Project Description
Overview
This water heater customer needed a partner to develop a good, better, best set of controls for their commercial water heater products. The ‘best’ product would include a display module that incorporated user defined energy saving settings that can be accessed via WiFi/Ethernet. Defond combined their knowledge of the existing controls and other WiFi solutions they have developed to create a unique customer solution.Challenges
- Cost sensitive
- Required pre-registered WiFi module
- Integrate LCD display, WiFi, Ethernet, and power control functions
- GUI development
Services Performed
- Mechanical design/packaging
- Integrated display software development
- GUI development and programming
- WiFi and Ethernet connectivity development
Results
- Complete control solution package with display and connectivity
- Cost effective
- Partnered with customer’s engineering team as well as outside WiFi resources