inxware is provided as an open source firmware/runtime and development environment. It comprises pre-engineered device-side components that integrate and extend the Cumulocity platform onto devices. inxware is pre-built for a wide range of off-the-shelf partner hardware and can also be built by customers and partners for bespoke hardware.
inxware provides no-code development and post-deployment maintenance. It supports multiple connectivity options and an extensive library of on-device features across the widest class of hardware in the industry. It is relevant from the first PoCs to supporting end-users at scale who may need to configure devices in-situ after deployment.
The ADK includes easy access to smart and secure edge processing:
In addition to any user-contributed firmware components, which can be added as private or publicly available features. Developers retain 100% freedom to port, modify, extend and bug-fix but without the burden of needing to for every project and design-in.
Operating System and Device Types Supported:
Inxware has been used to build a very wide range of products that have been deployed globally, including:
Inxware’s flexibility and speed of development provides users unparalleled latitude to switch hardware, applications and connectivity as their products and services evolve.
Inxware devices can support advanced OTA updates with separation of concerns that has allowed inxware users to evolve, maintain and even pivot their fleet’s use-cases remotely with minimal deployment risks.
Inxware has been developed over a period of 15 years in active deployment. It is used in the the most challenging active device applications and meets the challenges of these eployments with ease and predictability.
inx aims to support Cumulocity's advanced data service and device management technologies at the furthest edges of IoT, where the data is generated and often needs to be acted on immediately or pre-processed for efficient forwarding over constrained networks to Cumulocity cloud or on-premised services.
Our inxware product is provided to Cumulocity users in two formats:
In both cases inxware readily integrates Cumulocity’s on-device connectivity and data processing technologies with a wide range of IoT components described above.
Inxware works with many of Cumulocity’s partner products such as system-on-modules (SOMs) and single board computers (SBCs) and gateways. It is also easily integrated more deeply using the ADK into embedded microcontroller-based technologies, which are used in low-power and higher-volume products and sensors. In all cases inxware brings a large array of new functional features to these platforms such as edge-ai, security and connectivity as well as making them significantly easier to develop and deploy applications.
Our integration roadmap includes edge-deployed use of Cumulocity’s Apama stream analytics to further streamline and optimise the use of edge-ai data-rich and integration intensive applications for robust autonomous function.
inxware includes support for industrial fieldbus technologies as well as wireless networking for building bespoke inteligent data gateways directly on the factory floor. inxware s used for - Real-time processing for inteligent control - Automouse scheduling (reactive and wall-clock). - Advanced sensor data fusion and DSP compression. - Machine Vision (conventional and edge-ml - Smart energy storage and management systems.
Buildings Energy Management is evolving in both commercial and domestic markets with OEMs stepping up to the market demand for connected smart devices that are able to provide flexible electrical consumption storage and micro-generation management. inxware has formed a key part in developing some of the smartest OEM products: - Consumer grade safety standard compliant smart heating controllers with direct connection to energy supplier dynamic pricing APIs. - Commercial building panel controllers with multi-vendor BEMs integrations.
Inxware has been used by a number of retail and public space audio-visual service providers to build complex innovative systems including: - Multi-zonal retail background music with precise scheduling for call-to-prayer, announcements and content-smart playlists. - Interactive digital signage with generative 3D animation and advanced AV playout. - Soundscaping and office soundmasking
Highly capable AI and conventional machine vision systems are now easily affordable in terms of hardware, but require high levels of difficult systems integration and application optimisation. Inxware minimised both these problems with componentised edge-AI that is optimised for production, pre and post processing and makes OTA model and application routine and risk-free. - Industrial Production QA (inxware was originally developed for this application) - Embedded robotics and mechatronics with IoT-based supervision. - Consumer products (sports training, security and home automation)