Our first product, an open-source video doorbell, is still in the early stages of design and development, but we’re really excited to share our ideas with you and receive community feedback. Our initial goal is to create a complete smart-home ecosystem of devices and software that respects you, the user, and your right to data privacy. We pledge that all firmware and software will be open-source, and to provide circuit schematics and replacement parts to fulfill and honor your Right To Repair. After we have launched the products listed on this page, we will expand into creating FOSS electronics in other product segments. Eventually, we will expand into more industries to broaden our scope of user-respecting offerings.
VIDEO DOORBELL
In our pursuit of providing a competitive, open-source product, these are the features that we wish to offer. We want to have a modular and repairable design that is more cost effective to repair instead of replace. We may offer entry-level versions that do not include all features. Due to the device’s modular internal design, entry-level devices can have features retrofitted if you choose to purchase the parts.
These are the specs we wish to offer:
- Wide-angle 1080p HD (or better) image sensor (with low-light and potentially infrared night vision)
- Loudspeaker for communication
- Stereo microphones
- Wi-Fi (potentially with Matter support)
- Ethernet (possibly with Power over Ethernet)
- Zigbee (an open-source, wireless IoT standard) for direct IoT/smart-home integration.
- Lithium-Ion 18650 cell(s) for power instead of an uncommon flat battery
- Bluetooth; for presence detection.
- LCD screen to display messages to guests and delivery personnel.
We want community feedback to be a crucial part of the design process. If there’s something you’d like to recommend about the design of this device, send us an email!
This is an early mockup concept design.
Up top, we have the wide-angle image sensor behind a weatherproof and scratch-resistant housing.
Front and center is the display, mounted behind a strong shatter-resistant barrier.
On the lower area, there is an easy-to-press soft-touch button that provides satisfying tactile feedback.
Underneath is where the down-firing loudspeaker resides.
Wi-Fi IP Camera
Our next product will be a home monitoring and security camera built off of the same platform as the video doorbell. The camera’s design will focus on a compact and discrete design that is unobtrusive in the home. Like all of our products, the Wi-Fi IP Camera will have the same Open-Source and Right-To-Repair approach with all replacement parts available for sale to end users.
Door and Window Sensor
To round out the home security product line, the third product will be the humble, yet crucial Door and Window Sensor. What will FOSSit!’s approach offer? Fully Open-Source firmware to empower customers and 3rd parties to audit the code and the freedom to add improvements. We also aim to have a battery-less design that utilizes a capacitor and a simple calculator-grade solar cell for increased longevity and reduced battery waste over the lifecycle of the sensor. Zigbee will more than likely be the communication protocol used.
We’ve got a whole bunch of product ideas, but we’re not quite ready to share them publicly yet!