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Every ΠAN Gear design is open.

Build it, sell it, improve it. Tell us what you make, and we test it with ΠAN, help you get it right, and feature it here. Makers already build and sell radios for open projects like Meshtastic; ΠAN Gear works the same way.

Making one? Tell us.

Write to makers@thepanproject.com. We test your device with ΠAN, help you fix anything that does not work, and feature it on this site.

How it works

  1. Take a design. Board, case and parts list, all open.
  2. Build it. As it is, or changed for your customers.
  3. Sell it. Under your own name.
  4. Tell us. We test it with ΠAN and help you get it right.
  5. Get featured. Your device goes on this site, next to the design it came from.

What each design includes

  • The board: KiCad files, the circuit, and the checks it passed.
  • Files for the board factory: gerbers, drill files, parts list (BOM) and placement file.
  • The case: 3D files (STEP) and the script that makes them.
  • A list of the parts that plug in after assembly, like the screen, camera, battery and speaker.
  • Design notes, and every review round with its fixes.

Datasheets and drawings of other companies' parts come from each part's maker.

How we design

Boards are made in KiCad. Some circuits are written as code (SKiDL), and cases are written as code (CadQuery), so a change is easy to review and repeat. Every board goes through several rounds of review, and the findings stay with the design.

ΠAN ready

A ΠAN ready device works with ΠAN out of the box. We test it with ΠAN before we feature it.

The designs

Wearables

Worn on your body: eyes, ears, a screen and power that go where you go.

Chest pendant

Medallion

A round pendant with a touch screen, camera, two microphones, a speaker and a flashlight.

Explore the Medallion
Battery belt

Belt

A 50 mm battery belt with 44.2 Wh inside, worn over a plain belt that stays in your trouser loops. It feeds the Medallion and your phone over USB-C.

Explore the Belt
Signet ring

Ring

A ring whose top holds a tiny color screen under a flat crystal, a Bluetooth board and a small battery.

Explore the Ring

Home and outdoor

Placed somewhere and left to watch it.

Outdoor sensor box

Π Node

A sealed outdoor box with a solar lid, a day and night camera, a motion sensor, long-range radio and slots for add-ons.

Explore the Π Node

Big builds

Large machines for rescue work.

Search and rescue suit

Power armor

A powered suit for rescue work. It opens like a book, runs on swappable battery modules, and takes kits for each job: spikes, airbags, a winch, a big light.

Explore the Power armor