Electronics applied research for industry has been on-going in Letterkenny Institute of Technology since 2005. The foundations where established by the Epicentre, a technology and innovation centre for the North West cross border region and from 2008 by the Wireless Sensor Applied Research (WiSAR) Lab funded by Enterprise Ireland with a focus on Sensor Networks, particularly Body Area Networks (BAN) and the application of Wireless Sensor Networks for energy efficiency in buildings.
In 2013 WiSAR became one of 12 Enterprise Ireland Technology Gateways established to give access to the WiSAR Lab and wider capabilities inside LYIT. A dedicated Gateway Manager and a sector specific business development engineer act as key contact points for industry and manage the delivery of projects funded by industry and Enterprise Ireland.