Develop Smart Electric Vehicle

The Tuya IoT Development Platform offers a straightforward process to develop an IoT product, which will walk you through function definition, panel customization, firmware development, and product testing.

Step 1: Function definition

The product function is broken down into three types, standard functions, custom functions, and advanced functions.

Each function defined for a product is represented by a data point (DP). After the product function is defined, the platform will generate a cloud-based device model that serves as a virtual representation of your physical device.

DP data type

The platform allows you to define functions with six data types, including Boolean, value, enum, fault, string, and raw. For more information, see Data Types.

DP description

For more information, see Data Point (DP) Reference.

Custom functions

You can add custom functions that are not supported by standard functions. For more information, see Custom Functions.

Advanced functions

The following advanced functions are available to smart electric vehicles. For more information, see Advanced Functions.

• Pairing devices using QR codes
• NFC ID management
• Track record
• Password management
• Bluetooth keep-alive capability
• Device binding mode
• Bluetooth keep-alive capability
• Bluetooth connection strategy
• Link SDK

Step 2: Panel configuration

Configure an app panel that allows users to interact with the device. Smart electric vehicles must be controlled via the Smart Travel app. This app comes with an all-in-one panel that can meet most of your needs.

Step 3: Hardware development

Hardware development consists of hardware design and embedded software development. If you have specific requirements for hardware design, contact your account manager. You can use the MCU SDK or the TuyaOS-based SDK to connect an electric vehicle product to the Tuya IoT Development Platform.

Step 4: Embedded development

Embedded development is broken down into MCU SDK development and TuyaOS-based SDK development.

MCU SDK

The MCU SDK solution enables products with built-in microcontrollers to connect to the cloud and become connected. Tuya provides one-stop IoT development services including the three essentials for typical IoT products, namely network modules, mobile apps, and cloud services.

With Tuya’s MCU SDK, all-in-one mobile apps, and control panels, you can focus on application development simply, connect your product to the Tuya IoT Development Platform easily, and benefit from the cloud services quickly.

For more information, see MCU SDK Development.

Typically, smart electric vehicles are connected over Bluetooth. For more information, see the following documentation.

• MCU SDK for Bluetooth

TuyaOS

Built on top of the RTOS, Linux, and Non-OS, TuyaOS is a distributed and platform-agnostic IoT operating system.

With a standard kernel at the core, TuyaOS is designed to tackle the heterogeneity of platforms, systems, and protocols in order to enable quick and reliable integration, interconnection, and interoperability.

The tiered and plug-and-play architecture design allows you to quickly tailor a solution based on your hardware resources hence reducing the cost of development with high cost performance. The efficient remote procedure call (RPC) mechanism and proprietary data point (DP) protocols make communication across protocols possible and easy.

For more information, see the following documentation.

• Bluetooth SDK Development Guide

Step 5: Product configuration

Product configuration helps you set and manage different features in one place, including firmware updates, voice assistant integration, multi-language support, pairing guides, scenes and automation, quick toggle, knowledge base, and user guide. These features can help you distribute products worldwide and improve user experiences with continuous iteration. The feature can take effect immediately after you finish the configuration without hardware replacement.

Take care of the multi-language support and pairing guides, which require product- and market-specific configuration and management.

For more information, see the following documentation:

• Firmware update

• Voice assistant integration

• Multi-language support

• Push notification

• Pairing guides

• Smart scenes

• Quick toggle

• Knowledge base

• User manual

Step 6: Flashing and authorization

The firmware and license must be flashed to the module to enable the connection to the cloud services. Tuya provides various approaches to flashing and authorizing devices of different protocols.

• Flashing and Authorization

Step 7: Product testing

Before you release a product on the Tuya IoT Development Platform, you need to submit a test report. Alternatively, you can use the Cloud Test app and the test cases to perform product tests.

Test cases download

For certain categories, you can download the test cases and submit a report on the Testing Service page.

Testing services

For more information, see Tuya Test Service.

Step 8: Product release

After you submit the test result, you can release your product on the Tuya IoT Development Platform.

Next steps

Product compliance

To roll out your product in target markets, you need to get your product certified for each market’s regulations. With proven technologies and certification services, Tuya provides a variety of portfolios to meet your product certification needs. For more information, see Product Certificate.