We help you build the product

Do you need specialized software expertise for a new product or an extension of an existing one? We build the embedded solution that gives your products the capabilities they need. Unlock entirely new business opportunities with intelligent functions in the next generation of your devices.

Achieve the shortest time to market

With hexDEV you secure the shortest time to market for the next generation of your products. There is no secret behind it. For almost every challenge, we already have open building blocks and proven solutions. This reduces development time and creates real cost advantages.

At hexDEV we have already integrated and deployed these building blocks successfully in production multiple times.

CUSTOMER SPOTLIGHT

Become one of the success stories

Cutting costs in half within nine months

For the further development of an existing customer success management tool at Kärcher, a tailored solution was needed that would not only improve usability, but also increase efficiency and significantly reduce costs.

How a sensor manufacturer built a market-ready IoT solution in just 3 months

A visionary manufacturer from Baden-Wuerttemberg brought its groundbreaking plant data sensor to market in a very short time. Faced with a tight project schedule, the customer turned to hexDEV in September to build a complete solution within at most three months. The solution needed to enable its customers to install and use the sensors effectively.

TCI's transition from Android to T2M and secure cloud updates to support long product lifecycles at lower cost

TCI, a leading manufacturer of industrial displays, repeatedly faced the limited lifetime of Android OS versions for its products. Realizing that a reliable alternative was needed, TCI turned to hexDEV.

How a large enterprise chose Tempo2Market to meet security requirements for its new product

A major German company with a strong global industrial brand faced the challenge of aligning new product generations with security standards under the EU Data Act, the Cyber Resilience Act (CRA), and the NIS2 Directive. Recognizing the need for security by design, the customer turned to hexDEV to find a secure solution for the next generation of IoT products for critical infrastructure.

Revolutionizing connectivity: the LIN bus initiative of Mercedes Cars with hexDEV

A forward-looking unit at Mercedes came to hexDEV with a simple vision: develop an open-source LIN bus driver for the Linux kernel and reduce costs for everyone - suppliers and automotive manufacturers alike.

Services

Consulting during decision-making
To support your decisions, we share our know-how on performance, stability, functional safety, security, and hardware requirements. We help with requirements specifications and effort estimation.
Software development
We develop the complete product or selected parts of it for you; for example the control board, the operating system, device drivers, applications, cloud connectivity, or continuous integration with test systems.
Support for manufacturing and validation
For manufacturing we develop interfaces, documentation, and act as a technical contact. Our manufacturing partner receives support and all required solutions for validation and assembly.
Maintenance and lifecycle care
We handle maintenance and lifecycle care for you using the latest technologies. For example, we can deploy our remote maintenance and telemetry system for your devices.

Solutions with support and maintenance

Telemetry
Field data collection, performant and efficient
Successful telemetry requires both security and performance. With our solution, the security level is optimized for performance depending on data sensitivity. A suitable file system with the right partitioning ensures proper load distribution. The result is a system that remains stable and responsive at all times.
Trusted Platform
Copy protection (sealing), tamper resistance, data encryption
Software is bound to a specific hardware platform. That hardware can be a dedicated Trusted Platform Module (TPM 2.0) or an SoC-integrated approach such as ARM TrustZone with secure elements and secure boot. Learn more...
Secure cloud connectivity
Security infrastructure and integration
With the help of a Trusted Platform, secure cloud connectivity can be implemented. Even with very limited resources (CPU, RAM, Flash), we achieve certifiable secure communication with the cloud. By choosing the right protocol and compression, we increase data throughput for devices in the field. We also provide a ready-to-use infrastructure as a self-hosted solution.
System bring-up service
Getting new hardware up and running
Bootloader and operating system are adapted and started for the first time. With experience and precision we use JTAG, analyzers, and oscilloscopes, run memory tests, tune settings, fully exploit debugging capabilities, and provide feedback and solution proposals for the hardware when needed.
Software update
Cloud-based over-the-air or via USB, SD card, Bluetooth, CAN, Modbus, network, serial
A fail-safe software update keeps security and functionality up to date. For devices in the field equipped with a Trusted Platform, our cloud update (over-the-air update) transfers only the changed data. With intermediate compression, we achieve data rates that can keep up with storage media. For devices without cloud access, we also offer a tamper-resistant update process via storage media such as USB or SD card, as well as update options via communication interfaces such as Bluetooth, CAN bus, Modbus and local network.
Web-based UI
Graphical touch user interface
State-of-the-art user interfaces achieve a very high level of user acceptance. With a web-based UI, you have full flexibility to choose the framework that offers the best user experience for your users. With our embedded server and well-documented API, high-performance UIs can be built with very little effort. This website itself was developed in exactly that way using Vue.js and the Quasar UI framework.
Protocol stack integration for sensors and gateways
e.g. for IoT modules, Modbus, RS-485, CAN, IO-Link
From the evaluation and selection of the components to driver development and application integration, we incorporate all components into our development process.
Linux kernel consulting/development
Porting, debugging, custom features, SoC peripherals
With a strong connection to the open-source community, we make a point of contributing as much of our work back as possible. We are long-time contributors and believe in the free software model.
Products

Tempo2Market

Tempo2Market (TTM) is a fully integrated Linux-based distribution tailored to the customer-specific hardware design, with integrated solutions for

  • sensor integration,
  • control integration,
  • update strategy,
  • cloud connectivity, and
  • enterprise-grade security.

Tempo2Market includes not only the software, but also tools and guides for development and manufacturing. Tempo2Market is already preinstalled, commissioned, and delivered by the manufacturer on the customer-specific hardware.

The included application server enables a very fast implementation of control applications, sensor apps, and web-based user interfaces.

Challenge us. More than 15 years of expertise are built into hexDEV. Developing software and embedded systems at the highest level is our daily motivation and what we do best. Professionalism - paired with meticulous and analytically grounded execution - is the secret behind our know-how.

We are happy to make that available to you.

With Tempo2Market, you have a concrete solution for efficient development of the next generation of your products.

hexLIN USB LIN bus adapter for Linux

A LIN bus connects sensors and actuators, especially in the automotive sector. It is a serial communication system used, for example, to query car doors, control seats, and open windows.

hexDEV developed a USB LIN bus adapter called hexLIN. This adapter connects a standard Linux system to the LIN bus. Typical use cases include research and development, analysis, end-of-line testing, and qualification. Its main features are:

  • master mode
  • slave mode
  • monitor mode
  • CAN tools integration
  • USB device
  • Linux kernel driver
hexLIN USB LIN-BUS adapter with db9 connector

More information and documentation are available on the hexLIN product page.

News

How to use telemetry to configure multiple devices at once
Discover the most important considerations for device configuration via telemetry. The article discusses different strategies and their efficiency from both the embedded-device and infrastructure perspectives.