"BERG Cloud is the easiest way to prototype and produce connected products for the home or business. Perfectly suited to a one-off prototype, as the backbone of your next Kickstarter project, and finally as the platform to power your product when you go to market, it’s low bandwidth, has low power requirements, and benefits from plug-and-play configuration.
"BERG Cloud is best suited for products which communicate directly with the web. For personal smartphone peripherals we recommend Bluetooth 4, and for streaming media we recommend wifi.
"All BERG Cloud products are associated with one or more user accounts, and take advantage of the same sharing, control and configuration user experience that we created for Little Printer.
"Use our firmware to give your hardware BERG Cloud APIs. Each product type you create has a "product key" which identifies that type to BERG Cloud. Integrating our firmware in your hardware is a big step, so we also provide dev boards for common hardware prototyping platforms, cutting the time it takes to bring your product to BERG Cloud.
"We're making it as easy as possible to develop with BERG Cloud. You provide the physical hardware and when you're ready, the back-end website to automate it. BERG Cloud provides everything in-between, a great user experience, and a whole lot of scaffolding out-of-the-box to get you up and running faster.
"There are a number of ways to develop on BERG Cloud. Choose which one is best for you and get in touch.
1. BERG CLOUD DEV BOARD
"The BERG Cloud dev board gives your hardware a web API, and brings it to life on Remote. We provide cloud developer tools and user management.
"The dev board is a snap-on “shield” for Arduino, Raspberry Pi and mbed. We provide the code to get you up and running easily — for prototyping on the Raspberry Pi, use Python, for the Arduino and mbed, use C++.
"The dev board also includes a Zigbee wireless transceiver for connectivity, and a screen for displaying the claim code to your users.
"Requires: Arduino, Raspberry Pi, or mbed. BERG Cloud Bridge, with web-connectivity via ethernet and DHCP from an office or home router.
"Availability: Currently available for “alpha” partners, and for BERG collaborations.
2. BERG CLOUD DEV KIT
Includes:
Two dev boards
BERG Cloud Bridge
Power supplies and cables
Requires: Arduino, Raspberry Pi, or mbed.
"Availability: Soon! Register your interest above to join the mailing list and find out when Dev Kits are available.
3. SANDBOX
"The installation of a number of BERG Cloud Bridges will establish BERG Cloud wireless connectivity throughout your office or campus. Using the dev board and Arduino, Sandbox creates the opportunity to prototype and test connected products throughout your premises, and for your team to share their creations with other Sandbox organisations. Anything developed can be used wherever there is a BERG Cloud Bridge.
"We’re currently working with our first launch partner on a Sandbox installation for their campus. Get in touch if you’d like to join Sandbox and create a connected space of your own.
4. PRODUCTION
"When you’re ready, we can work with you to ready your product for manufacture, either at scale or for a short run. We can supply just the firmware, or the entire wireless package. Our fees are based on what we supply, and your API usage. Come and speak with us once you’ve tried out the dev boards...."
