IoT Development Services for Embedded & Connected Devices

From secure over-the-air updates to real-time connectivity and custom hardware, we help teams architect, prototype, and deploy Internet of Things (IoT) products built for reliability at scale.

End-to-end support across the IoT product lifecycle— from concept and architecture through deployment and scaling.

Teams choose LeafLabs for our deep experience with physical computing and embedded systems. We are trusted by startups and Fortune 500s in medical, aerospace, oil & gas, and R&D. We have a proven track record in IoT feasibility, prototyping and productization. We are a 100% US-based engineering team.

We pride ourselves on quick execution, delivering outstanding, well-documented work product, and being a pleasure to work with.

IoT Engineering Capabilities

LeafLabs bridges the gap between physical computing and cloud infrastructure. Whether you're building a sensor platform, a connected medical device, or an industrial controller, we bring full-stack technical depth to both hardware and software.

Embedded & Firmware

  • Low-power firmware development (bare metal, RTOS, Linux, Zephyr)

  • Wireless protocol stsacks (Bluetooth/BLE, Zigee, LoRaWAN)

  • Bootloaders & OTA infrastructure

  • Power profiling & battery life optimization

Connectivity & Edge Compute

  • Protocol integration (MQTT, CoAP, HTTP, custom)

  • Edge inference & signal processing

  • Secure device identity & encryption (SecureBoot)

  • Network architecture & provisioning strategies

Hardware & System Architecture

  • Custom board design for sensor fusion, wireless, edge AI

  • Thermal, mechanical & power constraints evaluation

  • System-level testing & validation

 
 

IoT Device Consulting

  • Sensor nodes & data acquisition platforms

  • Secure over-the-air (OTA) firmware update systems

  • Real-time monitoring & control devices

  • Gateways & edge compute nodes

  • Medical, scientific, and industrial IoT prototypes

IOT Case Studies

Autonomous Air-Taxi Drone

We developed a system to provide secure over-the-air (OTA) updates to an autonomous air-taxi drone currently under development.

Wireless Insect Sensor

Working with MIT and the USDA, we developed a wireless insect sensor to detect ant infestations in shipping containers.

See more from LeafLabs

Learn more about what LeafLabs has accomplished for our clients and what we can build for you.

 

Your system is complex. So are we.

If your IoT project doesn’t fit a cookie-cutter solution, we’re probably the right team.