End-to-end engineering for African clients
From a single Arduino to a custom PCB shipped to the USA, from a 5 kW solar array to a multi-zone CCTV install. BlitzTech delivers electronics, R&D and installation services across Zimbabwe and Southern Africa.
Access Control & Gate Automation
Centurion Systems gate automation, intercom integration, and electronic access-control. Sliding gates, swing gates, multi-zone keypad / fob / app access. Residential, commercial, and gated-estate installations.
Industrial Automation, Sensors & SCADA Systems
Turnkey industrial automation and process control for manufacturing, mining, agro-processing and water infrastructure in Zimbabwe and SADC. Supply, installation and commissioning of industrial sensors (temperature, flow, vibration, pressure, level), PLCs (Siemens, Schneider …
CCTV & Video Surveillance Systems
Design, supply, and installation of CCTV systems using Dahua and Hikvision hardware. Sized for residential perimeters or commercial estates. Includes NVR storage and remote monitoring setup. Authorised installer for both brands.
Electronics Components & Development Kits
Same-day Harare delivery on the makers' essentials: Arduino UNO / Nano / Mega / ESP32 / STM32, Raspberry Pi 4 and Pi 5, Waveshare HATs and displays, DFRobot Gravity sensors, OrangePi single-board …
Drone Technology & Aerial Surveying
Fixed-wing and quadcopter prototypes for surveying, cinematography and precision agriculture. We build from off-the-shelf flight controllers (Pixhawk, ArduPilot) or design custom autopilots when the mission demands it. CAA Zimbabwe registration and pilot …
Electrical Installation & House Wiring
Full residential electrical installations from initial setup through commissioning — 4 to 10 roomed houses, distribution boards, lighting circuits, earthing, surge protection, final municipal inspection sign-off. Over 200 household installations across Zimbabwe.
IoT Solutions & Telemetry
Sensor-to-dashboard IoT solutions for agriculture, water, energy and industrial monitoring. We deploy LoRaWAN gateways, GSM-backed sensors, and cloud dashboards (AWS, Azure, self-hosted). Reference deployments include the BlitzAgroTech smart weather station network and …
Water Systems Engineering, Instrumentation & SCADA
Process control, instrumentation and SCADA for drinking-water and wastewater plants. Pump-station automation, tank-level telemetry, pressure-boosting systems and remote monitoring dashboards. Delivered jointly with our water-engineering partners (Hydrocraft Projects Africa, MENA Water FZC, …
PCB Design, Fabrication & Assembly
End-to-end PCB service: schematic capture, 2- to 8-layer layout, gerber generation, fabrication and SMT/THT assembly. Prototype turn-around in two weeks; volume runs costed against equivalent Shenzhen pricing. KiCad, EasyEDA and Altium projects …
Solar Power Design & Installation
1 kW to 10 kW household solar systems and small commercial installations. Free site survey within Harare, sized proposal with PV array, lithium or AGM battery, hybrid inverter, and full balance-of-system. Authorised …
R&D Engineering Services
Concept-to-production engineering for medical, agricultural and industrial clients. Past work: the Meddes CPAP ventilator (clinical-trial stage), the Brün Health fetal monitor (handed for FDA testing), and the Lafarge remote pump telemetry. We …
Custom Firmware & Embedded Software
We write production-grade firmware for STM32, ESP32, PIC and AVR targets. Real-time control, wireless connectivity (WiFi, LoRa, GSM, BLE), secure OTA updates, and integration with Django, Spring Boot or Flutter back-ends. C, …
Specialty Practice Areas
Where we go beyond catalogue services into deep engineering work.
Turnkey Instrumentation, PLCs, VFDs & Ignition
- Industrial Automation & SCADA: Turnkey automation and process control for manufacturing, mining, agro-processing and water infrastructure in Zimbabwe.
- Inductive Automation Reseller: Authorised reseller & certified integrator in Zimbabwe for Ignition SCADA/IIoT.
- VFDs & Precision Tuning: Siemens, ABB, Schneider, Omron, Eaton drive commissioning and calibration.
- Process Instrumentation: Endress+Hauser, WIKA & IFM sensors for temperature, flow, vibration & level.
Custom UAV Airframes, Avionics & Payloads
- Autonomous UAV Systems: Custom commercial multirotors and long-range VTOL fixed-wing drones engineered and assembled in Harare.
- Autopilots & RTK Navigation: ArduPilot & PX4 flight controller integration, sub-centimeter RTK GPS, telemetry links and geofencing.
- Precision Payloads & Gimbals: Radiometric thermal cameras, NDVI crop health sensors, LiDAR scanners and 3-axis stabilized gimbals.
- Fleet Maintenance & SLAs: Local avionics diagnostics, motor balancing, ESC replacements, spares stock and flight compliance testing.
Edge Telemetry, LoRaWAN & Cloud Dashboards
- Connected Remote Sensing: Ruggedized battery-powered field sensors that report water levels, weather data, and equipment status.
- Long-Range Wireless Infrastructure: Private 868MHz/915MHz LoRaWAN gateway towers covering up to 15km across rural farms and estates.
- Embedded Microcontrollers & 4G: ESP32, STM32, and Quectel LTE-M/NB-IoT firmware optimized for multi-year ultra-low power operation.
- Real-Time Alarms & Web Portals: Live cloud telemetry visualization, WhatsApp/SMS threshold alerts, and Modbus/MQTT ERP connectivity.
Hybrid Microgrids & LiFePO4 Battery Storage
- Commercial Solar Installations: 1 kW to 100+ kW three-phase solar PV arrays engineered for heavy load-shedding and harsh grid swings.
- Hybrid Inverters & GenSync: Victron MultiPlus, Deye & Sunsynk systems with automated Deep Sea (DSE) generator synchronization.
- LiFePO4 Storage & BMS Integration: Pylontech and Freedom Won high-cycle lithium banks with closed-loop CAN communication and cell balancing.
- Power Quality & Surge Protection: Class I/II lightning surge arrestors, harmonic mitigation, power factor tuning and 24/7 VRM telemetry.
Concept-to-Production for OEM Clients
- High-Speed Multi-Layer PCB Design: Altium Designer and KiCad schematic capture, impedance-matched routing, and DFM validation.
- Embedded Firmware & RTOS: Deterministic FreeRTOS & Zephyr architectures, bare-metal C/C++, encrypted bootloaders, and DSP algorithms.
- Rapid 3D Prototyping & Enclosures: SolidWorks 3D CAD modeling, high-precision SLA/FDM printing, and IP67 industrial sealed enclosures.
- SMD Assembly & Pilot Runs: Benchtop surface-mount assembly, reflow profiling, automated test fixtures, and pilot batch validation.