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microcontroller using the 32-bit
Arm Cortex M0 processor that is
supported by the Arduino IDE for a
fast and
easy software development cycle.
The Lion Board provides the following
peripherals/modules:
Crypto Authentication Chipset
LoRa module
GPS module with embedded antenna
Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) interface
The third board was the ASME-
DRAGONFLY. The Dragonfly is
ready-to-use IoT hardware that is a
part of Arrow’s board family called
SmartEverything. It is Arduino-IDE–
compatible, which allows fast and
easy software development.
The main highlight of this board is that
it is an ideal triple-play gateway solution
with its main modules:
Microchip MCU for Arduino
compatibility
Dusty module from IOTeam,
performing SmartMesh IP operations
A Sigfox module from IOTeam
for low-power, long-range wireless
communication
A Wi-Fi module from Microchip
A couple of weeks after the seminar,
the customer knew that they wanted
and needed to use all of the wireless
communication on their product and
that it would be very difficult to develop
in a short time, mainly because of the
complexity of the RF. The customer
wanted to know if Arrow had an
industrial solution that supports all RF
technologies in one rugged product with
built-in sensors.
Arrow has a supplier, Vicotee, a leading
IoT company delivering smart sensors for
scalable IoT solutions to the professional
market around the world. Vicotee can
be used wherever sensors are needed
for monitoring purposes. Whether it
is building automation, environmental
monitoring, offshore, green energy,
smart cities, health care, hospitals, or
homes, the Vicotee network solution
offers more than 99.99999% network
reliability in even the most challenging
RF environments - equivalent to cable
network reliability! The Vicotee system
can easily, effectively, and wirelessly
connect entire cities using
inexpensive existing technology-in this
case, the AURORA XDLSN3.
This unit consists of one radio mainboard
unit with SMARTMESH IP, LoRa, Sigfox,
or NB-IoT radio and one sensor board
that can easily be configured to use
all kind of sensors. This module is
meant for rapid development of new
functionalities. Both boards have an
MCU. This way, we can handle and
analyze high-speed data on the module.
The radio module has a temperature
and humidity sensor, so it can work as
a standalone module. Both the radio
mainboard and sensor
board are equipped with one battery
each. When the two boards are
connected together, the batteries will
be connected in parallel (long life). They
are connected by open-ended card edge
- no soldering.
Arrow was able to support both IoT
gateway and IoT edge-node applications
with fast time to market after the
customers evaluated the technologies
and their needs with Arrow development
tools/reference designs and moved to
production units in a short time.
To find out more, visit Arrow at Arrow.
com for the aforementioned boards and
solutions.
ASME — Arrow SmartEveryThing Boards: Tiger, Lion, Fox, Dragonfly
Vicotee AURORA
Amir Sherman, Director of Engineering
Solutions & Embedded Technology,
EMEA, at Arrow Electronics
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