Smart WiFi Thermostats
The principal goal of this project was to design and develop a family of programmable wireless enabled thermostats, one of the first web-connected thermostats helping to usher in the internet of things era. TechEn provided a complete solution working with the client's industrial designer. These thermostats are available today at stores such as Amazon, Home Depot and the client's website under various brand names.
Client Need
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Help in creating product requirements to define new wireless environmental control thermostat product line
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Turnkey solution, leading to pilot manufacturing by selected contract manufacturer
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Support development of RadioThermostat modules for Z-Wave, WiFi and Zigbee.
TechEn Solution
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Developed two new designs (ground-up) including electronics, software, user interface, requirements document
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Developed the open USNAP ( www.usnap.org) standard for user plug-in thermostat module interface. Our ground breaking work led to the ANSI/CEA-2045 Standard, Modular Communications Interface for Energy Management
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Supported contract manufacturing start-up, providing documentation, logistical assistance, factory visits in China and sample testing
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Designed and fabricated production line test equipment for use in China factory