Platform migration for Connected Water Heaters and Thermostats Devices
Overview
US based HVAC and water heater manufacturer wanted to upgrade their legacy systems to a modern IoT platform within just 4 months. This cost-effective transformation significantly improved device and application performance, ACL Digital efficiently upgraded the solution ensuring faster response times for residential and commercial buildings.
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Challenges
Transform legacy solution to next-gen solution
Build a low-cost device and application that enhance performance
Solution
- Migration of legacy application and database from legacy cloud to ClearBlade cloud
- MQTT support with faster response and throughput, lower battery and bandwidth usage
- Developed Java-based Wi-Fi adapter to connect legacy devices to new ClearBlade platform
- Developed web portal for end users and admin for system maintenance
- Enabling device control using Google Home and Amazon Alexa smart home skills
- Mobile app with dynamic UI/UX, MQTT support, new features implementation to control all the thermostats using mobile app
Outcomes
- Faster time to market with entire cloud migration in just 4 months with zero downtime events
- Reduced infrastructure cost by 70% with Wi-Fi adapters that optimized resources by eliminating requirement of old cloud support for legacy devices
