.
Developed real-time analytics combining intelligent edge-device processing with cloud lambda functions to deliver urgent notifications of detected anomalies.

Wireless Asset Tracking System

Multi-National Lighting Supplier

Internal customer with millions of assets to track.
Architected system, modeled dataflow and performance, ensured cost targets would meet ROI demands.
Invented new IP for long-range asset tracking at scale, with cost effective devices.
Assisted legal team with patent disclosure, claims, office actions on client’s behalf.
Designed custom low-cost edge gateways with multiple IoT radio links.
Built complete real-time system with asset tags actively communicating to cloud-based backend, with React.js based front-end UI.
Optimized commissioning process with custom software.
Developed high-volume manufacturing test fixtures and coordinated with CMs for production.

Hospital Alarm Management / Nurse Call

Healthcare Technology Startup

Implemented field-upgrade capability for mass deployed hospital equipment systems.
Developed and deployed firmware and software upgrades to dramatically improve nurse-call system performance, directly impacting key customer account retention.
Assisted client with FDA Compliance Remediation program, building quality systems and process documentation.

Large Scale Wireless Photovoltaic (PV) Monitoring

Solar Balance of Systems Leader

Developed low cost reliable monitoring system for Utility Scale solar fields (thousands of devices per site).
Hardware/Software implementation comprised mesh networks, hardened embedded electronics, firmware, Linux gateways, LTE modems, cloud backend software, HTML5 web applications.
Delivered unprecedented level of Operations visibility supporting cloud-based data analysis and concurrent access through legacy SCADA systems.

Vibration Monitoring in Distribution Centers

Wireless Condition Monitoring Systems Provider

Completely re-architected system for client who was struggling to meet demands of world’s largest online retailer.
Designed wireless sensor nodes to monitor equipment vibration and temperature.
Built software infrastructure - Node to Gateway to Cloud - to support high-volume data collection to a serverless backend.
Developed real-time analytics combining intelligent edge-device processing with cloud lambda functions to deliver urgent notifications of detected anomalies.

Office Address

1038 Research Blvd Ste.240,
Madison, AL 35758

Email Us

info@firia.com

Call Us

(256)434-1888