Uploaded June 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
** Many thanks to this Teardown Session's sponsor: Nordic Semiconductor! **
In this Teardown Session, Crowd Supply's Helen Leigh talks with Rajeev Piyare from Conexio, the creators of the Conexio Stratus and the soon-to-come Conexio Blitz and Conexio Stratus Pro cellular IoT prototyping platforms.
*Key Moments*
00:19 Crowd Supply News and What's New
05:31 Introducing Rajeev
06:44 About Conexio and the Stratus origins
07:46 The use case that inspired a product
09:50 Manufacturing challenges during the chip shortage
11:29 Changing a design midway through a Crowd Supply campaign
12:50 Shipping catastrophe!
14:40 Stratus Pro compared to original Stratus
15:09 The new Nordic NRF 9161 has advantages
17:10 Exciting New Feature! An on/off switch.
18:47 Programming the Stratus boards, the SDK
21:10 Good documentation matters
22:30 What is Zephyr and why?
26:37 Join the Stratus community: Discord, GitHub
27:38 Why open source? Did it help?
28:58 Did open source build engagement?
31:10 A peek at the Conexio Blitz and its chipset
33:49 The Stratus Pro campaign is live!
35:19 How did community feedback on the original Stratus influence the Stratus Pro?
37:30 The startlingly low power consumption of the Stratus Pro
39:10 The software and hardware used to accomplish that low power
41:20 How did they select the platforms to integrate with?
43:19 About the DataCake IoT platform
44:36 Who is Conexio? A mystery revealed...
46:30 The Chicago hacker scene
47:22 What's in the future for Conexio, upcoming projects
49:02 The pandemic origins of the Stratus!
50:13 Why Conexio Stratus is the best! (It's the community...)
52:40 Checking out some hardware and some pro tips
54:33 Working with Hackster and Hackaday
57:00 The Cory Doctorow Approach: Publish Everywhere
57:45 Their approach to social media and communicating with the community
*About our Guest*
Rajeev Piyare is an entrepreneur, wireless systems engineer research scientist and photographer originally from the beautiful islands of Fiji and now living and working in Chicago, USA.
*Links & Resources*
* Rajeev on GitHub: github.com/rajeev1986
* Rajeev's Homepage: rajeevpiyare.com
* Conexio Technology home: conexiotech.com
* Conexio Stratus Pro campaign page: crowdsupply.com/conexio/conexio-blitz
* Conexio Blitz campaign page: crowdsupply.com/conexio/conexio-stratus-pro
* Nordic Community Hub: crowdsupply.com/nordic/community-hub
* Nordic Developer Academy: academy.nordicsemi.com
* Nordic home: nordicsemi.com
*About the Teardown Sessions*
Welcome to The Teardown Sessions, a series of interviews and hands-on learning sessions with Crowd Supply creators, staff, and lots of special guests. Crowd Supply is the crowdfunding platform of choice for engineers, hackers, designers, and idealists. We help them with the funding and support they need to deliver respectful, thoughtfully crafted, open source hardware to their delighted backers.
Come on by and see what our creators are making: https://www.crowdsupply.com.
Don't forget to Like, Link, and Subscribe!
#nordic #opensourcehardware #hardwarehacking #opensource #hardware #teardown #maker #hacker #electronics #crowdsupply #crowdfunding #manufacturing #iot #devkit #wifi #cellular #supplychain
** Many thanks to this Teardown Session's sponsor: Nordic Semiconductor! **
In this Teardown Session, Crowd Supply's Helen Leigh talks with Rajeev Piyare from Conexio, the creators of the Conexio Stratus and the soon-to-come Conexio Blitz and Conexio Stratus Pro cellular IoT prototyping platforms.
*Key Moments*
00:19 Crowd Supply News and What's New
05:31 Introducing Rajeev
06:44 About Conexio and the Stratus origins
07:46 The use case that inspired a product
09:50 Manufacturing challenges during the chip shortage
11:29 Changing a design midway through a Crowd Supply campaign
12:50 Shipping catastrophe!
14:40 Stratus Pro compared to original Stratus
15:09 The new Nordic NRF 9161 has advantages
17:10 Exciting New Feature! An on/off switch.
18:47 Programming the Stratus boards, the SDK
21:10 Good documentation matters
22:30 What is Zephyr and why?
26:37 Join the Stratus community: Discord, GitHub
27:38 Why open source? Did it help?
28:58 Did open source build engagement?
31:10 A peek at the Conexio Blitz and its chipset
33:49 The Stratus Pro campaign is live!
35:19 How did community feedback on the original Stratus influence the Stratus Pro?
37:30 The startlingly low power consumption of the Stratus Pro
39:10 The software and hardware used to accomplish that low power
41:20 How did they select the platforms to integrate with?
43:19 About the DataCake IoT platform
44:36 Who is Conexio? A mystery revealed...
46:30 The Chicago hacker scene
47:22 What's in the future for Conexio, upcoming projects
49:02 The pandemic origins of the Stratus!
50:13 Why Conexio Stratus is the best! (It's the community...)
52:40 Checking out some hardware and some pro tips
54:33 Working with Hackster and Hackaday
57:00 The Cory Doctorow Approach: Publish Everywhere
57:45 Their approach to social media and communicating with the community
*About our Guest*
Rajeev Piyare is an entrepreneur, wireless systems engineer research scientist and photographer originally from the beautiful islands of Fiji and now living and working in Chicago, USA.
*Links & Resources*
* Rajeev on GitHub: github.com/rajeev1986
* Rajeev's Homepage: rajeevpiyare.com
* Conexio Technology home: conexiotech.com
* Conexio Stratus Pro campaign page: crowdsupply.com/conexio/conexio-blitz
* Conexio Blitz campaign page: crowdsupply.com/conexio/conexio-stratus-pro
* Nordic Community Hub: crowdsupply.com/nordic/community-hub
* Nordic Developer Academy: academy.nordicsemi.com
* Nordic home: nordicsemi.com
*About the Teardown Sessions*
Welcome to The Teardown Sessions, a series of interviews and hands-on learning sessions with Crowd Supply creators, staff, and lots of special guests. Crowd Supply is the crowdfunding platform of choice for engineers, hackers, designers, and idealists. We help them with the funding and support they need to deliver respectful, thoughtfully crafted, open source hardware to their delighted backers.
Come on by and see what our creators are making: https://www.crowdsupply.com.
Don't forget to Like, Link, and Subscribe!
#nordic #opensourcehardware #hardwarehacking #opensource #hardware #teardown #maker #hacker #electronics #crowdsupply #crowdfunding #manufacturing #iot #devkit #wifi #cellular #supplychain
