Bitmask

Projects

A selection of products we've helped design and build.

  • Remote water monitoring system

    Appliances

    Sprudel

    Remote water monitoring system

    Sprudel's on-site water systems replace single-use plastic bottles, but they couldn't see how much water those systems were actually dispensing. We designed a battery-powered cellular sensor that measures water usage and backhauls it to their cloud platform. Giving them real-time insight across their entire fleet of installations and enabling maintenance to be schedule only when needed, substantially reducing operational costs.

  • Smart City

    Catch

    Interactive digital advertising system

    Catch turns billboards and digital signage into live interactive experiences on the phones of people walking past, allowing people to *Catch* advertisements and earn rewards for doing so - providing brands with insight into campaign performance. We designed the media gateway behind it, a USB-powered Bluetooth LE and WiFi device with up to 4Km broadcasting capabilities.

    The Catch media gateway: a slim USB dongle marked Media Gateway, with two status LEDs and a micro-USB lead
  • Footfall and occupancy detection

    Security

    Urbanminded

    Footfall and occupancy detection

    Urbanminded required a non-intrusive method of monitoring the number of people in a space. We designed a privacy-friendly people counter that works out how busy a space is without putting a camera in it. The device scans nearby wireless signals to estimate the number of people in a space, seperating real users from infrastructure and yielding surprsingly accurate results. The device also allows users to prove their location at a moment in time by performing a cryptographic handshake with the device.

  • Programmable handheld for young makers

    Consumer Electronics

    Curious Chip

    Programmable handheld for young makers

    Pip is a Raspberry Pi-powered handheld console with a focus on educating children on coding, electronics, and creative thinking. It allows young learners to code their own games and connect them to the physical world through its handy pin interface. We implemented a robust power-domain controller that governs how each part of the system is powered up, sequenced and shut down. We also supplied a custom bootloader that allows the board controller to be maintained and updated safely over the product's life.

  • Air quality monitoring

    IoT Devices

    Bitmask

    Air quality monitoring

    Our own ISO-certified environment sensor allows clients to capture temperature and humidity with extreme, traceable accuracy. Built for applications where sensor accuracy is paramount: healthcare, medicine storage, cold-chain logistics, and asset monitioring. It supports Bluetooth LE connectivity with up to 8 years battery life on a coin cell battery.

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