Healthcare & Life Sciences
Reducing HW dependency, accelerating time to market
Our Client’s Backstory
Our client is a global leader in consumer wellness innovation, utilizing advanced smart device technology to enhance user well-being. With over 1 million active customers and a workforce of thousands, the company manages a large ecosystem spanning hardware development, sales, and consumer experience.
The Challenges
Global memory shortages and rising component costs were threatening both the product's profitability and its path to market. Depending solely on the existing hardware platform meant accepting unsustainable unit costs and ongoing hardware components supply risk. The client needed a fundamentally different hardware approach, without risking product launch timeline or degrading the experience their customers expected.
Key challenges included:
Memory shortage mitigation: Persistent global supply shortages made key memory components unavailable and expensive.
Cost-driven redesign: Redesigning core product functionality onto a lower cost hardware platform without degrading product performance or user experience.
Rapid time-to-market: The transition to new platform had to happen fast, on a fixed go-to-market schedule with no room for extended development cycles.
The Solution
Klika designed new boards around alternative processing and wireless components, then engineered the firmware in parallel, validating implementations against development kits and custom prototypes boards before final hardware even existed — enabling a faster, more efficient path to market.
Hardware redesign
New board designs built around alternative components, reducing the hardware cost footprint without affecting core product performance.
End-to-End firmware development
Firmware developed and validated in parallel with hardware design, integration-ready from day one of hardware availability.
Core functionality implementation
Platform-independent drivers and control logic, built for portability so the same codebase works across hardware variants.
Comprehensive testing & validation
Automated testing framework covering hardware, firmware, wireless connectivity, and device control on real hardware.
Manufacturing & mechanical integration
Worked closely with manufacturing and mechanical teams on product design, the manufacturing process, and factory testing, enabling and supporting the necessary functionalities for manufacturing validation.
The Solution
Klika designed new boards around alternative processing and wireless components, then engineered the firmware in parallel, validating implementations against development kits and custom prototypes boards before final hardware even existed — enabling a faster, more efficient path to market.
Hardware redesign
New board designs built around alternative components, reducing the hardware cost footprint without affecting core product performance.
End-to-End firmware development
Firmware developed and validated in parallel with hardware design, integration-ready from day one of hardware availability.
Core functionality implementation
Platform-independent drivers and control logic, built for portability so the same codebase works across hardware variants.
Comprehensive testing & validation
Automated testing framework covering hardware, firmware, wireless connectivity, and device control on real hardware.
Manufacturing & mechanical integration
Worked closely with manufacturing and mechanical teams on product design, the manufacturing process, and factory testing, enabling and supporting the necessary functionalities for manufacturing validation.
The Solution
Klika designed new boards around alternative processing and wireless components, then engineered the firmware in parallel, validating implementations against development kits and custom prototypes boards before final hardware even existed — enabling a faster, more efficient path to market.
Hardware redesign
New board designs built around alternative components, reducing the hardware cost footprint without affecting core product performance.
End-to-End firmware development
Firmware developed and validated in parallel with hardware design, integration-ready from day one of hardware availability.
Core functionality implementation
Platform-independent drivers and control logic, built for portability so the same codebase works across hardware variants.
Comprehensive testing & validation
Automated testing framework covering hardware, firmware, wireless connectivity, and device control on real hardware.
Manufacturing & mechanical integration
Worked closely with manufacturing and mechanical teams on product design, the manufacturing process, and factory testing, enabling and supporting the necessary functionalities for manufacturing validation.
The Solution
Klika designed new boards around alternative processing and wireless components, then engineered the firmware in parallel, validating implementations against development kits and custom prototypes boards before final hardware even existed — enabling a faster, more efficient path to market.
Hardware redesign
New board designs built around alternative components, reducing the hardware cost footprint without affecting core product performance.
End-to-End firmware development
Firmware developed and validated in parallel with hardware design, integration-ready from day one of hardware availability.
Core functionality implementation
Platform-independent drivers and control logic, built for portability so the same codebase works across hardware variants.
Comprehensive testing & validation
Automated testing framework covering hardware, firmware, wireless connectivity, and device control on real hardware.
Manufacturing & mechanical integration
Worked closely with manufacturing and mechanical teams on product design, the manufacturing process, and factory testing, enabling and supporting the necessary functionalities for manufacturing validation.
The Solution
Klika designed new boards around alternative processing and wireless components, then engineered the firmware in parallel, validating implementations against development kits and custom prototypes boards before final hardware even existed — enabling a faster, more efficient path to market.
Hardware redesign
New board designs built around alternative components, reducing the hardware cost footprint without affecting core product performance.
End-to-End firmware development
Firmware developed and validated in parallel with hardware design, integration-ready from day one of hardware availability.
Core functionality implementation
Platform-independent drivers and control logic, built for portability so the same codebase works across hardware variants.
Comprehensive testing & validation
Automated testing framework covering hardware, firmware, wireless connectivity, and device control on real hardware.
Manufacturing & mechanical integration
Worked closely with manufacturing and mechanical teams on product design, the manufacturing process, and factory testing, enabling and supporting the necessary functionalities for manufacturing validation.
The Result
By delivering a fully re-platformed system in under 9 months, Klika gave the client a production-ready, cost-optimized product with no dependency on constrained hardware components and a clear path to market.
Cost reduction
55% cost reduction per product's unit made the device the most competitive hardware option available to the client
Supply chain independence
Removed an ongoing business vulnerability, giving the client a stable, long-term hardware path insulated from global supply market disruptions.
Accelerated time to market
A full product delivered in 9 months, enabling the client to launch a competitive alternative on schedule without compromising core functionality.
The Result
By delivering a fully re-platformed system in under 9 months, Klika gave the client a production-ready, cost-optimized product with no dependency on constrained hardware components and a clear path to market.
Cost reduction
55% cost reduction per product's unit made the device the most competitive hardware option available to the client
Supply chain independence
Removed an ongoing business vulnerability, giving the client a stable, long-term hardware path insulated from global supply market disruptions.
Accelerated time to market
A full product delivered in 9 months, enabling the client to launch a competitive alternative on schedule without compromising core functionality.
The Result
By delivering a fully re-platformed system in under 9 months, Klika gave the client a production-ready, cost-optimized product with no dependency on constrained hardware components and a clear path to market.
Cost reduction
55% cost reduction per product's unit made the device the most competitive hardware option available to the client
Supply chain independence
Removed an ongoing business vulnerability, giving the client a stable, long-term hardware path insulated from global supply market disruptions.
Accelerated time to market
A full product delivered in 9 months, enabling the client to launch a competitive alternative on schedule without compromising core functionality.
The Result
By delivering a fully re-platformed system in under 9 months, Klika gave the client a production-ready, cost-optimized product with no dependency on constrained hardware components and a clear path to market.
Cost reduction
55% cost reduction per product's unit made the device the most competitive hardware option available to the client
Supply chain independence
Removed an ongoing business vulnerability, giving the client a stable, long-term hardware path insulated from global supply market disruptions.
Accelerated time to market
A full product delivered in 9 months, enabling the client to launch a competitive alternative on schedule without compromising core functionality.
The Result
By delivering a fully re-platformed system in under 9 months, Klika gave the client a production-ready, cost-optimized product with no dependency on constrained hardware components and a clear path to market.
Cost reduction
55% cost reduction per product's unit made the device the most competitive hardware option available to the client
Supply chain independence
Removed an ongoing business vulnerability, giving the client a stable, long-term hardware path insulated from global supply market disruptions.
Accelerated time to market
A full product delivered in 9 months, enabling the client to launch a competitive alternative on schedule without compromising core functionality.
Technology Stack
C
FreeRTOS
BLE
Motor Control System
Pressure Sensor Integration
Battery-Powered Device Development
Technology Stack
C
FreeRTOS
BLE
Motor Control System
Pressure Sensor Integration
Battery-Powered Device Development
Technology Stack
C
FreeRTOS
BLE
Motor Control System
Pressure Sensor Integration
Battery-Powered Device Development
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