Custom Hardware Integration Services
Provide specialist hardware and software integrations
Ensure your hardware performs at full capacity with specialist software integrations.
Our custom hardware integration services can connect various types of hardware – from lasers to connectors - to software simply and effectively. Without the appropriate hardware integrations, your business can be subject to inefficiencies, lack of sufficient data insights, and a severe competitive disadvantage.
Utilising our technical expertise for software and API integrations, we can connect physical hardware to existing applications or by creating custom software applications. Whether you need to maximise the effectiveness of your products, nurture cohesive workspaces, or extract hardware data to be displayed on user-friendly interfaces, we can provide the services you need.
Why choose I-Finity for hardware software integrations?
We have been integrating single and multiple hardware devices with software and apps for over 18 years. Today, cloud technology allows us to design and build secure integrations more effectively than ever.
- Expertise: Our extensive capabilities include the delivery of hardware integrations no matter how simple or complex.
- Technical problem-solving: We leverage over 50 years of technical problem-solving to integrate a dynamic range of devices into software applications whilst ensuring smooth and accurate data syncing – often in highly remote locations with offline syncing capabilities.
- Accreditations: Recognised as a Microsoft Silver Partner for our work in .Net development and Azure Cloud, we continually invest in our partnerships to keep our technical skills current to support your projects.
- Rigorous approach: Our method for hardware and software integrations is proven with our experience of delivering on security, performance, and secure user authentication, whilst preserving data validation, integrity, and scalability.
Our Trusted Technology Partners
Customer Testimonial
"We needed a highly technical software company to bring our product vision to life to offer an alternative in the market for those in the car parking industry. I-Finity’s Microsoft Azure expertise has enabled us to build our software as service product that is scalable and reliable. The technical infrastructure and the hardware integrations in the product supports complex and compliant operational workflows to meet industry regulations.
The due diligence, technical scoping and attention to detail from I-Finity has resulted in us having a strong product to take to market. I would highly recommend I-Finity for their technical expertise in creating solutions that are right for the business."
Why Hardware Integrations?
Hardware integrations are highly effective for connecting multiple devices, systems, and machines together. At I-Finity, we provide several integrations, including:
- APIs: We develop and implement APIs, provide third-party API integrations, enhance security and authentication, and implement endpoints for transmission of data between hardware and software. Using business logic to push and/or pull data along with robust functionality, we ensure the connection delivers on specified requirements.
- Data integrations: Our extraction, real-time & offline syncing, and analysis of data amongst hardware devices ensures a structured and accessible database management system for your product or service.
- Application integrations: We deliver simple and efficient user interfaces to interact with or extract data for analysis, displaying information, visuals and data from your hardware devices.
- Legacy device integrations: Potentially no need to scrap your outdated systems. We can explore integrating them with up-to-date systems and converting data formats as needed.
- Webhooks: We ensure that real-time messages are sent from one system to another, along with notifications to support the connection whilst keeping data between systems up to date.
Benefits of Hardware Integrations?
Expertly handled hardware integrations provide several benefits:
- Real-time data: Leveraging up-to-date and connected information to inform future business decisions.
- Operational efficiency: Streamlining operations and workflows through the elimination of manual processes and bottlenecks.
- Improved data security: Implementing strict security controls and user authentication to ensure secure and accessible data transfer between hardware and software.
- Competitive advantage: Creating a competitive advantage by connecting custom solutions to external hardware devices to endorse your own IP.
Our Hardware Integration Services
Custom Software Development
We specialise in building scalable bespoke digital solutions to integrate with all your specialist hardware to ensure a seamless user experience.
Backend & API Development
We develop robust API-driven platforms, allowing your business to extract data from your hardware efficiently.
Data Integrations
We create smart data-handling solutions to help your business collect, analyse, and action ideas based on hardware-generated data.
Digital Transformations
We modernise outdated infrastructures - like legacy database systems – to ensure your hardware interacts seamlessly with next-generation software.
Cloud Development, Hosting and Maintenance
We use cloud-based infrastructure to streamline hardware-software integrations and ecosystems with high reliability and robust security.
Specialist Hardware
Our expertise in specialist hardware includes GIS mapping, radiation detection, sensors, ANPR (Automatic Number Plate Recognition) cameras, thermostats, locators and more, allowing us to integrate a dynamic range of hardware devices with software.
Our Process for Hardware Integrations
1: Assess Requirements: Assessing your unique requirements to plan the optimal approach for connecting hardware devices to your existing set-up.
2: Solution architecture and design: Document the technical aspects of the integration delivery, including hosting, security elements, and understanding any dependencies and limitations that must be resolved for a smooth transition.
3: Development and testing: We provide thorough testing of the integration between the hardware device(s) to the desired application(s). Testing for all behaviours and edge cases, we seek feedback and review from your end users where necessary.
4: Implementation: We implement the solution once the integration passes quality assurance for testing, security, and performance validation.
5: Ongoing support and maintenance: Our services don’t end there. We will recommend ongoing maintenance of your integration for continuous monitoring and future enhancements for optimal performance.
Hardware integration connects physical devices to software for data exchange or remote control. Examples include a camera that automatically uploads pictures to an online application or a smart thermostat that lets homeowners adjust temperature settings remotely via an app. The app syncs with the thermostat to enable real-time adjustments and remote access.
They design, plan, test, and implement integration solutions that enable different hardware and software systems to communicate. Their role involves understanding customer requirements and delivering seamless connectivity between devices.
API, Data, Web Service, and Application Integration.
The goal is to connect physical hardware with software applications, enabling seamless communication, data exchange, and automation. This improves efficiency, optimizes workflows, enhances functionality, and provides real-time insights. The result? Smarter business decisions, a better user experience, and streamlined processes through a cohesive, integrated system.
