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Industrial IoT

Industrial IoT, from the circuit board up.

ControlBus designs the custom circuit boards, embedded firmware, edge systems and software that connect equipment in the field to the people who run it. RYDM, our first product line, is in service at locomotive fueling facilities on the Amtrak, CSX, Norfolk Southern and Belt Railway of Chicago networks.

Sensors and circuit boards on one side, the people accountable for the operation on the other, and ControlBus edge systems and software between them.

What we build

Hardware, edge and software, designed as one product.

Industrial products fail at the seams between the board, the site and the software. We design all three, so there are no seams to fall through.

  1. 01

    Circuit boards and firmware

    Custom PCBs and embedded firmware, designed for the sensors, controllers and conditions of the job.

  2. 02

    Edge systems

    Devices and gateways on site that read PLCs, meters and sensors and carry their data to the cloud.

  3. 03

    Software

    Applications, reports, alerts and integrations for the people accountable for the operation.

Product lines

One engineering stack, applied industry by industry.

Each product line is built for one kind of operation, with a partner who knows it, on the same boards, edge and software.

In service · Rail yard fuel control

Tanks, meters, nozzles and AEI tag reads at locomotive fueling facilities, on the equipment already in the yard. RYDM is in service at locomotive fueling facilities on the Amtrak, CSX, Norfolk Southern and Belt Railway of Chicago networks.

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In development

Greenhouse and farm technology

Sensing and control for greenhouses and farms, built on the same circuit boards, edge systems and software as RYDM.

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How we work

Three rules we build by.

How we engineer a product
  1. 01

    Design the whole stack together

    Circuit board, firmware, edge and software are designed as one system, so the reading taken in the field is the number people act on.

  2. 02

    Work with what is installed

    Our products read the PLCs, meters and sensors already on site. Nobody should have to replace working equipment to get good data from it.

  3. 03

    Build with the operators

    Each product line is built with a partner who runs the operation or services it in the field. For RYDM, that is CWI Railroad System Specialists.

Field partner for RYDM

Installed and field-serviced by CWI Railroad System Specialists.

CWI builds and services fueling systems in rail yards. They survey, install, calibrate and service; we design the hardware and software. Together there is one team accountable in the field.

Build the next product line with us.

If your operation needs custom hardware and software to be measured and run well, or you want RYDM at a rail yard, send us a note and we will reply.