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Orchard is a low-power, multi-band radio-connected embedded computing solution. In other words, it's an IoT platform.

Orchard is open source hardware and software.

Orchard is also a supply chain solution. Derivatives of Orchard are meant to be prototyped easily and brought to volume manufacturing with less effort than typical. A quick-turn supply chain has been set up in China and it is the foundation of the MIT Media Lab Manufacturing Bootcamp curriculum. No, our supply chain is not for sale -- we use it for Kosagi internal projects.

Basic feature set:

• Kinetis-W CPU
  • 48 MHz Cortex-M0+
  • 128k flash, 16k RAM
• 900 MHz radio with +13dBm transmit power (for long-range applications)
• BLE radio (for short-range, low power connection to IP gateways)
• 128x64 OLED
• 3-axis Accelerometer
• Microphone sensor
• Captouch button controller
• Lithium ion battery solution
  • Gas gauge for accurate battery life determination
  • Charging solution that can support high-capacity batteries
  • Integral 5V boost

The firmware is ChibiOS 3.0, a lightweight, real-time operating system. We also use the ugfx libraries and libfixmath to implement a graphical UI and more advanced math capabilities.

User Guides

• Orchard Firmware Developer's Guide
• Orchard Electronics Developer's Guide (to be written)
• Orchard Mechanical Developer's Guide (to be written)

Source

• hardware source
• firmware source

Development Notes

orchard validation matrix

ECO List

• Orchard EVT1 to DVT1
• Orchard DVT1 to PVT1 BM