IoT Proof Of Concept (PoC) Development Services FAQ by Embitel

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) on IoT PoC Development Services

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FAQs | IoT PoC Development Services

Q1. As a business organization, why should we invest in PoC development of an IoT Application/Project?

Ans: Any Digital Transformation journey witnesses certain unique challenges. Hence, we always recommend IoT PoC development approach.

An IoT Proof of Concept offers the following advantages:

• Validation of your IoT design at the nascent stage: Lets you validate the feasibility of your IoT project at a very early stage and at 10-15% of total development cost.

• Validation of your IoT design partner’s expertise: You get an opportunity to realize if your IoT design partner has the expertise to accurately understand your business objectives.

• Reuse of Components& Cost Savings: If your IoT Vendor has indepth domain and design expertise, a special care can be taken to select the software & peripheral components that are ideal for re-use during the final implementation of the IoT project.

This approach can help you in trimming down your overall development cost by 10-15%.

•Identification of the potential errors: You are in a position to identify and asses some of the potential challenges, much before you proceed with full-fledged implementation of the IoT project.

This equips you with more time and scope to implement the necessary corrective actions and avoid any expensive mistakes.

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Q2. How will the PoC development be done if our legacy systems do not have an interface to collect factory data?

Ans: In such a scenario, we will first do a thorough analysis of your industrial automation systems. Next step would be to design & develop the sensor network (through retro-fitting), the IoT gateway device, the back-end cloud and the communication interfaces.

This will help us to start collecting the real-time industrial data for PoC demonstration.

Here is a summary of our PoC development process: https://www.embitel.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/PoCModel.jpg Q3. What is your PoC development approach for Industrial Automation systems with well-defined data collection capabilities?

Ans: In such use-cases, we will first design and develop the hardware and software components required to connect your systems and processes with IoT Gateway and Cloud Back-end.

The real-time data is then processed and converted into business insights for demonstration of PoC objectives.

Here is the summary of our PoC development process for such scenarios: https://www.embitel.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/IoT-PocModel-1.jpg

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Q4. What is a minimum viable product?

Ans: A minimum viable product is developed to test the feasibility of the IoT project design and is demonstrated before the beta customers.

The fundamental aim of an MVP is to learn from the feedback of a selected target/ beta audience, validate it, and scale-up!

The MVP design includes only the mission critical functionalities and involves usage of minimum number of resources.

Imagine that as part of your IoT solution, you have a requirement to check the oil loss occurring in a fuel delivery system of the Petroleum plant.

Here, a minimum viable product is defined by hardware & software modules that would successfully demonstrate the reduction of cost associated with oil spill.

Q5. Out of the hardware & software components used for PoC development, what percentage of them are off-the-shelf components?

Ans: Honestly, there are no precise metrics determining the usage of customized and off-the-shelf components in a PoC development for IoT implementations.

Rather, it depends on requirements of the project as well as the PoC goals to be demonstrated.

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However, as per our experience, • While 100% of the hardware components are off-the-shelf components.

• 20-30% of the software modules are off-the-shelf The off-the-shelf software components could be a standard multimedia software, device drivers s/w, or even the GIS Software (Geographic Information System) .

Q6. Once the PoC phase is successfully completed, what is the next course of action?

Ans: After the PoC results have been successfully demonstrated and approved by the involved stakeholders, it is scaled up for a full-scale IoT implementation.

Q7. What is the price structure of your PoC projects – is it free?

Ans: Embitel charges a very nominal fee for the design and development of PoC for IoT projects.

Our PoC development approach lets you save 10-15% of the actual IoT development costs since most of the software and hardware components are reusable during actual IoT project development.

For more details about the PoC pricing structure, get in touch with our IoT consultants.

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Q8. What if the results of the PoC aren’t aligned with our expectations?

Ans: In case you are not satisfied with the PoC results, our team will sync-up with you immediately for a detailed root cause analysis and accordingly find alternative solutions.

Q9. How can we be assured that our interests and concepts associated with PoC development activities remain proprietary to us?

Ans: The IP rights of PoC design remains solely with our customers.

Also, NDA agreement warrants the confidentiality of information Q10. Can you tell me something about various tools used during PoC development project?

Ans: While the selection of tools for PoC development can differ from project to project, following is the indicative list of some of the tools related expertise of our IoT solution development team: • Allegro Toolkit (Allegro PCB platform, Allegro Design Authoring & more) • Eclipse IDE • YOCTO Framework CADENCE toolkit (for chip design, IC package design , PCB design etc.)

• Python for Coding • Debugging Tools

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Q11. What skill sets are required for PoC development?

Ans: A team developing PoCs for various IoT projects should have expertise in: • Embedded Programming • Firmware Engineering • Network design & engineering • Board Support Package (BSP) design • Hardware Engineering ( PCB Design, Mobile app development) • Android Application development • Linux and Androidprogramming • Software skills ( C#.Net , Python) • Knowledge of standard Network protocols like: Ethernet, BLE, WiFi, Profinet, ModBus etc.

• EMI/EMC testing practices

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