COMPANY
Engineering the intelligence behind connected heating
TEAM
VDI Team
VDI (Value, Development and Innovation) is a Spanish technology company founded in 2010, based at the Parque Cientifico y Tecnologico de Gijon. We are a team of engineers and specialists passionate about IoT technology and embedded electronics. In fifteen years, we have helped manufacturers accross Europe bring over 800,000 connected devices to market under their own brands.
OBJECTIVES
Mission
To design and develop the technology layer — electronics, connectivity, cloud and AI — that enables heating and thermal comfort manufacturers to launch connected products under their own brand, without having to build that infrastructure in-house. Production is subcontracted to trusted manufacturing partners, allowing us to focus on what we do best: the technology and intelligence behind the product.
INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORTS
Supports
We have received recognition from various public institutions that have endorsed the innovative potential of our projects.
At regional level, we are an Innovative Technology – Based Company (EIBT), supported by IDEPA and SEKUENS.
At national level, our projects have been promoted by programmes such as NEOTEC and Inncorpora. We hold the Innovative SME seal and have participated in the NATCONSUMERS project within the European H2020 programme.
Our technical stack
We cover the full IoT development lifecycle.
Electronics & Embedded systems
PCB design, triac/relay control, LCD/TFT Interfaces, power measurement, single and dual-board architectures.
IoT & Connectivity
WiFi direct, RF Gateway, WiFi Meash, Open Thread. AP mode and Smart config provisioning.
Cloud infrastructure
Own Kubernetes platform. Real-time monitoring, OTA, firmware, REST API. 150k+ devices live.
Mobile App & AI
Android & iOS white-label ready. Alexa and Google Assistant. MCP Server for LLM-powered void control.