Agreement strengthens partnership strategy and bolsters IoT capabilities

RS Components has signed a partnership agreement with Zerynth, an innovative start-up company that creates ‘middleware’ software for (IoT projects and applications. The agreement is the company's IoT development environment will be offered via a sole portal on the DesignSpark engineering community, allowing easy access for customers to download the tools. The company has developed a powerful suite of software tools that allows the programming of 32-bit microcontrollers and their connection to cloud infrastructures, facilitating the fast deployment of IoT-enabled technology. The free suite is a cross-platform integrated development environment that runs on Windows, Linux and Mac OS X-based computers. “Our mission is to help speed up projects and development for the IoT by reducing complexity and removing the barriers to entry for engineers,” said Gabriele Montelisciani, CEO at Zerynth. “This concept is a perfect fit with RS’ DesignSpark commitment to the maker and engineering communities, so we are delighted to sign up a leading player in the industry and thereby maximise the exposure of Zerynth and our innovative IoT programming technologies.” “This agreement represents a pivotal step in the evolution of our partnership model and the augmentation of RS’ strategy for the IoT,” said Richard Curtin, VP of Strategic Alliances at RS. “It is the first global IoT-based SaaS commercial agreement for RS and Electrocomponents plc and is a supreme example of our commitment to innovation and to bringing world-class products, technologies and solutions to our customers. The Zerynth suite is fast becoming the ‘Android’ for embedded IoT applications and is a key addition to the DesignSpark suite of enabling design and development tools for engineers”