Understanding the Shift: From Connected Devices to Intelligent Platforms

While traditional IoT solutions enable basic telemetry, they often fall short of delivering actionable insights, personalized control, or scalable architectures. The smart power strip developed by Meritech is a leap forward—not just enabling connectivity, but driving innovation in the way homes and enterprises manage energy consumption.

Enablement gave us data. Innovation gives us insights and control—at scale.

Why This Innovation Matters

• Traditional devices don’t scale in a cloud-native world—power strips remain passive, unintelligent endpoints.
• Modern enterprises demand granular control, real-time insight, and tenant-specific access.
• With edge computing and LPWA, smart devices can be secure, energy-efficient, and globally deployable.

Is Your Device Infrastructure Ready for Smart Innovation?

If you’re already deploying IoT but lack per-device insights, proactive control, or cloud-native scale, this is your inflection point.

Key indicators:

• You collect energy data, but don’t act on it in real time.
• Your hardware communicates, but doesn’t control or automate.
• Your platform serves users, but not tenants or ecosystems.

If these sound familiar, you're ready to innovate—not just enable.

Case Study: Smart Power Strip with Renesas RA0 and monoZ:Jet

🔧 Project Objective

Develop a secure, scalable, energy-efficient smart power strip offering:

• Remote per-outlet control
• Real-time power monitoring
• Cloud-based multi-tenant management

Architecture: A Modular Innovation Stack

1. Edge Intelligence: Renesas RA0 MCU + PMIC

• Controls each plug via GPIO-based relays
• Integrates with high-accuracy PMIC for per-outlet power metrics
• Supports real-time anomaly detection (overload, under-voltage)

Key Innovation: Uses Renesas’s low-power MCU to run critical control loops on-device, reducing cloud latency.

2. Secure LPWA Communication via monoZ:Jet

• Transmits plug status and energy data over 1NCE’s private LPWA network
• Eliminates TLS overhead by using secure network-level encryption
• Operates at ultra-low power for battery or energy-harvested deployments

Key Benefits:

• No Wi-Fi dependency
• Global coverage
• Compact module (32.5 x 35 mm)

3. Cloud Broker + Backend Platform

• monoZ:Link receives and parses device data via MQTT/HTTP
• Django backend with TimescaleDB for time-series storage
• Redis queues for real-time notifications

Platform Features:

• Multi-tenancy for resellers, admins, and users
• Role-based access control (RBAC)
• REST APIs for 3rd-party integration

4. Progressive Web App (PWA) Frontend

• Built with React + TypeScript
• Real-time outlet control and scheduling
• Offline-first architecture via Service Workers

User Experience Highlights:

• Installable on desktop/mobile
• Works without app stores
• Offline access to cached schedules and data

Innovation Features That Set It Apart

• Per-Outlet Analytics: PMIC-powered, per-socket power stats
• Multi-Tenant Access: One platform, many users, full isolation
• LPWA Security: End-to-end encrypted, zero TLS maintenance
• AI-Ready Backend: Prepared for future load prediction, optimization
• Energy Optimization: Schedule based on grid load or cost profiles

Business Outcomes

• 15–30% Energy Reduction

  Via smart schedules, anomaly alerts, and usage insights.

• Scalable Global Deployments

  LPWA allows remote installs without local IT or Wi-Fi.

• Enterprise-Grade Security

  1NCE private core + RBAC ensures full data isolation and compliance.

• Rapid Adoption & Monetization

  App-free access boosts user onboarding and usage.

Future-Ready: What’s Next?

• AI-driven power load forecasting
• Smart integration with solar power or grid-tariff APIs
• Dynamic pricing optimization
• Voice assistant and smart home platform integrations