Ingenu has announced something of a pivot this week, signing Taiwanese ODM Compal up as a hardware manufacturer for its RPMA modules. With the new picoNode module, about the size of a US quarter, Compal is hoping to transition from a consumer electronics portfolio into one augmented by new IoT devices. Until now, Ingenu has kept the production of its modules in-house, selling its network hardware and appliances to those that license the LPWAN technology – either for an exclusive national rollout, or a smaller private network deployment. The company cites tremendous global demand for its Random Phase Multiple Access (RPMA) 2.4GHz LPWAN technology as a solid opportunity for Compal, which would be able to sell into what is a…