Rigado

A certification path onto a unified retail IoT network

Rigado makes the infrastructure that connects sensors, tags and smart devices in commercial settings. Its current focus is a single unified IoT network for retail stores, built around its Cascade 5000 IoT access point. A device maker that wants its product to run on that network goes through the Rigado Ready certification program, which checks that the device meets the connectivity, security and data specifications the network requires.

What certification involves

Rigado Ready is described as the official route for IoT vendors and developers to certify their devices for the network. The company says that once a device is certified, it can run across the whole Cascade 5000 footprint, which means certifying once gives access to thousands of retail locations. The specifications cover Bluetooth Low Energy, Wi-Fi HaLow, GATT profiles, security protocols and data formatting. Security requirements include AES-128 encryption, secure key storage and authenticated connections.

Four steps to certification

The process begins with sign-up and onboarding on the Rigado Ready portal, where a developer completes an online non-disclosure agreement and the legal terms, provides contact information and gains access to the integration documentation and developer resources. The developer then builds the device against the published integration specification before testing. Next, the product is submitted for review, and Rigado evaluates it against the Rigado Ready standard in its dedicated testing lab. Once a product passes, it is published in a searchable catalog of certified devices.

Gateways and wireless modules

The company's wider background is in low-power wireless engineering. It was founded in 2010 with a focus on wireless design, and it was among the early developers of large-scale solutions using Bluetooth Low Energy. It went on to produce pre-certified low-energy wireless modules for IoT designs, which help product teams reduce the time, cost and risk of development, and it later launched a line of IoT gateways. The modules support several low-power protocols, including BLE and 802.15.4.

Product teams, integrators and solution providers

The network suits product teams at large companies, the integrators who build for them and the firms that supply complete solutions. The company's Solutions Engineering team also takes on custom design and development work for clients building commercial IoT products, with applications such as asset tracking, sensing and monitoring, and smart building systems. Its stated mission is to enable commercial IoT success by providing secure, scalable wireless edge connectivity and network infrastructure.