LaMetric: from Kickstarter to a fleet scaling toward 100,000
Our own product, end to end: industrial design, electronics, firmware, cloud, volume production and years of OTA updates in the field.
- Industry
- Consumer Electronics
- Energy
LaMetric began in 2013 with one idea: a clock that shows more than the time. LaMetric TIME became a connected smart display that people buy, set up in minutes on home Wi-Fi and keep for years. It launched on Kickstarter in 2014, won a Red Dot Design Award in 2016 and went into volume production with Foxconn. Today it runs in a fleet scaling toward 100,000 devices in 20+ countries, with 250 OTA releases shipped. One in-house team did all of it: industrial design, electronics, firmware, companion apps, cloud, production and fleet operations.
At a glance
- Industry
- Consumer Electronics
- Energy
Planning something similar? A senior engineer replies within one business day.
The challenges
Turn one idea, a clock that shows more than the time, into a connected product people buy, set up in minutes and keep for years, then keep every device secure and up to date wherever it is.
A product people buy
Industrial design, cost and quality that work in a consumer market.
Set up in minutes
Simple onboarding through a companion app on home Wi-Fi.
Up to date for years
Secure updates and new features for every device in the field.
An app store for the device
Build an app store and developer platform so new apps keep extending what the device can do, long after it ships.
Embedded Linux on tight hardware
A full embedded Linux system, apps and OTA updates running on just 256 MB of RAM and 256 MB of flash.
Lower cost in volume production
5 iterations of BOM optimisation on a product already in volume production.
Our approach
Designed: one in-house team for industrial design, electronics, firmware, companion apps and cloud. LaMetric TIME launched on Kickstarter in 2014 and raised $370K. Its design won a Red Dot Design Award in 2016.
Manufactured: taken into volume production with Foxconn, with our own factory test, flashing and provisioning tools.
Operated: a fleet scaling toward 100,000 devices in 20+ countries, updated over the air and monitored every day.
Extended: LaMetric SKY, a modular smart light, and LaMetric Solar Glance, digital signage for the energy industry, built on the same platform.
The challenges
Turn one idea, a clock that shows more than the time, into a connected product people buy, set up in minutes and keep for years, then keep every device secure and up to date wherever it is.
A product people buy
Industrial design, cost and quality that work in a consumer market.
Set up in minutes
Simple onboarding through a companion app on home Wi-Fi.
Up to date for years
Secure updates and new features for every device in the field.
An app store for the device
Build an app store and developer platform so new apps keep extending what the device can do, long after it ships.
Embedded Linux on tight hardware
A full embedded Linux system, apps and OTA updates running on just 256 MB of RAM and 256 MB of flash.
Lower cost in volume production
5 iterations of BOM optimisation on a product already in volume production.
Our approach
Designed: one in-house team for industrial design, electronics, firmware, companion apps and cloud. LaMetric TIME launched on Kickstarter in 2014 and raised $370K. Its design won a Red Dot Design Award in 2016.
Manufactured: taken into volume production with Foxconn, with our own factory test, flashing and provisioning tools.
Operated: a fleet scaling toward 100,000 devices in 20+ countries, updated over the air and monitored every day.
Extended: LaMetric SKY, a modular smart light, and LaMetric Solar Glance, digital signage for the energy industry, built on the same platform.
Our approach
What it means for you: the same team, test framework, on-device agent and OTA tooling go into every client product.
Designed
One in-house team for industrial design, electronics, firmware, companion apps and cloud. LaMetric TIME launched on Kickstarter in 2014 and raised $370K. Its design won a Red Dot Design Award in 2016.
Manufactured
Taken into volume production with Foxconn, with our own factory test, flashing and provisioning tools.
Operated
A fleet scaling toward 100,000 devices in 20+ countries, updated over the air and monitored every day.
Extended
LaMetric SKY, a modular smart light, and LaMetric Solar Glance, digital signage for the energy industry, built on the same platform.
Results
- $370K raised on Kickstarter
- Red Dot Design Award 2016
- 250 OTA releases shipped
- 20+ countries, fleet scaling toward 100,000
A single in-house team took LaMetric from a Kickstarter idea to an award-winning product made with Foxconn, and keeps the fleet improving over the air years after launch.
See LaMetric TIME in action
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Tell us where you are. A senior engineer replies within one business day.
Services used
One engineering team from concept to devices running in the field: prototypes, electronics and enclosure design, firmware and embedded Linux, certification, manufacturing and fleet operations under one roof.
Schematics, PCB layout and bring-up for connected devices, designed together with the firmware and software that run on them.
Take your product from prototype to the first production runs with your EMS, without surprises.
Over-the-air updates that never brick a device: A/B partitions, signed images, rollback and staged rollouts.
See and manage every device in the field: inventory, configuration, groups, updates and health.
Talk to an engineer, not a salesperson
Idea, prototype, production or a fleet in the field: tell us where you are. A senior engineer replies within one business day.
Your benefits:
- Senior embedded engineers
- Hardware, firmware and cloud
- From prototype to fleet
- Clear scope and next steps
- Direct technical answers
- No sales pitch
What happens next?
A free 30-minute call with a senior engineer
A short technical discovery
A proposal with scope, timeline and cost
