--- title: "OEM: Hardware & power | Nexus Observatory" description: "OEM, inside Hardware & power: environmental condition classes, thermal design and cooling, cold-climate heating, ingress protection (IP code) and more." url: https://observatory.global/hardware/oem/ publisher: Nexus Observatory Inc. updated: 2026-10-27 --- [Nexus Observatory](https://observatory.global/) / [Hardware & power](https://observatory.global/hardware/) / **OEM** # Co-engineering with instrument and enclosure makers. OEM, inside Hardware & power: environmental condition classes, thermal design and cooling, cold-climate heating, ingress protection (IP code) and more. Every item is traced to its specification, from ETSI EN 300 019-1 series to IEC 60721-3 series, and runs on the open Observatory Protocol. [Plan with us](https://observatory.global/contact/) Architecture [The protocol](https://observatory.global/protocol/specification/) **Technologies**: 9 **At the frontier**: 1 **Protocol functions**: 3 of 8 **Industries served**: 12 Reference design, drawn to scale · drag to turn · hover a part **01** What it is ## Thermal design and ingress. How a remote site is powered, stored, distributed, cooled, sealed, tested, grounded, held up and kept safe, from a solar-powered sensor to a hybrid microgrid on a guyed mast. Each technology below carries what it is, what we do with it, and the standard it is drawn against. Power, energy and ruggedisation ### Environmental condition classes Defined climatic and mechanical classes for storage, transport and outdoor use. We design. ETSI EN 300 019-1 series · IEC 60721-3 series Power, energy and ruggedisation ### Thermal design and cooling Passive, heat-exchanger and air-conditioned enclosure designs from heat and solar load. We design and maintain. ASHRAE TC 9.9 thermal guidelines · IEC 60068-2-5 (simulated solar radiation) Power, energy and ruggedisation ### Cold-climate heating Heaters, insulation and cold-start sequences for electronics and batteries. We design and maintain. IEC 60068-2-1 (cold) Power, energy and ruggedisation ### Ingress protection (IP code) Protection against dust and water defined by test, chosen per location. We design. IEC 60529 (IP code) Power, energy and ruggedisation ### Impact protection (IK code) Protection of enclosures against mechanical impact and vandalism. We design. IEC 62262 (IK code) Power, energy and ruggedisation ### Enclosure types Enclosure ratings used in North American specifications. We design. NEMA 250 · CSA C22.2 No. 94.2 Power, energy and ruggedisation ### Corrosion and coatings Material and coating selection for coastal, industrial and salt-spray sites. We design and maintain. ISO 12944-2 (corrosivity categories) · IEC 60068-2-52 (cyclic salt mist) **Frontier** · Power, energy and ruggedisation ### Phase-change thermal buffering Phase-change materials in enclosures that flatten day-night swings without active cooling. We design and integrate. IEC 60068-2-14 (change of temperature, verification) Power, energy and ruggedisation ### Solar PV modules Module design qualification and safety for decades outdoors, including snow, hail and heat. We design, integrate, deploy, operate and maintain. IEC 61215 series (design qualification) · IEC 61730 series (module safety) **02** Architecture ## Where it sits, and what it speaks. OEM draws on 1 domain and 8 layers of the spectrum; the highlighted layers carry this area. It speaks 3 of the protocol's 8 core functions. Generation 9 Storage 9 Microgrids and distribution 9 Energy management and monitoring 7 Thermal design and ingress 8 Environmental and EMC testing 7 Lightning, grounding and structures 8 Safety and transport 7 01**Join** Identity, attestation quote, signed policy. 02**Admit** Admitted for a stated scope, nothing wider. 03**Describe** What, where, how and by whom, with calibration. 04**Time** One clock across the grid, with its error bound. 05**Observe** Every value with quality and provenance. 06**Qualify** Tested against the specification, state on record. 07**Federate** Signed exchange across grids and trust domains. 08**Orchestrate** Software and configuration by signed plan. **03** On the grid ## Every site joins one observing grid. The open networks on the grid today, over real relief and the geodesic cells we count them into, filtered to the energy industry domain this area serves. A site built here enrols into the same grid. **04** In the field ## Where this runs, sector by sector. 6 deployment scenarios from the sector research that rely on oem. [Government and public safety Urban street-flood sensor networkOpen-hardware depth sensors with open data and alerts to emergency management.](https://observatory.global/sectors/public-safety/) [Government and public safety Deployable communications and sensing for incident commandA cell on wheels with satellite backhaul, mesh telemetry and environment nodes at the incident base.](https://observatory.global/sectors/public-safety/) [Cities Municipal low-power radio or private 5G layerA city-wide connectivity layer as digital public infrastructure.](https://observatory.global/sectors/cities/) [Communities and rural Remote microgrid, sensing and connectivity bundleSolar-plus-storage telemetry with a weather station and a small cell in a diesel-reduction project.](https://observatory.global/sectors/communities/) [Development and humanitarian Displacement-site connectivity and sensingPoint-to-multipoint wireless, satellite backhaul, solar and water-point sensors with protection safeguards.](https://observatory.global/sectors/humanitarian/) [Energy Bankable solar and wind measurement campaignsAccepted standards, traceable calibration and transparent data handling.](https://observatory.global/sectors/energy/) **05** Open and enterprise ## Open by default. Enterprise by contract. The open counterpart lives on the main site for anyone to read and run. The enterprise service is designed, deployed and operated with you, under contract. Open, on the main site - Device classes with 3D models - Reference designs (licence pending) Enterprise, on this site - Kit supply - Bills of materials and deployment plans - OEM co-engineering **06** The rest of the line ## Hardware & power, area by area. [Hardware & power Form factorsSensor node, gateway, 7U rack, shelter.](https://observatory.global/hardware/form-factors/) [Hardware & power PowerSolar, battery and microgrids, sized to the load.](https://observatory.global/hardware/power/) [Hardware & power RuggedisationIngress, thermal, vibration and shock, specified per site.](https://observatory.global/hardware/ruggedisation/) [Hardware & power Mobile and deployableVehicles, vessels and airborne platforms.](https://observatory.global/hardware/mobile-and-deployable/) [Hardware & power Reference designsDrawn to scale, published once licensed.](https://observatory.global/hardware/reference-designs/) ## Bring us the site. Survey, design, deployment and operation for oem. The form names who receives your details. [Talk to us](https://observatory.global/contact/) [contact@observatory.global](mailto:contact@observatory.global?subject=Hardware%20%26%20power%3A%20OEM) [Nexus Observatory](https://observatory.global/)**Hardware & power** . Built for the site, not the lab.[Talk to us](https://observatory.global/contact/) Hardware & power - [Form factors](https://observatory.global/hardware/form-factors/) - [Power](https://observatory.global/hardware/power/) - [Ruggedisation](https://observatory.global/hardware/ruggedisation/) - [Mobile and deployable](https://observatory.global/hardware/mobile-and-deployable/) - [Reference designs](https://observatory.global/hardware/reference-designs/) - [OEM](https://observatory.global/hardware/oem/) Technologies - [Generation](https://observatory.global/technologies/power/generation/) - [Storage](https://observatory.global/technologies/power/storage/) Industries - [Public safety](https://observatory.global/sectors/public-safety/) - [Civil resilience](https://observatory.global/industries/) - [Communities](https://observatory.global/sectors/communities/) - [Humanitarian](https://observatory.global/sectors/humanitarian/) - [Energy](https://observatory.global/sectors/energy/) - [Telecom](https://observatory.global/industries/) - [Infrastructure](https://observatory.global/industries/) Service platforms - [Observatory Protocol](https://observatory.global/protocol/) - [Protocol & Grid](https://observatory.global/grid-services/) - [Software](https://observatory.global/software/) - [Sensors & instruments](https://observatory.global/sensors/) - [Connectivity](https://observatory.global/connectivity/) - [Edge compute & AI](https://observatory.global/edge-ai/) - [Earth observation & GeoAI](https://observatory.global/earth-observation/) © 2026 Nexus Observatory Inc. 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