Connecting the RV Lifecycle with Real-Time Data on AWS

10Pearls designed and delivered an event-driven platform on AWS to manage vehicle telemetry, device lifecycles, and customer-facing services.

We used AWS IoT Core to receive telemetry, with its Rules Engine supporting message routing and Device Shadow maintaining reported device state. Amazon SQS and AWS Lambda supported asynchronous processing, with privacy preferences applied as telemetry entered the platform. Amazon Timestream for InfluxDB, deployed across multiple Availability Zones, stored time-series vehicle data, and Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL with PostGIS supported relational and geospatial workloads. Amazon EventBridge supported event-driven communication, while application services ran on Amazon ECS with AWS Fargate.

An ownership model followed each device from manufacturer to dealer to retail customer, supporting swaps, repairs, and returns while keeping each owner’s data separate and subscriptions uninterrupted. AWS IoT Device Management, device grouping, and over-the-air update capabilities supported administration across the fleet.

Privacy workflows supported retention, de-identification, access requests, and deletion requests, including the client’s 10-day acknowledgement and 30-day completion requirements. Sharing opt-outs, geofence-based collection limits, and audit trails made these requirements part of daily platform operations.

For vehicle owners, we built live status updates, trip and map views, smart lock pairing, tire monitoring enhancements, and service reminders based on time and mileage. Scheduled pipelines used Mapbox Map Matching to turn GPS readings into road-matched daily mileage. Tire data and critical notifications remained available without internet access. Manufacturers and dealers gained billing capabilities, while administrative tools allowed vehicle configurations to be corrected. 

Security hardening covered the web application, APIs, and mobile apps. Amazon CloudFront supported content delivery, AWS WAF provided web request filtering, and AWS KMS and AWS Secrets Manager supported encryption key and credential management. AWS CloudTrail provided AWS activity logging, while AWS Backup supported data protection. Mobile protections included certificate pinning and device integrity checks, with the security work validated through an independent assessment. Shared specifications for APIs, messages, and data models gave teams a consistent standard for maintaining and extending the platform.