Application to become an approved third-party manufacturer as per HIP19.
TPT Alpha Design, Inc., USA is founded by TPT Global Tech, Inc., USA in collaboration with Alpha Design Technologies Private Limited, Bangalore, India. TPT Alpha Design is a next generation technology innovative company that is adding value through its innovation in the field of telecommunications, satellite infrastructure, aerospace & defence and so on unlocking worldwide opportunity in latest generation technologies such as 5G and smart cities rollout. Based off of production-ready industry-leading chip design, TPT Alpha Design supplies the next-generation wireless solution that is positioned to benefit from the existing and emerging high-speed data markets and across multiple industries.
TPT Global Tech, Inc.'s partner Alpha Design Technologies has built world class products in the field of aerospace, defence, satellite and medical requirements. Alpha Design Technologies has invested heavily on R&D projects and has world class production facilities to meet international standards. Few of Alpha Design's R&D and productions projects are SDR (Software Defined Radio), VHF/UHF/HF Radios, LTE/4G, Thermal Sights, Simulators etc. Alpha Design was the first private company in India that was awarded to integrate satellites at ISRO (Indian Space Research Organisation). We were one of the few companies around the globe, who was licensed by NASA-JPL to manufacture ventilator.
TPT Global Tech, Inc., USA: https://tptglobaltech.com/
Alpha Design Technologies, Bangalore, India: https://www.adtl.co.in/
* What is your company name?
TPT Alpha Design, Inc., USA
* How long have you been in business?
TPT Global Tech, Inc.(https://tptglobaltech.com/): over 15 years
Alpha Design Technologies Private Limited: over 18 Years
TPT Alpha Design, Inc.: 2 years
* What kind of products have you created?
TPT Global Tech's partner, Alpha Design Technologies have designed and manufactured products like: SDR, HF/UHF/VHF radio, Flight Simulators, networking equipment's, satellite integration, thermal sights etc. https://www.adtl.co.in/categories/all
* How many have you sold?
Alpha Design have manufactured over 10,000 Nos UHF/VHF combat radios for Indian requirements and have also exported radios for international requirements. 2000+ Nos combat telephonic exchange. 100+ Nos of Tank Simulators etc.,
* What brought you to Helium?
TPT Alpha Design is dedicated to providing smart city and IoT applications. Providing a LoFi solution is in our road map. We are fascinated by Helium's network, and would like to be a partner to build the network together.
Helium is a people's network. Which helps in transferring of sensor data over a long distance and also allows people to earn. Heliums block chain and decentralized technologies has a potential to provide solution to medical, automobile and other industries.
What is this product's model name or model number?
* Helium hotspot product model name: DigiThrive
* Model number: DigiThrive001
*Is this is Light Hotspot or Full Hotspot? (please submit two separate applications for Full and Light hotspots)
Light Hotspot
* Is it for indoor or outdoor?
DigiThrive_Light is designed for both indoor and outdoor setup
* Provide a brief description of what you're making.
We are building an outdoor Helium Light-Hotspot having LoRA, Wifi and Ethernet connectivity. Unit will have BL5.0 connectivity, OTA update capability and targeted for NA, EU, AU and FarEast.
USD $499
Evidence of a functioning prototype - photos, videos. Renderings are OK but physical prototypes are much, much better.
Your plan for software setup and configuration for the devices.
This would includes remote updates and the ability for hosts to change wifi settings, via Helium's official app or otherwise.
- Broadcom BCM2711, Quad core Cortex-A72 (ARM v8) 64-bit SoC @ 1.5GHz
- 8GB SDRAM
- 2.4 GHz and 5.0 GHz IEEE 802.11ac wireless, Bluetooth 5.0, BLE
- Gigabit Ethernet
- USB 3.0 ports
- HDMI ports
- 64GB Micro-SD card
- Power over Ethernet (PoE)
- Lora SX1302/SX1303 module and ECC608 security chip
- DC power input
- 4x Gigabit LAN ports and 1x Gigabit WAN for the router function
- GPS connectivity (optional)
- OTA software update is included
In 24 -60 weeks it will be ready for drop-ship globally.
TPT Global Tech's partner, Alpha Design Technologies have designed and manufactured products like: SDR, HF/UHF/VHF radio, Flight Simulators, networking equipment's, satellite integration, thermal sights etc. and have successfully shipped them internationally.
* Have you shipped anything in the past? Yes or No
Yes. TPT Global Tech's partner, Alpha Design Technologies have designed and manufactured products like: SDR, HF/UHF/VHF radio, Flight Simulators, networking equipment's, satellite integration, thermal sights etc. and have successfully shipped them internationally.
* Which countries have you previously shipped regulatory FCC or CE approved products?
Europe.
North America, EU, China, India and Australia
* How will your customers be able to contact you for support for your products?
TPT Alpha Design already has a customer support line, online support desk, and support email.
* For how long? How are you planning to handle repairs and replacements?
TPT Alpha Design will have repair philosophy and will replace entire helium box in-order to reduce the down time. The faulty box will be picked up and replaced by another box. All the confidential information will be transferred to the replacement box and all information from the faulty box will be erased.
* The community is concerned about devices that can be easily hacked, specifically by copying their swarm_key files. Applications should include plan for how the devices will be secured, potentially including:
* Are you using an ECC608. Yes or no?
Yes
* Encrypted/locked-down firmware. Yes or no?
Yes
* Encrypted storage of the miner swarm_key, either via disk encryption or hardware measures. Yes or No?
Yes
* Encrypted buses, potting and other anti-tampering measures. Yes or No?
No
* Willingness to submit a prototype for audit, and sharing those audit results publicly (pass or fail) Yes or No?
Yes
* The approved security element is an ECC608. If you would like to use an alternative security element your HIP19 will require additional review, please email DeWi (christina@dewi.org).
ECC608
* Which security implementation (ECC608, TPM, TrustZone, other) are you using?
ECC608
* Which LoRa chipset are you planning to use in your gateway? (ie SX1302/03 & SX1250s or SX1301/08 & SX1255/57) We recommend you don't use the SX1301 in new designs
SX1302/03 & SX1250s
* What is the CPU?
Broadcom BCM2711, Quad core Cortex-A72 (ARM v8) 64-bit SoC @ 1.5GHz
* Have you built and delivered radio hardware products before?
Yes: SDR , VHF/UHF/HF RADIO, Zigbee, Wifi, WiHD, and WiGig
* Have you built gateways before?
Yes - VOIP to RADIO GATEWAY, RADIO to ANALOG (FXO) GATEWAY etc
* How many gateways did you make?
1000+
* If you have not built gateways before, are you using a third party manufacturer? This is the single largest risk with most hardware ventures. If possible please provide information about your manufacturing partners and supply chain.
* Where are you sourcing your components from?
Sourcing for components will be done globally by our selected contract manufacturer utilizing their powerful supply chain and supporting help from our Engineering team.
* How many radio modules/ concentrators can you procure?
50,000 annually ramp up to 200,000
Per typical KYC/AML procedures, proof of identity for major shareholders (25%+ ownership) will be expected to be provided privately to representatives from Helium Inc or DeWi board members. This will be attested and publicly confirmed by those representatives, e.g. as GitHub comments.
Contact details for this will be provided after your application is submitted on GitHub.
* How many hotspots are you planning to manufacture and sell within the first six months of sales?
We forecast to make and sell 30,000 hotspots in the year of 2022.
* How much money will be required up-front? How much money do you have on-hand, and how much do you have access to?
$500K for product development and $2M to start shipping first SKUs
* What is your plan for additional financing if required? (This is the second biggest risk in new hardware ventures - getting almost over the line and then running out of cash.)
There is little concern as we will be backed by government loans and grants for exporting goods.
Please tell us about some of the challenges that would prevent these products from becoming a reality and how you might address them.
Supply chain is the immediate risk and we have already started negotiations through our CM. For longer term cost reduction is the risk and we have few plans on Engineering cost reduction as well as longer term negotiations with suppliers.
* Contact Info:
* Contact Person: Russell Williams
* Company: TPT Alpha Design Inc.
* Email: russ@tptalphadesign.com
* Address: 501 W Broadway, Suite 800, San Diego, CA 92101 USA
* Website (required) – www.tptalphadesign.com
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