At Hardware Pioneers Max in London, Electronic Specifier’s Paige Hookway sat down with Jonathan Kaye, Vice President of Product Management and Marketing at Ezurio, to tour the company’s stand and unpack its recent moves and product direction.
Ezurio is a growing, dual-focused provider of compute and connectivity solutions, emphasising faster time-to-market, reduced design risk, and long-term product support.
Kaye opened by positioning the company succinctly: “We’re a global designer and manufacturer of really two core pillars to our product offering. We have compute services and then connectivity,” he explained. That two‑pillar approach runs through the demos on display: compact, robust compute modules intended for space‑constrained, industrial and medical systems, and a wide-ranging connectivity portfolio spanning Wi‑Fi, Bluetooth, LoRaWAN, UWB, and sub‑gigahertz technologies.
A recent acquisition was the headline takeaway. The company bought Gateworks, a US firm known for rugged single‑board computers serving defence, avionics, rail, and smart energy markets. Kaye described the strategic importance plainly: “Ezurio is on a growth trajectory.” For customers this means broader product portfolios and new addressable markets in the US and beyond.
On the compute side the stand showcased multiple form factors and silicon partners. A TI AM62‑based platform – the Carbon AM62 – demonstrated a “dual display system,” running a Qt demo tailored to an infusion pump on one screen while showing a PowerPoint on the second, a practical illustration of the processor’s GPU and multi‑display capabilities. Complementing that was an AM16‑form offering, which pairs compute with Ezurio’s wireless core in a compact OSM medium module: “It’s 30 x 45mm in size, perfect for a lot of the space‑constrained applications,” Kaye noted, adding that the SMT form factor enhances ruggedness for industrial environments.
Higher up the performance curve, Ezurio also showed an NXP‑based Nitrogen‑95 platform. Kaye described it as “the highest that NXP has brought to market so far,” aimed at rich UIs, Edge AI, and vision pipelines. He stressed the shift toward “Generative Edge AI” capabilities – processing more intelligence locally rather than relying on Cloud resources – an important trend for latency‑ or privacy‑sensitive applications.
Connectivity was equally prominent. Kaye walked through demos that illustrated Bluetooth LE Audio and channel sounding features from the Bluetooth 6 core spec, built with Nordic Semiconductor silicon and partnered application stacks. One live demo streamed LE Audio from a phone into a local speaker, showcasing new use cases such as multiple simultaneous broadcasts from TVs and soundbars.
For engineers and buyers, the practical takeaway was clear: Ezurio aims to be a one‑stop, standards‑based supplier of compute and wireless building blocks, backed by software and long product lifecycles. “The main message that we’re looking to get across is that with the Gateworks acquisition, we, as Ezurio, are a growing organisation,” Kaye said.
Ezurio also made it easy to engage: development kits are available through Ezurio’s website and major distributors including DigiKey, Mouser, RS, Farnell, Arrow, and Future. Kaye encouraged engineers to reach out for application support, whether via the show stand, direct email, or distributor channels.
In short, the conversation presented Ezurio as a scaling specialist in embedded compute and wireless connectivity. Balancing compact, rugged form factors and high‑end Edge AI platforms, combined with broad wireless capabilities and a decade‑long support promise, the company is pitching itself as a partner for engineers seeking production‑ready building blocks and the assurance of long lifecycle support.
