Greenvity is expanding its market reach into M2M with the recent release of energy-saving modules, software and mobile apps designed for original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and original design manufacturer (ODMs) in the smart LED lighting and building automation industries.
The company’s solutions reportedly enable any home or Internet of Things (IoT) device to be controlled to save energy or work with home and building automation systems. OEMs and ODMs can scale the modules and baseline software to fit specific applications, adding custom software to develop new IoT devices.
"Greenvity's new turn-key IoT solutions enable OEMs/ODMs to quickly build their products and get into the hands of consumers without compromising performance and reliability," said Hung Nguyen, CEO of Greenvity. "Our solution for smart LED lighting and home and building automation consists of system-on-chips, modules and software that together will significantly reduce time-to-market and cost of development for our customers."
Greenvity is a relatively small player in the system-on-chips (SoC) market, but they are making a mark in the evolving green device market. In particular, the company is focusing on smart LED lighting, controlled street lighting, and home and building automation.
It’s a growing market. The Ovum (News - Alert) research group predicts total global M2M connections will grow at a compound annual growth rate of 22.6 percent to reach $360.9 million in 2018.
Greenvity's first IoT solutions can be used on products such as LED lamps, down lights, high bay lights, LED tubes and street lights as well as thermostats, HVAC, routers and set-top boxes.
The company introduced three modules: the GV-Controller, GV-LED and GV-Sensor, which incorporate Greenvity's Hybrii SoCs, GV7011 and GV7013 chips. According to the company, the GV-LED module and GV-Sensor module can communicate with and be controlled by the GV-Controller via either powerline communication (PLC) or wireless to form an IoT network that mobile devices can access and control wirelessly and remotely.
The company also released its Smart Lighting Software suite and mobile apps (for iOS and Android (News - Alert)) with the modules and without a licensing fee. The software and apps reportedly enable monitoring, controllability and intelligence of as many as 255 lighting devices and communications with mobile phones and tablets. Greenvity also provides the API so OEM and ODM customers can add their own application software to differentiate and enhance their products.
Edited by Ryan Sartor