Custom Smart IoT Meters: Hardware, Firmware & App Development

In an era of smart homes and connected devices, monitoring, controlling, and optimizing energy consumption has never been more crucial.

We specialize in Custom Smart IoT Meters: Hardware, Firmware & App Development, offering end-to-end solutions which empower homeowners, businesses and utilities by enabling them complete control of the entire energy ecosystem.

We offer our customers full service from designing and building custom meters to providing strong firmware. We ensure smooth integration with existing cloud infrastructure and develop applications that work across different platforms.

Smart IoT Meters

Using smart IoT meters, you can track and optimize energy usage by using your data to create actionable insight which will improve the way you manage your energy usage through increased efficiency and the use of renewable resources.

From hardware design to firmware development, cloud integration, and multi-platform apps, our solutions are fully customizable, scalable, and intelligently connected.

Why Select Our Custom Smart IoT Meters?

In contrast to regular energy meters that provide basic readings, our Smart IoT Meters change how we monitor, use, and manage energy. They shift from traditional meter-based measurement to a management system that offers various functionalities, including:

Energy monitoring in real-time

Instantaneously monitor the amount of energy being consumed down to granular detail.

Devices may be controlled remotely

Permit switching on/off and scheduling of device use from anywhere, no longer relying on physical device access.

Data-driven information and insights

Develop trend analyses, and ultimately optimize your energy efficiency.

Smart alerts

Receive notifications whenever there is an unusual spike in energy consumption and/or fault indicators.

Integration with smart home ecosystems

Connect your lights, HVAC systems, solar panels, EV chargers, etc. to an integrative smart home solution.

Unlike many of today's generic off the shelf devices, our custom-built IoT Meters are designed to match your specific requirements by incorporating several unique features including firmware functionality customization, secure connection options, and personalized UI and UX designs across both mobile applications and web services.

Types of Custom Smart IoT Meters We Develop

We design and manufacture a wide range of custom smart IoT meters for homes, businesses, and industrial applications. All of our meters come equipped with high-tech sensors, instant readouts of real-time usage, and remote access to the metering data so that the client can have complete control over their energy usage and utility expenses.

Electricity/Energy Meters

Our Smart Energy Meters accurately track and monitor electrical consumption and usage; specifically:

  • They will provide you with real-time tracking for the amount of power consumed in any setting, including residential, commercial, or industrial.
  • All of our Smart Energy Meters have the ability to measure electricity consumption utilizing single phase or multi-phase measurements.
  • They can be integrated with existing smart home devices and automated controls.
  • Our Smart Energy Meters will provide you with a report regarding how to save money by offering insight (AI based) into how to reduce electrical usage.
  • They operate on either a pre-pay or post-pay billing system.

Smart Energy Meters are an excellent solution for customers requiring precise control over their electric usage; including residential, commercial and/or industrial properties.

Water Meters

Using Smart Water Meters equipped with the Internet of Things (IoT), we can effectively monitor water usage:

  • The Smart Water Meter will record the amount of water flowing through the meter, total amount of water consumed and can detect leaks in real time.
  • They can provide automated alerts for both leaks and abnormally high water consumption.
  • You can monitor and control your water meter remotely via a mobile phone or online using an application.
  • Smart Water Meters will be beneficial to households, apartment buildings, hotels and municipal water supply systems.

These Smart Water Meters will create savings by helping to conserve water and ultimately save money on monthly utility bills.

Thermal / Heat Meters

Our smart meters for heat can measure energy consumed from a heater:

  • Measure how much hot water energy and how much heating energy the heater uses.
  • Support District Heating, Industrial Heating Plants and Residential Boilers.
  • Store usage data for analysing heat consumption patterns and further improvements in energy efficiency.
  • Monitor remotely and report usage/metrics via apps/web-based dashboards.

Good for buildings, industrial facilities, and smart homes, energy-efficient.

Gas Meters

Our smart gas IoT meter will enable the detection of exactly how much gas is consumed:

  • Real-time tracking of natural gas or LPG consumption.
  • Automatic alerts when a leak occurs and consumptions are excessively high.
  • Integration with Home Automation Systems for safe and efficient operation.
  • Predictive usage mainly driven by data for billing and energy management.

Designed for both residential homes and commercial buildings.

Multi-Utility Meters

Our multi-utility smart meters combine multiple measurements in one device:

  • Energy (electricity), water, heat, and gas monitoring.
  • Unified platform for residential complexes, hotels, or industrial campuses.
  • Automated billing, reporting, and anomaly detection.
  • Remote management of multiple utilities through single mobile or web apps.

Renewable Energy Smart Meters

These specially developed smart meters are designed specifically for tracking the amount of energy generated by solar panels and wind turbines, and hybrid systems:

  • Monitor the amount of energy that is produced and consumed at the same time.
  • Track storage batteries, load distribution, and efficiency.
  • Connect to either the main energy grid or micro-grids.
  • Provide data to help maximize return on investment (ROI) from renewable energy systems.

IoT -Enabled Smart Meters Integrated with Artificial Intelligence (AI)

These meters go beyond traditional metering and provide additional services through the Internet of Things (IoT) with artificial intelligence; they can:

  • Use historical consumptions to predict future usage and uncover usage trends through machine learning (AI).
  • Automatically identify faults and excessive usage without having someone manually check the meters.
  • Suggest ways to conserve energy/water through machine learning (AI).
  • Enable smart automation based on utility usage statistics.

Advanced Features of Our Smart IoT Meters

Our solutions go beyond basic energy measurement. Here's what sets our meters apart:

Real-Time Energy Monitoring

You can monitor the energy usage of every appliance, device, and system in your home or business using our advanced smart meters. Our smart meters provide their users with real-time breakdowns of energy consumption, allowing users to determine precisely where they are using and wasting energy.

Device-Level Control

You can have total control over your energy environment (at home or in an office).

  • Remotely turn your appliances on or off.
  • Schedule operation to reduce peak consumption.
  • Automate devices based on energy tariffs or user performance.

Energy Analytics & Insight

Through the use of our Analytics Engine, users can make smarter choices about how they consume energy.

  • Identify the appliances that consume the most energy in your home or workplace.
  • Predict future monthly energy costs.
  • Establish consumption targets, and measure progress towards achieving those.
  • Receive recommendations for reducing your energy consumption based on historical data patterns.

Alerts, Notifications

With our intelligent alerts, you’ll have peace of mind by preventing surprises:

  • Alerts of over-consumed and abnormal energy usage
  • Alerts of defective and non-functioning devices
  • Scheduled reminders for energy saving actions

Integration with Other Smart Home Devices

Our meters integrate seamlessly with your other smart home devices:

  • Integrate with lights, thermostats, air-conditioning systems, and hot water heaters
  • Integrate with solar panels and battery storage systems
  • Integrate with electric vehicle charging stations
  • Alexa, Google Assistant, and Siri compatible.

User-friendly Customizable Dashboards

We create user-friendly dashboards for every platform:

  • Don’t have to wait for your meter to show you graph and chart data or trends
  • Multiple users with different access rights
  • Interactive energy optimization control panels

Security and Compliance

The security of all of our IoT solutions is paramount. Our commitment to security includes:

  • End-to-end encryption of all communications
  • App and API authentication and authorization with tight security
  • Full compliance with all applicable international standards (IEC, ISO, and IEEE)
  • Compliance with GDPR and other laws designed to protect your data privacy.

Top Smart Meter IoT Providers
We Partner With and Integrate into Our Apps

We work closely with many of the biggest smart meter manufacturing companies and IoT solution providers in the industry to build both mobile and web-based applications that include real-time consumption data for energy, water, and gas.

These businesses provide software development kits (SDKs), application programming interface (APIs) and cloud-based connectivity enabling the acquisition of, analytics on and monitoring of consumption data.

Landis+Gyr

Landis+Gyr is a forerunner globally in smart metering for electricity, gas, and water. The Landis+Gyr infrastructure and IoT platform allow for real-time measurement and billing for energy consumption as well as utility management.

Itron

Itron provides advanced metering solutions for both electric utilities and enterprise-level applications. Their data platform supports integration of consumption data with energy analytics and smart city level applications.

We collaborate with leading smart meter manufacturers and IoT platforms to integrate real-time energy, water, and gas consumption data into custom mobile and web applications. These platforms provide SDKs, APIs, and cloud connectivity for seamless data acquisition, analytics, and monitoring.

Siemens (Intelligent Infrastructure)

Siemens provides intelligent energy measuring instruments and Internet of Things (IoT)-enabled building management systems that enable integration to your energy measurement dashboard and to your entire industrial environment.

Schneider Electric

Schneider Electric has intelligent energy measuring instruments and provides EcoStruxure IoT platform API that integrate electric energy measurement in real time, automation and sustainability into customers' applications.

Kamstrup

Kamstrup manufactures intelligent electrical, water and heat meters that have remote reading and system integration capabilities to support utility management and consumption analytics applications.

Our Comprehensive End-to-End Development Services

Adequate Infosoft offers a full range of development services to assist in bringing your IoT meter from concept to deployment through our extensive knowledge across all layers of the IoT ecosystem.

PCB Design & Hardware Engineering

At Adequate, we create compact, energy-efficient and reliable printed circuit boards (PCB) for your smart meters. Our PCB design uses:

  • High-precision sensors for measuring voltage, current and power factor.
  • Advanced communication modules for Wi-Fi, LoRa, Zigbee, NB-IoT and 5G-ready designs.
  • Low power microcontrollers that are optimised to run for extended periods (long-term).
  • Rugged, weather-resistant enclosures suitable for residential, commercial and industrial environments.

Firmware Development

Our custom firmware will ensure that your smart meter will operate in a secure and efficient manner. Our firmware is designed with:

  • Real-time acquisition and processing of data.
  • Adaptive calibration and error correction.
  • Secure communications with end-to-end encryption.
  • Over-the-air (OTA) firmware updates for easy maintenance.

Casing & Manufacture

We provide full support for industrial design and manufacture, which ensures that your meters will:

  • Have an ergonomic design and easy to read displays.
  • Be durable and tamper-resistant and comply with all safety regulations.
  • Be cost-effective to mass-produce for large deployments.

Cloud Infrastructure and Backend Development

The Cloud Infrastructure provided by us helps you access your Energy Data from anywhere in the world and at any time. Here are some of the key features of the Cloud Infrastructure:

  • Reliable and scalable data storage
  • Secure REST APIs which are used to implement third party platform integrations.
  • Analytics dashboard to display real-time energy usage history and billing history.
  • Customizable reports and trend analysis
  • Automatic alerts indicating if there is an anomaly, threshold, or failure of the system.

Software Development

We provide software development services to create applications for all types of users, including:

  • Mobile Applications (iOS & Android) that enable users to monitor, control and report their Energy Data in real-time.
  • Web-based dashboards to provide advanced data visualization, device management, and billing functionalities.
  • Desktop applications that allow for monitoring of local devices, configuring local devices and analytics.
  • SDK and API Integrations to allow other developer applications to build their own applications and services on top of your IoT solution.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Can our technology distinguish between devices or zones for consumption metrics?

Yes, because our meters allow for the tracking of individual devices or zones to provide an in-depth understanding of their contribution to energy usage.

Do we develop mobile applications for Android and iOS?

Absolutely. we create user-friendly applications for Android, iOS and a cross-platform web dashboard.

Is our solution only applicable to homes, or can it be used for commercial and industrial facilities as well?

Yes, our IoT smart meters are designed to be used for any type of application, including residential, commercial and industrial, and utility.

What happens after installation? Will we continue to support the meters?

Yes, we will support the operation of the meters through maintenance programs, cloud-based management and firmware updates to ensure proper operation.

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Leadership That Leads Worldwide

With a physical presence in over 15 countries and a global footprint spanning 25+ countries, we are ready to serve you anywhere. Location, language, or culture is never a barrier, because our global team can work with you in your language. Our strong international team ensures seamless collaboration across borders We have a strong tech team, highly recognized in their domains, with extensive technical expertise.

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