Anchor Pro Helium Full Hotspot Miner
Application to become an approved third party manufacturer as per HIP19. All questions must be answered, any missing information will result in delays.
Createch Co., Ltd was founded in 2016 for development and marketing for IoT products such as Bluetooth vaping devices and VR/AR glasses. We have so far ODM multi-camera VR camera system - the first professional VR cameras (20 lenses) in the world, Lemuna smart audio glasses, COV bluebooth vaping devices and many more for clients. Our R&D team consists of 30 employees, led by 2 PhD from computer science and EEE background from Hong Kong top universities. Anchor Pro is a brand under Createch Co., Ltd for crypto miners.
- What is your company name? Createch Co., Ltd
- How long has the company been in business? 6 years
- What kind of products have you created? (list specific products) IoT devices, VR/AR devices, Audio devices, and gateway products.
- How many have you sold? Over 800,000
- What brought you to Helium? What brought you to Helium etc? We first came across Ethereum in 2017 and was fascinated by its trustless mechanism to build an entirely new infrastructure for decentralized applications and has been since thinking about using our strength in the crypto space. Helium is the first project we have seen so far that truly connects the real-world engineering to crypto space and we are very keen to join the decentralized network to make changes to the way information flows.
- What is this product's model name? Model name: Anchor Pro A380
- Is this is Light Hotspot or Full Hotspot? (please submit two separate applications for Full and Light hotspots) Full Hotspot
- Is this model for indoor, outdoor, or both? (If there are two models, list them separately) Indoor
- Provide a brief description of the product: The Anchor Pro A380 model has been designed to meet the specific requests of the Helium network, it is a reliable product based on Rockpi 4B+ and SX130x(SX1302/SX1303). The A380 gateway comes with an online platform for monitoring. It is compatible with the Helium official APP and also our own maker application. The AT380 uses ECC608 to store the swarm_key to ensure the highest grade of security.
- What is your approximate price point? $500
- What is your expected production and delivery timeline? May 2022
Startups welcomed!
- Have you shipped anything in the past? What types of products have you shipped? Yes. Bluetooth vaping devices and IoT products.
- Which countries have you previously shipped regulatory FCC or CE approved products? To Europe and USA.
USA, Japan, South East Asia (Philippine, Thailand, Malaysia), Europe
- How will your customers be able to contact you for support for your products? Online support desk and Email.
- For how long? 2 years
- How are you planning to handle repairs and replacements? Our clients will send products to our China warehouse for repair and replacement.
- 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. 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).
- Are you using an ECC608. Yes or No? Yes
- Encrypted/locked-down firmware. Yes or No? No
- 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
Hardware Information (required). Please provide detailed hardware designs, including relevant parts.
Evidence of a functioning prototype - photos/videos. Renderings are OK but physical prototypes are much, much better.
- What are your plans 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. Automatically check helium miner image releases or remotely update the device through Balena
- Which security implementation (ECC608, TPM, TrustZone, other) are you using? ECC608
- Which LoRa chipset are you planning to use in your gateway? (i.e. SX1302, SX1303, etc, only list one) SX1302 We recommend you don't use the SX1301 in new designs.
- What is the CPU? 64-bit Hexa Core: Dual Cortex-A72, freqency 1.8GHz with Quad Cortex-A53, frequency 1.4GHz
- Other Hardware Specifications:
- Memory 4GB LPDDR4 Storage eMMC 32/64GB Wi-Fi 2.4GHz 802.11 b/g/n and 5GHz ac/a WIFI BLE Bluetooth 5.0 USB USB 3.0 OTG x1 + USB 3.0 HOST x1 + USB 2.0 HOST x2 Ethernet Gigabit Ethernet Port x1
- Have you built and delivered radio hardware products before? Yes
- Have you built gateways before? Yes
- How many gateways did you make? Over 100,000
- 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? From Module manufacturers
- How many radio modules/ concentrators can you procure? 5000 pieces at a time
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. 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? 15,000~30,000
- How much money will be required up-front? How much money do you have on-hand, and how much do you have access to? Our shareholder has been in electronic manufacturing for 10 years who owns several profitable manufacturing companies, and sufficient capital to fund this project.
- 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.) Our shareholder has a group of rich friends in electronic component distribution industry in Shenzhen and they are interested in investing into this project and participate
Please tell us about some of the challenges that would prevent these products from becoming a reality and how you might address them. None
- Contact Email (required) - hank@cov-cn.com
- Website (required) - www.cov-cn.com
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