The challenge
In the field, agricultural equipment cannot depend on a steady signal. Pentair needed mobile apps that control spray nozzles over Bluetooth and keep working whether the device is connected or not. Getting that right means engineering carefully for hardware communication and for the messy reality of on-and-off connectivity out in the field.
What we did
Tarmac built native iOS and Android apps that pair with Pentair’s nozzle hardware over Bluetooth, backed by Groovy and Grails services running on AWS. We designed the apps for on-and-offline reliability, so operators keep control of their equipment even when connectivity drops and the app syncs back up cleanly once it returns. Working as part of Pentair’s team, we held quality steady through the Tarmac 10.
The results
Pentair gained native apps that give operators dependable Bluetooth control of their nozzles, on or offline, matched to the realities of agricultural work in the field.
Tech stack
- Native iOS
- Native Android
- Groovy/Grails
- AWS