Introduction

If you found us, you're probably wondering what we're all about ...

Iconia Corp.

Iconia Corp. is a product development and technology consulting company located in Sonoma, California. Our expertise covers the gamut from hardware to software, with a specific emphasis on sensoring and control. We have developed a fully-functional and feature laden system of sensors, communication technologies and software that is customizable and adaptable. As such, the technology is currently licensed on an OEM basis and is supported through additional services and recurring subscription-based revenue. At the core of our system architecture is the innate ability to easily extend both the software functionality and hardware componentry to expand the range of applications for which our system can be applied. Over time, we have leveraged this architecture and evolved the functionality to where we think it is now unparalleled for its price.


By so doing, our platform is now able to encroach into application areas that are still currently the domain of traditionally expensive hardware, software and services. As a testament to this, most of our current clientele have found their way to our platform after struggling to support their application economically through these same traditional means and vendors. In addition, our platform can also be applied now to applications which previously have not been addressed by any vendor due to the high cost of deployment if using traditional norms.

Solutions and Services

Platform Features and Benefits

By offering a fully integrated end-to-end solution of hardware, communications and software, you can readily deploy a complete ecosystem of sensors and controllers for just about any application without the need to perform complex integrations between various systems. However, if integrations or additional functionality is required, our platform is specifically designed to support data exchanges, both real-time and historical, through Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) at virtually every level of our system architecture.*


Using a distributed architecture, our platform is designed to manage large amounts of data from different sensor types spread across geographically disparate locations, all from a single login.

*All of our APIs are REST-based and accessible via HTTP or HTTPS. This allows integrations between various systems using any OS or programming language from any location. APIs are available directly to our sensors, to onsite gateways or to our cloud servers. APIs to our cloud server are bi-directional which allows for post-processing of data which can be piped back into the sytem to make use of our data management, automation and analysis capabilities.


Hardware

Our list of sensors is constantly expanding to support a wide variety of applications. Our control modules support most common types of industrial and commercial control standards.

Software

Our software has been developed over several years to handle the most feature reach and demanding monitoring, control and data analysis applications.

Communications

By supporting multiple communication technologies, our sensors can be deployed in both high density and remote environments, even where access to electrical power is limited.

Cloud Based

Our entire suite of applications is cloud based. Accessible from any web browser, applications can be optimized for both desktop and mobile. Data in the cloud can be analyzed online going back several years if necessary. All data can also be exported for offline analysis.

Flexible

Our product suite is modular and offers a multitude of features and functionality. Monitoring and control can be accomplished both locally and remotely with the ability to administer local user-interfaces via the cloud. Live data can be integrated into other platforms through a rich set of REST APIs.

Customize

Custom applications can be developed on top of the platform or by customizing existing applications provided by the platform.

Services

  • General electronics development, system design, and system architecture
  • Specialists in sensoring, analog electronics, power design, and signal integrity
  • Design capability from proof of concept to demo to prototype to production
  • Schematic entry and simulation tools
  • Breadboarding capability
  • Board layout available
  • Management of contract manufacturing partners
  • Automated testing
  • Rework
  • Technology consulting
  • Custom software development

Applications

  • Remote Monitoring and Control
  • Process Automation
  • Big Data and Machine Learning
  • Data Analytics and Visualization
  • Forecasting and Optimization
  • Internet of Things
Sample Customers

Carbon Dioxide Delivery Company

Our platform monitors and controls the optimal delivery of CO2 to greenhouses and outdoor hoop houses based on several environmental factors provided by our sensors.

Municipal Water District

Our platform monitors, tracks and alerts on abnormal remote water tank level heights to avoid costly repairs and re-certification due to malfunctioning water and well pumps.

Large University

Our platform uses machine learning combined with data from infrared grid sensors to determine occupancy and space utilization at various locations on the campus.

Capacity Planning

Using only existing platform components, an online interactive energy capacity planner was created for simulating scenarios for simultaneous energy loads to assist in breaker panel and backup generation sizing for a large real-estate development project.

Environmental Hazard Detection

By integrating sensors with our embedded Internet gateway, a self-contained portable "sales kit" was created for demonstrating local and online access of various remote sensors to potential customers for an environmental hazards monitoring company.

Intelligent Grow Lighting

With our proprietary intelligent power electronics circuitry at its' core, we were tasked with creating a network-enabled programmable multi-wavelength and variable power output LED lighting fixture for the indoor agricultural growing industry.

Customer UI "Facelift"

On the eve of an important sales presentation but having an outdated and complicated customer user interface, this client required rapid mockups of a modern, responsive and simplified web app to demonstrate easier access to their large backend database.

Agricultural Grow Management

Targeting the emerging "Green Tech" industry, this startup licensed our technology platform to develop a sensoring and control ecosystem to assist growers in gaining insight into all of their environmental factors and automating their growing operations.

System Overview Dashboard

Constructed to give an overview of a client's geographically dispersed installations, the dashboard supports roll-up views of trouble spots, drill-down for individual site detail and access to historical data and logs for quick determination of root-cause failures.

About Us

Nestled in the heart of Sonoma Valley wine country, our combined warehouse and "lab" is well-equipped with over $250,000 in test equipment for electronic, thermal, spectral illumination and goniometric measurements, etc. in addition to a machine shop, multiple 3-D printers, a laser cutter and a CNC machine. It is also well stocked with component inventory for ready prototyping.

Mark Covaro
President

30+ years, computing, networking, smart lighting
Cray Research, AMD, Cisco, co-founder of Redwood Systems
20+ US Patents
BSEE, Texas A&M

Dale Fong
VP of Engineering

30+ years, software architecture and system development
PG&E, Adura Technologies, co-founder of Silicon Energy
4 US Patents
BSEE, Cornell University