Methods and systems for a universal wireless platform for asset monitoring

A computer-implemented system comprising:

• a plurality of metrological interface devices, each said plurality of metrological interface devices comprising a printed circuit board (PCB) comprising at least one metrological sensor communication interface, and at least one first wireless communication interface, wherein each said plurality of metrological interface devices is in communication with a respective metrological sensing device via said at least one metrological sensor communication interface, wherein each respective metrological sensing device is configured to detect metrological data from a physical asset, each said plurality of metrological interface devices is configured to receive the metrological data from the respective metrological sensing device;
• and
• a plurality of mobile computing devices, each said plurality of mobile computing device comprising a memory device, a processor coupled to said memory device, and a second wireless communication interface coupled to said memory device and to said processor, wherein said second wireless communication interface is configured to communicate with said plurality of metrological interface devices via said first wireless communication Interface, wherein each mobile computing device of said plurality of mobile computing devices is a heterogeneous mobile computing device and is configured to:
• scan for available metrological interface devices of said plurality of metrological interface devices, wherein the available metrological interface devices are a subset of said plurality of metrological interface devices;
• transmit a connection request to at least one of the available metrological devices to connect to the at least one of the available metrological devices;
• create an active connection with the at least one of the available metrological interface devices;
• store, at said memory device, at least one analytical application, the at least one analytical application programmed to run on the heterogeneous mobile computing device;
• and
• analyze metrological data, at said memory device, using the at least one analytical application;
• communicate with the connected said at least one of the available metrological interface devices to receive the metrological data that is to be analyzed,
• wherein each of said plurality of metrological interfaces is configured to:
• advertise connection availability to said plurality of mobile computing devices;
• receive a connection request from a connecting mobile computing device of the plurality of mobile computing devices;
• and
• stop advertising connection availability to remaining said plurality of mobile computing devices, wherein the at least one analytical application is designed based on a set of application programming interface (API) libraries associated with connecting to said plurality of metrological interface devices;
• wherein the set of API libraries allow the at least one analytical application to provide substantially similar features of said connected to at least one of the available metrological interface devices on the heterogeneous mobile device that has created the active connection with the at least one of the available metrological interface devices.