July 17th, 2024

All Golioth Hardware Is Now Open Source

Golioth releases open-source hardware designs Aludel Elixir and Ostentus on GitHub. Boards feature various components but are not field-ready, needing further development and customization. Users are encouraged to enhance designs.

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All Golioth Hardware Is Now Open Source

Golioth has made all its hardware open source under the CERN OHL-P license. The Aludel Elixir and Ostentus are now available on GitHub as KiCad projects for users to build their designs. The Elixir board features components like nRF9160, ESP32-C3, BME280, and various sensors, while the Ostentus board includes a Raspberry Pi Pico, ePaper display, capacitive touch buttons, and LEDs. Both hardware designs are released under a permissive license but have not been certified by OSHWA. The company emphasizes that the hardware is not field-ready and requires further development, certification, and customization for specific use cases. Users are encouraged to modify and enhance the designs for reliability, production, and regulatory compliance. Golioth aims to provide a flexible platform for showcasing diverse IoT applications and welcomes feedback and contributions from the community.

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By @metaphor - 5 months
The Amp Hour podcast episode #526 [1] circa Jan 18, 2021 seems contextually relevant.

[1] https://theamphour.com/526-why-iot-is-difficult-with-jonatha...

By @modeless - 5 months
If, like me, you've never heard of them:

> Golioth is an IoT platform that provides cloud services for embedded devices.

https://golioth.io/product

By @tonetegeatinst - 5 months
Unrelated to this project/the article, but I'm still waiting for hbm3 and gddr7 to show up in digikey so I can easily import the part into kicad