OKdo’s team of engineers, along with the wider DesignSpark community, have responded to feedback from users on the lack of documentation and support around the boards, and so both are now actively inviting input from engineers from around the world to offer their expertise to ensure that they are able to improve their offering.
Mike Bray, Group VP of Innovation at DesignSpark, commenting said, “When we launched DesignSpark back in 2010, our mission was to support design engineers at every level, from student and hobbyist to professional engineers, who were facing the challenges of reduced design teams and the need to complete their designs more quickly amid rising competition.” He added, “Over the years we have gone further to establish DesignSpark as a trusted online support destination for engineers everywhere, which is why we are excited to collaborate with OKdo to provide the community and support that their customers have been calling for around their ROCK proposition.”
With its focus on single-board computing for IoT, OKdo is well positioned to bring the ROCK SBCs to the global market, and by leveraging the DesignSpark community will be able to develop their offering with direct input from engineers who are actually using the boards in their applications in addition to providing end-to-end support through the design, manufacture and distribution process.
According to Chief Digital & Innovation Officer of RS Group and President at OKdo, Nick Young, “OKdo customers have highlighted their need for more community support and that is something that can now be provided by leveraging the 1.5 million members of the DesignSpark community.”