OKdo was a brand originally created by RS (Allied, DesignSpark) to enter the thriving market of Single Board Computers, increasingly adopted for low-cost development of connected devices. Due to the pandemic, prices for SBC have increased significantly and many popular models are simply not available due to supply chain constraints of electronic components or chips, due to the global pandemic.
With community at its core, OKdo decided to manufacture and distribute SBC and SoMs to support product development, aiming to supercharge the performance and reach of the ROCK products via OKdo’s engineering expertise, technology, ecosystem partners, robust supply chain and global distribution channels.
With its focus on single-board computing for connected devices (IoT, in some industrial circles) and a unique knowledge or the supply chain at the heart of the company, OKdo is uniquely positioned to bring the ROCK SBCs to the global market. This new partnership with Radxa represents the continuation of the company’s evolution towards providing an accessible range of software, hardware, design services and solutions.
ROCK SBCs are advanced single-board computers designed for professional engineers, developers, and students who wish to create innovative products at speed by making use of versatile hardware with a flexible design service model. Its small form factor provides a host of features as standard to enable users to develop connected solutions that are robust and secure.
What’s more, the ROCK range of boards can be customized. The ability to depopulate SBCs without compromising their integrity brings huge financial and environmental benefits, allowing professional design engineers to leverage cutting-edge technology for developing high-volume end products that meet their exact needs and work towards reducing e-waste.
"We’ve listened to our customers and understand the challenges that the current supply chain dynamic creates. Our mission is to solve customer problems, and we’re delighted to announce our partnership with Radxa which allows us to provide leading technology to our customers worldwide. This gives OKdo a unique capability to design, manufacture and distribute globally," says Richard Curtin, co-founder and CTO of OKdo.
"We’re putting the engineering community at the heart of our proposition as we acknowledge the importance of providing support to our customers and we’re actively inviting input from engineers across the globe to offer their expertise to ensure that we are pushing our offering to be the best that it can be," he adds.
An expansive range of OKdo ROCK boards and SoMs will be launched to the market in the coming months, starting with the ROCK 4 SE which answers the market request for more features as standard. It comes with an M.2 expansion slot for large capacity drives, Real Time Clock (RTC) combined with the ability to shut down multiple areas of the board for extended battery operation and reduced energy consumption, eMMC memory port for industrial memory applications, USB PD/QC which enables the use of lower cost cables and higher reliability and USB-OTG and microphone input, among other standard features. The resulting professional-grade performance across speed, power, and board stability means that users will be able to use these boards in numerous applications.
"We have a resilient supply chain and an agile design and manufacturing offer for our customers. Our internal supply chain expertise can help our partners navigate the enormous supply chain risks and challenges to the macro-economic climate today. Manufacturing today is entirely different to a few years ago, and we are ensuring we have coverage, capacity, and supply chain plans to manage uncertainty with our world-class team, and partners," says OKdo’s VP of Operations, Sarah Fawcett.
This new partnership with Radxa is another step in OKdo’s strategy to combine products, services and solutions, following the launch of the configurable DEBIX Model A board based on the NXP i.MX 8M Plus processor earlier in 2022.
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