FlexSense: Bringing Agility to the Future of IoT

How Exa’s process helped Myriota transform a bold vision into a market-ready platform.

1. Building the Business Case – Turning a bold idea into a viable opportunity

When Myriota set out to simplify IoT connectivity, they wanted more than incremental improvement. They wanted a platform that could scale globally, adapt easily, and cut deployment time from months to days.

For Exa, the opportunity was clear: help Myriota transform this ambitious vision into a commercially viable, technically elegant product.

“Myriota had a bold idea to make IoT truly accessible,” recalls Stephen Leahey, Co-Founder and Engineering Manager “Our role was to bring structure and strategy to that ambition.”

Early feasibility work focused on defining commercial confidence, assessing scalability, manufacturability, and risk to ensure that bold ideas could become business realities.

2. Opportunity Definition – Framing the challenge and understanding users

To shape the development, Exa and Myriota dug deep into customer pain points. Businesses needed reliable sensing that was easy to deploy and adaptable to multiple applications, from agriculture and logistics to environmental monitoring.

Together, they defined the opportunity: a modular platform that could flex to different sensors, scale production efficiently, and maintain low power consumption for remote environments.

This insight-driven stage laid the foundation for every technical and commercial decision that followed.

3. Defining the Development Program – Mapping the path forward

With the opportunity defined, the teams co-created a detailed roadmap. Exa’s systems engineers led structured risk reviews to identify technical and program challenges early, from component selection to regulatory compliance.

Key technical goals emerged: ultra-low-power operation, flexible connectivity, and a configurable sensor interface; integrated cellular and Bluetooth radios to ensure robust connectivity while preserving battery performance; and modular board configurations to enable fast customisation for a wide range of different use cases.

By managing complexity early, Exa gave Myriota a predictable, low-risk pathway to product readiness.

4. Design Development – Where engineering meets execution

This is where Exa’s engineering pragmatism met Myriota’s pioneering spirit.

Exa advanced the FlexSense hardware design through iterative prototyping and testing, balancing innovation with practical manufacturability. The industrial design, hardware, and firmware teams across both companies worked side by side, a truly integrated partnership.

“It was never a handover,” said Stephen. “It was constant collaboration, solving, refining, improving.”

The result was an elegant, low-power design with robust communications and remarkable flexibility, proof that engineering excellence thrives in alignment.

5. Production and Commercialisation – From prototype to product

Once validated, Myriota was able to smoothly translate Exa’s design into scalable production.

The Myriota FlexSense entered the market as a proven platform now deployed across diverse industries, delivering real-world impact: faster deployment, lower integration effort, and greater flexibility.

Customers are using FlexSense for everything from environmental sensing to asset tracking, achieving significant reductions in time-to-market and system complexity. For Exa, seeing the technology perform in the field affirmed the value of their structured process.

6. Sustaining and Continuous Improvement – Evolving the platform for what’s next

Today, Myriota continues to evolve FlexSense with new firmware capabilities, battery life enhancements, and expanded applications across energy, infrastructure, and environmental monitoring.

Exa remains a trusted partner, supporting the business to scale into new opportunities. Together, the teams are exploring new frontiers for platform-based IoT systems, ensuring that future devices are smarter, leaner, and more impactful than the last.

The Result

Through Exa’s six-stage process, guided by commercial focus, technical excellence, sustainability, and cultural alignment, Myriota brought FlexSense to life: a scalable, secure, and flexible IoT platform that is redefining connected hardware.

It is proof that when bold ideas meet considered engineering, innovation moves faster and smarter.