Hardware
Open hardware designs for affordable sensor nodes, built for real-world field conditions.
Supports a wide range of sensors, actuators and development boards, see supported hardware.
Frugal IoT project
An open-source project to make sensors affordable and accessible to a wide range of projects in resource-constrained situations.
The Problem
Why Frugal IoT?
Typical IoT sensor
$200–$500
per sensor node, today
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Our target
$20–$50
per sensor node, with Frugal IoT
At $200–$500 per sensor many critical problems simply cannot be addressed. Monitoring soil moisture across a smallholder farm, tracking water quality in a remote watershed, or measuring air quality in a school — none of these are viable when a single sensor costs as much as a month's wages. We believe the price point of $20–$50 per sensor unlocks a completely different set of solutions.
Our Approach
How We're Getting There
We believe that a successful solution at scale comes from developing a full stack of technologies that can be repurposed, adapted, and localized to solve specific problems.
Firmware
Features supported include: MQTT; Mesh networking; Buttons; Captive portal; OTA updates; OLED & LCD displays; Power management; etc
Server & Services
Scalable backend infrastructure with minimal running costs, deployable on modest hardware.
Includes: Downloadable data; Gateways to Google Sheets, Firebase etc;
Client
A multilingual phone and laptop client for data access, visualization, and device management. Including, graphing; live updates; administration interface.
Open Source
Fully Open Source
The entire stack is open-sourced, allowing partners to adopt the parts that fit their context and build their own solutions for the rest.
Get Involved
Looking for Partners
We are looking to find partners in various parts of the world who want to build solutions for problems they are aware of — or who want to support others who are closer to the problem.