Nordic Partner: ithinx
HQ Company Address
Cologne, Germany
Design locations
Germany
Serviced Countries / regions
DACH, EMEA, worldwide
Website URL
www.ithinx.io
Company introduction
Who we are and what we do:
Here at ithinx, we are your strategic partner for innovative, customized Internet of Things (IoT) solutions. We guide businesses from concept to production, specializing in embedded hardware and software development, custom antenna design and wireless connectivity and protocols. We help companies across industries efficiently implement intelligent, connected products through our blend of experience and creativity.
What makes us unique:
ithinx stands out by combining the agility of a young company with a century ownership of an industrial stability and production power. We accelerate your time-to-market by leveraging our market-proven modules and patented antenna designs, eliminating the need to start from scratch. As an ISO 9001-certified partner, we guide you through the entire product lifecycle, from concept to certified series production, ensuring a cost-efficient, high-quality, and future-proof IoT solution.
Working with Nordic Semiconductor:
As an official Nordic Semiconductor Design aPartner, ithinx offers certified expertise in their leading wireless technologies. This partnership provides ithinx with deep access to Nordic's powerful and efficient Bluetooth LE, Matter, and cellular IoT components. For our clients, this means faster development cycles, reduced project risk, and products built on a proven, reliable, and future-proof foundation for best-in-class low-power connectivity.
Which projects we focus on:
Smart Home & Building Automation
Create multi-protocol gateways and devices (Matter, Zigbee, Thread) for applications like HVAC control, smart locks, emergency lighting, and integrated building management.
Industrial IoT (IIoT)
ithinx delivers reliable, low-power sensor networks and connectivity for industrial environments, focusing on condition monitoring, asset tracking, and data pipelines for industrial data analysis.
Consumer Electronics
With a proven track record in consumer-facing IoT (e.g. kids audio player) project, ithinx develops innovative solutions sector.
Heating and Climate Solutions
ithinx specializes in connectivity modules and gateways for modern heating and cooling systems, enabling smart control and remote management.
Design services
As a Nordic Semiconductor Design and Solution Partner, ithinx offers comprehensive IoT design services. We integrate Nordic's wireless technologies (Bluetooth LE, Matter, cellular IoT) to create robust, efficient, and future-proof products.
● Hardware & RF Design: Seamlessly integrating Nordic components, including advanced RF and custom antenna design (e.g., for cellular IoT, AoA/AoD), leveraging our iXpro SOM and patented designs.
● Embedded Software: Developing optimized, low-power software on Nordic devices using their SDK and third-party protocols.
● Security: Implementing robust features like Root of Trust, encryption, and secure DFU, often utilizing Nordic's on-chip security.
● Multi-protocol Development: Creating versatile gateways and devices supporting Matter, Zigbee, Thread, and Bluetooth, powered by Nordic chips.
Our Nordic partnership ensures deep access, accelerated time-to-market, and optimization for low-power connectivity.
We are a:
☒ Consultant / Consultancy firm
☒ Design House
☐ Original Design Manufacturing (ODM)
☒ Solution Provider
☐ other:
We offer the following core design services in combination with Nordic products:
☒Hardware and RF design
☒Embedded software development
☒Advanced RF and antenna design
☐Security design and implementation
We also offer the following services:
☐ Rapid Prototyping
☒ Pre-production testing and validation
☒ Pilot production
☒ Transfer to production
☒ Turn-key contract manufacturing
☐ Product Cycle Management
☐ Industrial design (enclosure/casing)
☐ Device to Cloud integration
☐ Cloud backend development
☐ Cloud frontend development
We have experience with the following technologies on Nordic products:
Bluetooth LE, Bluetooth Mesh, ZigBee, Thread, Matter, LTE-M, NB-IoT, Wi-Fi 6
We have experience with integration of 3rd party software and protocols in combination with Nordic solutions:
We develop multi-protocol gateways and devices supporting standards like Matter, Zigbee (including ZBOSS integration), Thread, Wi-Fi, cellular, Ethernet, and NFC. Our expertise extends to embedded software development on Nordic SoCs, efficiently porting and integrating these third-party stacks. ithinx also utilizes a Technology Abstraction Layer to simplify network setup and maintenance. Our capabilities span both RTOS (Zephyr) and Linux environments, enabling complex software integration. Successful projects in smart home, building automation (Eltako, wibutler), and consumer electronics (Tonies) demonstrate our proven ability to deliver highly interoperable IoT products.
We have our own HF laboratory that allows us to pre-certify customers devices before they go to an official test house.
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