Owasys

Developing and Designing in Europe and Reaching over 175 Countries

Owasys was created in 2002 by a group of professionals from Ericsson BTC (Bilbao Technology Centre) who have been leading the development and launch of advanced wireless devices for the past 21 years.

Main Areas of Application

Owasys platforms act as "co-pilots" for connected machinery, bridging physical hardware to cloud networks across two main sectors:

1. Automotive & Mobility

• Fleet Management & Telematics: Tracking location, driver behavior, and vehicle health for commercial truck fleets, public transit, and emergency vehicles.
• Off-Highway & Heavy Machinery: Remote diagnostics and telematics for agricultural equipment, construction machinery, and specialized utility vehicles.
• In-Vehicle IT Systems: ITXPT-compliant setups integrating on-board public transport displays, ticketing systems, and telemetry modules.

1. Industrial & Remote Assets

• Remote Monitoring & Edge Computing: Data collection and processing for distributed assets, generator sets, renewable energy installations, and industrial equipment.
• Smart Infrastructure & Utilities: Monitoring remote infrastructure, pipelines, and utility networks where reliable wireless communication and rugged housing are required.

Combining Owasys hardware, thin-edge.io, and Cumulocity IoT creates a full-stack, enterprise-grade IoT solution. Together, they resolve the classic challenge in Industrial & Vehicle IoT: bridging physical edge devices (hardware & local sensors) seamlessly to cloud analytics and fleet management.

Owasys Gateway: Rugged physical platform, Linux OS, interfaces (CAN bus, LTE, GPS, RS-485), and harsh environment durability (IP67/IP6K9K).

thin-edge.io Edge: Lightweight, open-source C/Rust framework running locally on Owasys. Handles protocol translation, local processing, and cloud bridging with minimal CPU/RAM footprint.

Cumulocity IoT: Central management hub for real-time visualization, remote fleet control, predictive maintenance analytics, and business integration.

Core Benefits

• No Lock-In Architecture: Owasys’s Open Linux OS (Yocto and Debian) paired with thin-edge.io's cloud-agnostic agent ensures complete software freedom.
• Minimal Resource Consumption: Written in C and Rust, thin-edge.io uses under 16 MB of RAM. It runs efficiently on compact gateways like the owa344 or owa347A.
• Reliable OTA Fleet Management: Cumulocity and thin-edge.io streamline remote lifecycle management, enabling secure over-the-air updates for system packages, Docker containers, and configurations with automatic rollback protection.
• Cellular Bandwidth Optimization: thin-edge.io filters, aggregates, and computes metrics locally on mobile units (owa450, owa5X), transmitting only critical events to reduce expensive LTE/5G data usage.
• Accelerated Time-to-Market: Pre-integrated connection protocols, security handshakes, and offline buffering replace months of custom software development, connecting Owasys gateways to Cumulocity out-of-the-box in minutes.