Case study · Automotive

Diesel truck tuning, from the app to the hardware.

A tuning and calibration product for diesel trucks: a mobile app, an API and the microcontroller firmware that talks to the vehicle.
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Client
RUNVSE
Sector
Automotive
What we built
Mobile app, API and microcontroller firmware.
Platform
Flutter app, Node.js API with sockets and Firebase, embedded firmware.

In short

RunVSE is software and hardware together. The app gives owners guides, a Prime tier, profiles and notifications; the API handles accounts and real time updates; and the microcontroller firmware is the piece that actually talks to the truck. All three were built by the same team so they agree.

The brief

The app is only as good as the hardware it talks to.

Tuning a vehicle involves a device on the truck, a phone in the cab and a server in between. All three had to be designed as one product.

What had to be true

  • Owner app

    Guides, content, a Prime tier, profile, settings and notifications.

  • Real time API

    Accounts, sockets and push through Firebase.

  • Firmware

    The microcontroller code that interfaces with the vehicle.

  • One team

    App, API and firmware built together so protocols match.

What we did

We built the stack end to end.

From the Flutter screen to the microcontroller, one set of hands.
01

Firmware and protocol

Microcontroller code and the protocol the app and API use to talk to it.

Hardware is in scope.

02

App for owners

Guides, Prime membership, profile and notifications in Flutter.

The cab experience.

03

API in the middle

Node.js with sockets and Firebase for accounts and real time state.

Everything in sync.

The work

RUNVSE: Adjusting settings in the car
RUNVSE: Adjusting settings in the car
RUNVSE: Create an account and settings
RUNVSE: Create an account and settings
RUNVSE: Settings
RUNVSE: Settings

What changed

Hardware, app and cloud that agree.

What building all three together gives.

3

layers: firmware, app and API

Real time

state over sockets and push

Prime

a membership tier inside the app

Technology

What this was built with.

Chosen to fit the problem and the team who owns it now.

01Mobile

  • Swift
  • Kotlin
  • Flutter
  • React Native

02Data and cloud

  • PostgreSQL
  • MySQL
  • MongoDB
  • AWS
  • Azure
  • Docker

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