BRAINIAC LTD · LONDON

Hardware by Scale

Five tiers. From solo operator to institutional deployment. Every component is the one we test and deploy in production.

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TIER 01

SOLO OPERATOR

~200 - 500 GBP

WHO

Individual, freelancer, sole practitioner

WHAT IT ENABLES

Proof of Presence for a single operator, USB-HID injection, basic biometric gate (planned - Phase 2)

COMPONENTS

M5Cardputer ADV (~40-60 GBP)Buy YubiKey 5 NFC (~40-50 GBP)Buy MicroSD 64GB (~8-15 GBP)Buy BLE heart rate monitor (~15-25 GBP)Buy

EST. TOTAL~113 - 170 GBP

TIER 02

SMALL TEAM

~500 - 2,000 GBP

WHO

2-5 person startup, small agency, boutique consultancy

WHAT IT ENABLES

Two-operator sync, monitoring node, LoRa mesh relay (planned - Phase 2), hash-chain vault

COMPONENTS

2x M5Cardputer ADV (~80-120 GBP)Buy 2x YubiKey 5 NFC (~80-100 GBP)Buy 1x Compact Tower (Per Customer Spec)Buy 2x Heltec LoRa32 V3 (~50-70 GBP)Buy 2x 868MHz antenna (~20-40 GBP)Buy 2x MicroSD 64GB (~16-30 GBP)Buy 2x USB-C cables (~10-20 GBP)Buy

EST. TOTAL~456 - 680 GBP

TIER 03

MID-MARKET

~2,000 - 8,000 GBP

WHO

10-50 person company, established practice, regulated SME

WHAT IT ENABLES

Team of 3 operators, primary compute node, full mesh network (planned - Phase 2), biometric gates (planned - Phase 2)

COMPONENTS

3x M5Cardputer ADV (~120-180 GBP)Buy 3x YubiKey 5 NFC (~120-150 GBP)Buy 1x Compact Tower (Per Customer Spec)Buy 4x Heltec LoRa32 V3 (~100-140 GBP)Buy 4x 868MHz antenna (~40-80 GBP)Buy 2x BLE heart rate monitor (~30-50 GBP)Buy 4x MicroSD 64GB (~32-60 GBP)Buy 4x USB-C cables (~20-40 GBP)Buy

EST. TOTAL~2,462 - 3,200 GBP

TIER 04

ENTERPRISE

~8,000 - 20,000 GBP

WHO

50-200 person organisation, regulated industry, financial services

WHAT IT ENABLES

Team of 5 operators, primary and backup monitoring, full compute, mesh network (planned - Phase 2), biometric gates (planned - Phase 2), storage, power backup

COMPONENTS

5x M5Cardputer ADV (~200-300 GBP)Buy 5x YubiKey 5 NFC (~200-250 GBP)Buy 2x Compact Tower (Per Customer Spec)Buy 6x Heltec LoRa32 V3 (~150-210 GBP)Buy 6x 868MHz antenna (~60-120 GBP)Buy 3x BLE heart rate monitor (~45-75 GBP)Buy 1x NAS 8TB (~250-400 GBP)Buy 6x MicroSD 64GB (~48-90 GBP)Buy 6x USB-C cables (~30-60 GBP)Buy 1x UPS battery backup (~100-200 GBP)Buy

EST. TOTAL~4,983 - 6,805 GBP

TIER 05

INSTITUTIONAL

~20,000+ GBP

WHO

Government, military, financial services, critical infrastructure

WHAT IT ENABLES

Team of 10 operators, distributed monitoring, primary and secondary compute, full mesh (planned - Phase 2), biometric gates (planned - Phase 2), NAS, dual UPS, EMP protection, rack deployment

COMPONENTS

10x M5Cardputer ADV (~400-600 GBP)Buy 10x YubiKey 5 NFC (~400-500 GBP)Buy 3x Compact Tower (Per Customer Spec)Buy 10x Heltec LoRa32 V3 (~250-350 GBP)Buy 10x 868MHz antenna (~100-200 GBP)Buy 5x BLE heart rate monitor (~75-125 GBP)Buy 1x NAS 16TB 4-bay (~500-800 GBP)Buy 10x MicroSD 128GB (~100-200 GBP)Buy 10x USB-C cables (~50-100 GBP)Buy 2x UPS backup 3000VA (~400-600 GBP)Buy 1x Faraday bags 10-pack (~30-50 GBP)Buy 1x Rackmount shelf (~40-80 GBP)Buy

EST. TOTAL~13,045 - 15,405 GBP

Which tier are you?

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Digital Sovereignty provides independent operator capability assessments and infrastructure. The Proof of Operator seal constitutes evidence that an assessment was conducted by Brainiac Ltd. It is not a legal certification of compliance with EU Regulation 2024/1689 or any other regulation. Brainiac Ltd is not liable for regulatory decisions based on the seal. Companies should consult their own legal counsel.