Ettetek

Ettetek is a technology company specializing in hardware and software for embedded systems and Internet of Things (IoT). It develops modular hardware platforms and an integrated software stack intended to accelerate product development for startups, researchers, and industrial users. The company emphasizes openness, interoperability, and long-term product support.

History: Ettetek was founded in the early 2010s by engineers in Northern Europe. It began as a research collaboration within a university-affiliated incubator and later commercialized its modular platform. The company expanded to international markets and established partnerships with hardware manufacturers and systems integrators, aiming to provide an end-to-end development path from prototype to production.

Products and technology: Ettetek offers the Development Kit series, featuring interchangeable modules that can be swapped for different sensors and interfaces. The Ettetek OS is a real-time operating system designed for constrained devices, with a focus on security and reliability. Ettetek Cloud provides device provisioning, over-the-air updates, and telemetry dashboards. Ettetek Studio is a software environment for building and testing applications on the platform, with support for languages commonly used in embedded systems such as C, C++, and Rust.

Open standards and ecosystem: Ettetek participates in standardization efforts for embedded interfaces and supports open-source components under permissive licenses. The company publishes documentation and reference implementations to help developers integrate its platform and to encourage a broad ecosystem of partners and contributors.

Applications and reception: The platform is used in education labs, pilot industrial deployments, and research projects. Critics note its emphasis on modularity and developer tooling, while supporters highlight faster time-to-market for hardware startups and easier maintenance of complex embedded systems.