Client: Smart home management solution that let its users connect different third-party IoT devices, manage them and visualize the whole home network. It also has multiple user roles, real-time device location and architecture development for future 3rd party integrations.


Technologies: Meteor, jQuery, Digital Ocean



Expertise we provided: Web Development, Cloud Platform, Embedded Software, IoT



BOX LIST ITEMS:

Accessibility and connectivity of the system

Real-time management of third-party smart home solutions

Distribution of user privileges

Visualization of all smart home systems in the app

Our client aimed to build the overall smart home management system that can cover multiple third-party IoT devices that now conquer the consumer market. Gather all these devices in one peace and create a comprehensive platform for management of them - that was a challenge we’ve faced and that were the goals we strived to.


We required to gather all information about different IoT devices, their technical stack, how they operate and what kind of solutions can connect them all together.



Challenges


Variety of connection types

3rd party solutions diversity

Flexible security

Smart home network visualization

Solutions



Custom user roles

UX development

Try & Feel

High load system

Results



IoT devices management platform
The client was delivered with a website on which, the user was provided with all the functionality needed to control a smart home

Future integrations
Overall platform architecture supports future integration and support of 3rd party IoT devices with business extension in mind.

Home Network Visualization
We’ve made convenient overall visualization of a whole smart devices network which user can manage through the visual interface.

Real-time device locating
The custom-built interface allowed for placement of sensors, buttons, and triggers on a schematic of user’s house in real time.