Helix LYNX is a reusable baseline platform for battery-powered, sensor-based field IoT devices — with adaptive LoRa + Cellular connectivity, cloud-ready firmware, and onboard sensing built in.
After nearly a decade of building real-world IoT products, we kept seeing the same architecture beneath different applications. Helix LYNX turns that recurring foundation into a ready-to-use platform, so you can focus on your application — not the infrastructure underneath it.
Prototype faster. Validate earlier. Reduce hardware risk.
Based on the preconfigured demo flow — unbox, power on, and see live data on the LYNX Platform.
Everything you need is in the box. Powered and ready to go.
Preloaded firmware connects to LoRaWAN and cellular automatically.
Environmental sensor data starts streaming to the cloud.
View your live data on the LYNX Platform — no setup or coding.
Integrate your sensors and configure your device for your use case.
Every domain on the board — connectivity, sensing, and secure updates — routes through the microcontroller, with power management coordinating across all of them.
One board. Three foundations: connectivity, sensing, and secure operations.
LoRaWAN and cellular connect through the microcontroller — configure either one as primary, with the other taking over automatically if it can't get through. Geolocation / GNSS is an optional module for applications like asset tracking, where knowing a device's location matters as much as its connectivity.
The onboard sensor works out of the box. Expansion headers (I²C, SPI, UART, GPIO) let you add application-specific sensors and modules without redesigning the base board.
A dedicated cryptographic module handles secure device provisioning, encrypted communications, and signed firmware updates. Firmware images and calibration data are staged in external flash before being applied, with cellular providing an always-available path for remote updates — verified before install.
Always connected. Always efficient.
Configure LoRaWAN or cellular as your primary link, based on your deployment's power and coverage needs. The other radio automatically takes over for reliability, remote diagnostics, configuration, and OTA updates when the primary can't get through.
Configure LoRaWAN or cellular as your primary link — the other stands by as automatic fallback if the primary can't get through.
Power-aware firmware and hardware design from day one — sleep-mode scheduling and radio duty-cycling built to stretch battery life, not bolted on after.
Includes global LTE Cat 1.bis connectivity via Hologram. No SIM sourcing. No activation headaches.
Pre-integrated with the LYNX Platform, our fleet management system, so you get a fully functional system out of the box.
Multiple interfaces (I²C, SPI, UART, GPIO) to integrate your sensors and expand your product.
Radio modules are precertified — CE, FCC, and EMC compliant — cutting certification time and cost out of your product's path to market.
The clearest fit: battery-powered, sensor-based field devices — specific enough to be credible, broad enough to cover these categories.
Air quality, temperature, humidity and more.
Machine monitoring, process data and predictive insights.
Monitor conditions, assets and your operations.
Bridge monitoring, structural health and environmental data.
Remote monitoring for water, energy and resources.
Track location, status and conditions of field assets.
"After nearly a decade building battery-powered sensor devices, I kept seeing the same foundation repeat: power, sensors, connectivity, telemetry, diagnostics, and cloud integration. Helix LYNX is the platform I wish existed at the start of those projects."
— Timothy Adu, Founder & Systems Architect, Helix Embedded TechnologiesFinal pricing is announced at launch. Early access members lock in founder pricing.
The Helix LYNX board, pre-activated SIM, and onboard environmental sensor. Everything you need to go from unboxing to live data.
For applications where every microamp counts. Bundles the LYNX board with Qoitech's Otii power profiling hardware, so you can measure and optimize real-world current draw from day one.
Design a custom enclosure for your specific application, using the LYNX prototype kit as your electrical and mechanical baseline.
LYNX's expansion headers are built for add-on modules that implement your product's specific function. We help design, validate, and integrate your custom module against the base platform.
Application-specific sensor drivers, scoped and quoted up front — not open-ended consulting.
Cellular data plans through our Hologram partnership, billed as you scale from prototype to pilot. Custom fleet management available on request.
Battery architecture for long-life field deployments.
Design support for custom battery packs, LiSOCl₂ + supercapacitor architectures, pulse-load behavior, lifetime estimation, supplier alignment, and validation planning for pilot and production deployments.
Prototype kits are designed to support external battery evaluation and power profiling, while production battery-pack design is handled as a scoped service for pilot and deployment programs.
Early access includes priority updates, exclusive pricing on pilot packages, and direct access to the founding team.
