Connected Development Confidential and Proprietary

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Connected Development Confidential and Proprietary

Conduit for wireless innovation facilitating better business and better living by eliminating barriers to entry and enabling our clients’ success.

COMPANY OVERVIEW

Founded in 2009 Office and labs in Cary, NC Specialize in M2M applications and the “Internet of Things” Wireless industry experts Over 80 customers and more than 200 assignments

completed Award winning firm – Connected World top 100 Innovative

Companies since 2012

Design, Development, Integration

Certification & Validation

Custom Antenna Development

Technical Consulting / Design Reviews

Connected Development Confidential and Proprietary

The Business Caseo Is this a solution looking for a problem?o Is it well understood the investment needed to get to the next milestone?o What does the business model look like?

RF Performance / Environment o How small is your device? What kind of space are you working with?o Noise and interferenceo Is it wearable?

Device Certificationo Certification re-trieso Costly; time consuming

Time to Marketo Effort under-estimatedo Mistakes cause delays

TYPICAL CHALLENGES

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Ensure device requirements are well understood BEFORE starting the designo Technology (2G, 3G, 4G? CDMA or GSM?)o Use caseso Power, processor, memory requirements

Conduct a design review o Review all aspects of design (e.g. antenna, mechanics, noise sources)o Optimize

Conduct a thorough pre-certification test campaigno Target 80-90% of all RF test cases before entering certification – avoid surprises

Understanding of resource requirements and development timeo RF engineers, SW/HW engineers, validation engineers, CAD engineero Development time is a function of product complexity

DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS

Connected Development Confidential and Proprietary

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