One team from concept to production
Electronics, firmware, radio, mechanical and test engineering sit in the same team, so design decisions are not passed between suppliers.
Research and development services
IoT hardware and firmware engineered in house, from concept to certified production
NET WIZARDS runs one of the region's few dedicated industrial IoT research and development centres, designing sensors, AMI data concentrators, RTUs and gateways for utilities, industry and city infrastructure across the UAE and the wider GCC.
01Electronics design
02Embedded firmware
03Test and certification
04Volume production
Why in house engineering changes the outcome
Custom industrial hardware usually fails on the boundaries between disciplines. Keeping electronics, firmware, radio, mechanical and test work in one team removes those boundaries.
Hardware built for regional conditions
Heat, dust, humidity and salt air are design inputs from the first schematic rather than problems discovered in the field.
Designed to integrate
Devices speak the protocols your systems already use, so SCADA, AMI and platform integration is planned before the first prototype.
Production ready, not prototype ready
Design for manufacturing, test fixtures and certification work are part of the project, so volume production is a step rather than a restart.
The challenge
Getting custom IoT hardware into the field is the hard part
As one of the few specialized R&D centers in the region, we focus on the design and development of IoT Sensors, AMI Data Concentrators, and Industrial RTUs engineered for mission‑critical environments. Our team brings deep expertise in hardware engineering, embedded firmware, wireless communication, and industrial protocols, enabling us to deliver devices that meet the highest standards of accuracy, durability, and field reliability.
Bringing custom IoT hardware to production is hard. Our R&D team delivers the entire lifecycle in‑house , from concept design, PCB engineering, and firmware development to testing, DFM optimization, certification, and mass production.
This end‑to‑end capability ensures faster time‑to‑market, tighter quality control, and solutions tailored precisely to industrial and utility requirements. We build production‑ready devices that integrate seamlessly with SCADA, AMI, and industrial automation systems, supporting digital transformation across utilities, manufacturing, smart infrastructure, and large‑scale city deployments.
A working prototype is roughly a third of the work. Power budgets that hold in summer heat, radio performance inside a concrete chamber, component availability over a multi year programme, production test coverage and a documentation pack that survives a compliance review are what separate a demonstration from a deployable product.
What our R and D capability delivers
- Regionally Engineered Hardware Purpose‑Built for Harsh Industrial and Utility Environments
- Complete In‑House R&D Lifecycle From Concept to Certified Production Hardwar
- Seamless Interoperability With SCADA, AMI, and Industrial Automation Ecosystems
- High‑Accuracy Sensing and Data Acquisition for Mission‑Critical Operations
- Scalable Architecture for Large‑Scale Smart‑City and Utility Deployments
- Lower Total Cost of Ownership Through Local Engineering and Rapid Customization
What we design
Four device families we engineer and manufacture
IoT sensors
Battery powered sensing devices using mmWave, magnetometer, ultrasonic and environmental sensing, engineered for multi year field life on low power wide area links.
AMI data concentrators
Utility grade concentrators that aggregate many meters, speak DLMS and COSEM, M-Bus and Modbus, and forward data securely to head end and billing systems.
Industrial RTUs and edge devices
Rugged remote terminal units with local processing, protocol conversion, digital and analogue inputs and store and forward buffering for unstable links.
Gateways and protocol converters
Devices that read existing field equipment and present one normalised data stream to a platform without disturbing the control system.
Devices already in production are listed under products, including our fire alarm gateway, M-Bus and Modbus gateway, satellite asset tracker and weather monitoring station.
Development lifecycle
Seven stages from idea to production hardware
Each stage has a defined output that is reviewed before the next one starts, which keeps scope, cost and schedule visible throughout the programme.
- 01
Concept and specification
Use case, environment, power budget, radio plan, accuracy targets, mechanical constraints and compliance requirements are captured in a written specification with acceptance criteria.
- 02
Electronics and PCB design
Schematic capture, component selection with availability in mind, multilayer PCB layout, power and signal integrity review, and antenna placement for the chosen radio.
- 03
Firmware and embedded software
Low power scheduling, sensor drivers, radio stacks for LoRaWAN, NB-IoT, LTE-M and BLE, industrial protocol handling, secure boot and over the air update support.
- 04
Prototyping and bring up
Assembled prototypes are brought up in the lab, measured against the specification, and corrected through controlled design revisions.
- 05
Testing and qualification
Functional test, radio performance, power consumption profiling, environmental stress, ingress protection and electromagnetic compatibility pre compliance checks.
- 06
Design for manufacturing
Panelisation, test points, production test fixtures, assembly documentation and bill of materials optimisation for cost, supply and serviceability.
- 07
Certification and production
Compliance testing support, documentation packs, pilot production runs, production test coverage and transition to volume manufacturing with traceability.
Engineering capabilities
Disciplines available inside the team
IoT Sensor Design & Embedded Firmware Engineering
Development of battery‑powered sensors using mmWave, magnetometer, ultrasonic, and environmental sensing technologies.
AMI Data Concentrator & Utility Gateway Development
Design of DLMS/COSEM, M-Bus and Modbus compliant concentrators with multi‑meter aggregation and secure data forwarding.
Industrial RTU & Edge Device Engineering
Creation of rugged RTUs with edge processing, protocol conversion, and real‑time data acquisition.
LPWAN & Industrial Connectivity Integration
Expertise in LoRaWAN, NB‑IoT, LTE‑M, BLE, and private networks for long‑range, low‑power communication.
Hardware Prototyping, Testing, Certification & DFM Optimization
In‑house testing for IP ratings, EMC, environmental stress, and compliance with CE, NCC, and utility standards.
Cloud, AMI, and SCADA Platform Integration Support
Seamless integration with IoT platforms, AMI systems, SCADA, and enterprise cloud environments.
Testing and qualification
Measured in the lab before it reaches a site
Field failures are expensive to diagnose and slow to fix. Testing is therefore part of the design loop rather than a gate at the end.
Formal compliance testing is carried out with accredited laboratories. Applicable marks are confirmed per target market during specification.
Electrical measurement
Power profiling of sleep and transmit states, current draw against battery models, and signal integrity checks on prototype boards.
Radio and antenna work
Range and packet delivery testing, antenna tuning and placement studies, link budget verification with reference gateways.
Environmental testing
Temperature and humidity cycling, ingress protection checks and vibration exposure appropriate to the target installation.
Interoperability testing
Devices validated against DLMS and COSEM, M-Bus, Modbus, OPC-UA and MQTT endpoints, plus the platform they will report to.
Ways to work with us
Four engagement models
01
Product development
A complete device developed to your specification, from concept to certified production hardware, with documentation and test coverage delivered.
02
Customisation of existing designs
An existing NET WIZARDS device adapted to your sensing, protocol, power or enclosure requirement, which shortens the path to a field trial.
03
Engineering support
Targeted work on an existing product, such as firmware for a new radio, a protocol addition, a cost reduction exercise or help clearing a compliance issue.
04
Volume manufacturing
Production of a proven design with production testing, serial number traceability, firmware provisioning and staged delivery.
Frequently asked questions
- Who owns the intellectual property of a device you develop for us?
- Ownership is agreed in writing before the project starts. Client funded custom development normally leaves the client owning the product design, while our pre existing platform blocks and reusable firmware libraries remain ours and are licensed for use in the delivered product.
- Can you adapt one of your existing devices instead of starting from scratch?
- Yes, and it is often the faster route. We maintain designs for sensors, concentrators, RTUs and gateways, and adapting sensing elements, radio modules, enclosures or protocol support usually brings a field trial forward significantly compared with a new design.
- Which wireless technologies can the hardware support?
- LoRaWAN, NB-IoT, LTE-M, BLE and private radio links are all within our firmware and radio design experience, and the choice is made during specification based on coverage, power budget and who will own the network.
- Do you handle compliance and certification?
- We design for compliance, run pre compliance checks in house, prepare the documentation pack and support formal testing with accredited laboratories. The applicable marks depend on the target market and are confirmed during specification.
- What volumes can you manufacture?
- Pilot runs for field trials through to volume production for utility and city scale programmes, with production testing and traceability defined during the design for manufacturing stage.
- How does hardware development connect to the rest of your services?
- Devices we design are deployed on networks we engineer and report into platforms we build, so field data, wireless layer and application are specified together rather than integrated after the fact.
Related solutions
Hardware we develop is deployed on the networks described under wireless technologies, feeds the platforms described under industrial cloud, and supports smart city and Industry 4.0 programmes across utilities and manufacturing.