About us

egnite specialises in Internet enabled embedded systems with emphasis on embedded Ethernet and streaming media. We support you with hardware, software and tools in the development of network enabled products.

Our systems are based on open source components, which are continuously subject to improvement and further development by cooperating with developers, users and partners around the world. The result is high quality products which can be individually modified according to specification and application area.

In order to simplify commercial considerations egnite systems are controlled under BSD license. Microcontroller hardware and software can be directly integrated in your application or serve as starting point for the development of a customer specific solution. Special starter kits facilitate access to embedded technology.

egnite provides solutions for Internet protocol (IP) based monitoring and control tasks, for protocol conversion and realization of streaming media applications. The potential range of application for our embedded systems covers building automation and surveillance systems, energy management, sensor networks and Internet enabled audio systems.

Our customer base consists of companies of all sizes, OEMs, system integrators, teaching and research institutes as well as hobbyists.

egnite was founded in 1997. Our privately owned and managed company is located in Castrop-Rauxel, Germany.

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