So, as indicated, the enhancements proposed for the smart companion require a
sufficiently compact, computationally powerful, and relatively low cost hardware
platform. In fact, while serving a different purpose, such hardware requirements
are of a similar nature as those needed for DiYSE Gateways needed to connect the
‘thin’ sensor and actuator nodes. Indeed, fortunately, nowadays available typical
DiY electronics boards could be selected136 as appropriate for this purpose too,
namely Beagle Board137 and Gumstix Overo.