STAMP: Low-cost Customizable Tablet
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About AllGo
• 7 years, 75 people
• Embedded multimedia
product design services
• Hardware, Firmware/DSP,
Software, Production support
• International Tier-1 consumer
and automotive infotainment
customers
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AllGo Systems
Head-quarters
Bangalore
AllGo at a Glance
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Real-time OS,
DSP
multimedia
firmware
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Hardware
design,
Embedded
Linux, WinCE
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Full product
design, ODM
Android
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• Completely indigenous design
• Developed from a highly integrated processor
with ARM9 processor
• Innovative performance improvements through
software
• Runs WinCE, Linux and Android 2.2
• Focus on efficiency, simplicity and reliability
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STAMP Team
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Inside STAMP
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Project Serendipity!
http://liliputing.com/2010/08/allgo-introduces-50-android-tablet-prototype.html
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Tablet Landscape
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High end tablets
– Feature rich and expensive
Mid-end tablets
– Efficient but not very well supported
Low end tablets
– Support and reliability issues
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Tablet based Solutions
1. Education
– Distributing content (books, videos)
– Conducting tests
2. Health-care
– Field survey device
– Remote monitoring device
3. E-commerce
– Connectivity, security
– Integration with RF-Id, biometry etc.
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Consumers vs Solutions
1. Cost
– Cost appropriate to enable the solution
2. Reliability
– Important factor in solution design
3. Support
– Technical and post-sales
– Long product life-cycle
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Cost
1. Appropriate selection of the hardware
configuration
2. Performance enhancements through software
3. Leverage Indian eco-system for Indian market
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Reliability
1. Component selection
– Key components: hand-picked directly from
semiconductor vendors
2. Mechanical design
– Strong and reliable
3. Battery!
– Active/standby time
– Battery life
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Support
• Hardware customization
– Interfacing devices over USB, UART etc.
– Feature selection
• Software customization
– Choice of OS (WinCE, Android, Linux)
– Driver integration
– Help with SDK and sample applications
• Post-sales service and maintenance
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Going forward
1. STAMP Computers, a new venture to
manufacture, distribute and post-sales support
tablets to the solution providers
2. STAMP-II for multiple verticals
3. Made-in-India dream: create the eco-system
for component sourcing, manufacturing and
post-sales support
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Thanks!
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Simple. Reliable!
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