Offering the planet's largest selection of in-stock electronic components for immediate shipment, Digi-Key Electronics has partnered with Seeed Studio and Machinechat to launch the industry's first private LoRaWAN-in-a-Box solutions for the Internet of things (IoT).
Digi-Key is the exclusive distributor of the industry's first private LoRaWAN-in-a-Box solutions from Machinechat and Seeed Studio.
"Digi-Key is pleased to be the exclusive global distributor of the industry's first cutting-edge LoRaWAN solutions," said Robbie Paul, director of IoT business solutions at Digi-Key. "Wireless connectivity technologies, such as LoRaWAN, are leading the way for mass adoption of IoT and we are pleased to inspire developers and system integrators around the globe with many new possibilities open to them with these solutions."
Turnkey solutions combine Seeed Studio's industrial-grade LoRaWAN (Long Range Wide Area Network) sensors and gateways with Machinechat® JEDI Pro Seeed Studio Edition software, enabling speedy IoT deployment and enhanced security features that give users complete control of device data, thereby saving time and reducing technical difficulty and costs. The first LoRaWAN-in-a-Box solution focuses on rapid implementation of precision farm and smart agriculture projects.
“For more than thirteen years, Seeed Studio has been at the forefront of introducing innovative IoT-enabled solutions,” said Eric Pan, CEO of Seeed Studio. "By pairing award-winning SenseCAP LoRaWAN hardware solutions with Machinechat's innovative, easy-to-use software, Digi-Key's service customers worldwide will be able to build and deploy resilient, private IoT LoRa deployments in days on end." instead of weeks.
“Machinechat is delighted to be partnering with Digi-Key Electronics, a world leader in delivering the best innovative technologies for IoT, and Seeed Studio, a global leader in IoT-enabled hardware,” said Sanjeev Datla, CEO of Machinechat. "Our private and bundled LoRaWAN-in-a-Box solutions let system integrators and enterprise IT teams quickly turn their ideas into transformational IoT digital projects."
Seeed Studio SenseCAP LoRaWAN Solutions
Designed for commercial IoT applications, including smart agriculture, precision farm, and smart city use cases, SenseCAP's industrial LoRaWAN sensors, data loggers, and gateway solutions are designed for installation. and also fast implementation. The peculiarities include:
• Support for the LoRaWAN protocol, class A
• Ultra-wide distance transmission: line of sight up to ten km
• Support for multiple ISM bands: EU868, US915, AU915, AS923
• Support for Ethernet fallback; optional cell phone
• Industrial grade protection: IP66 compliant enclosure, ideal for outdoor applications and capable of operating in temperatures from -70°C to +85°C (up to +XNUMX°C for SenseCAP sensors)
• High reliability and stability
• Sensor battery life of more than three years
Machinechat® Edition JEDI Pro Seeed Studio
Machinechat® Edition JEDI Pro Seeed Studio is the industry's most affordable IoT data monitoring and visualization software. Being developed specifically for commercial IoT implementations, the peculiarities of the Machinechat® JEDI Pro Seeed Studio edition are as follows:
• Collect data from Seeed Studio's SenseCAP LoRa sensors using the integrated Seeed Studio data collector (Chirpstack installation required)
• Collect data from virtually any device or sensor using the built-in HTTP API server, TCP server, and MQTT broker.
• Configure dashboards to display real-time and historical data with line, area, tiles, data charts, and radar.
• Monitor data using a built-in rules engine to trigger email notifications, SMS or run external scripts (*Email notification requires SMTP server. SMS requires Twilio account)
• Monitor if the devices and machines are online
• Apply your tailored business logic to IoT data via data collector and action plugins
• The virtual data sensor allows developers as well as integrators to simulate project implementation scenarios.
• Low Code – Focuses on configuration, not coding
• Simple application binary that runs as a service with integrated database and local, managed data storage
• Modern browser-based user interface with SSL support and role-based user management
• It is compatible with a maximum of two hundred devices/sensors
• Free for Windows, macOS, Linux, Raspberry Pi and BeagleBone® platforms
