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Omzlo is a Greek company whose core product, NoCAN, is a “wired” IoT platform based on CAN-bus. It targets makers, home and garden automation, and other scenarios where wireless connectivity is not ideal. A single cable provides both networking and power, nodes are developed in an Arduino-compatible way, and the network is managed by a Raspberry Pi.
NoCAN’s main value is that it packages the reliability of CAN-bus into a maker-friendly platform. Users can write code in the Arduino IDE and upload firmware to nodes over the network. The platform supports a CLI, smartphones, browsers, MQTT, and a planned JSON/REST API; it also provides documentation for the NoCAN event protocol over TCP/IP and the lower-level CAN bus protocol. On the hardware side, it includes CANZERO nodes and the PiMaster HAT, and the text also mentions SAMD21 and STM32F0 firmware source code as well as Eagle CAD design files.
This is its strongest advantage: NoCAN is explicitly open-source hardware and open-source software. Hardware design files are licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 by default, while the software uses the MIT license. The platform does not depend on a proprietary cloud and can run through a local Raspberry Pi, the nocanc command-line tool, MQTT, Web, and other methods, making it suitable for projects that value control and long-term maintainability. Ecosystem integrations include Arduino IDE, Blynk, MQTT, Raspberry Pi, BalenaFin, and more. Some commenters hoped for Home Assistant integration, but the main text does not confirm that support already exists.
The website states that CANZERO and PiMaster modules can be purchased from the online store, but the crawled text does not provide specific prices or payment methods. Omzlo also offers consulting services such as STM32/SAMD firmware development, product customization, small-batch development, and manufacturing. These are billed by the day, with discounts available for open-source projects.
The advantages are reliable wired connectivity, no cloud dependency, Arduino-friendliness, and documentation covering installation tutorials, library docs, example projects, pinouts, hardware descriptions, and source code. The drawbacks are that it requires dedicated hardware and wiring skills; the REST API is marked as coming soon; security enhancements such as MQTT TLS are only described in comments as planned; the comment section later became heavily polluted with spam; and some users noted that development and community engagement appeared to have stalled, so support continuity should be assessed carefully. It is best suited to hardware makers, embedded teams, home/garden automation experimenters, and anyone looking to build a local wired IoT network.
No information was found about access, payment, or shipping for mainland China, so china_access can only be considered unknown. If purchasing or access is restricted, alternatives could include Arduino + CAN Shield, ESPHome, Home Assistant + MQTT, RS485/Modbus, or CANOpen-based solutions.
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