Access control is notorious for vendor lock in. Most hardware only works with the manufactures software. As result, Innovation and development on the application layer is not as fast as it should be. End user across the country (and the world) deal with this constantly. End users need new features and development teams struggle to adapt. Our goal with the Loudin project (MIT license) is to open the application development to the community to build the features and integrations needed by real end user and installers without compromising the security of the systems.
Where the hardware providers play a role
Hardware providers play key role. They develop secure firmware and hardened boards that will last for decades. We want to give these hardware providers a profitable and simple path to the cloud, specifically the Loudin project. At Simkura, we hope work with hardware providers to securely integrate into the Simkura platform. Once they are on-boarded with Simkura, they will work with the Loudin project. Their firmware is not exposed, and multiple integration paths wont need to be managed.
In complete transparency, hardware providers will still charge for their panels and a modest recurring cost per door (5$) and Simkura will take a piece of this. With that said, we believe the Loudin Project will provide huge benefit to the access control community at large.
Who is Simkura
We make an battery powered lock that connects via LTE. We found that access control is complicated to install and we wanted a product that was cost effective and could be deploy in minutes. We want to push the industry forward, and we strongly believe together we can make that happen. For any question please don't hesitate to reach out to me at Jack@simkura.com.
jackmerrifield2•1h ago
Access control is notorious for vendor lock in. Most hardware only works with the manufactures software. As result, Innovation and development on the application layer is not as fast as it should be. End user across the country (and the world) deal with this constantly. End users need new features and development teams struggle to adapt. Our goal with the Loudin project (MIT license) is to open the application development to the community to build the features and integrations needed by real end user and installers without compromising the security of the systems.
Where the hardware providers play a role Hardware providers play key role. They develop secure firmware and hardened boards that will last for decades. We want to give these hardware providers a profitable and simple path to the cloud, specifically the Loudin project. At Simkura, we hope work with hardware providers to securely integrate into the Simkura platform. Once they are on-boarded with Simkura, they will work with the Loudin project. Their firmware is not exposed, and multiple integration paths wont need to be managed.
In complete transparency, hardware providers will still charge for their panels and a modest recurring cost per door (5$) and Simkura will take a piece of this. With that said, we believe the Loudin Project will provide huge benefit to the access control community at large.
Who is Simkura We make an battery powered lock that connects via LTE. We found that access control is complicated to install and we wanted a product that was cost effective and could be deploy in minutes. We want to push the industry forward, and we strongly believe together we can make that happen. For any question please don't hesitate to reach out to me at Jack@simkura.com.
Thank you, Jack Merrifield