Digi-Key Electronics, headquartered in Thief River Falls, Minn., USA, is recognized as both the leader and continuous innovator in the high service distribution of electronic components and automation products worldwide.
With over $4.7 billion USD in annual sales, Digi-Key Electronics is one of the largest private global companies with over 5,000 employees and over 800,000 customers for top technology markets.
Additional information about Digi-Key Electronics can be found at digikey.com and on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Instagram and LinkedIn.
Digi-Key provides more than 13.4 million components from over 2,300 quality name-brand manufacturers. Digi-Key invests in industry-leading breadth and depth of product that is in stock and available for same day shipment for orders placed before 8pm CST.
Beyond the products that drive technology innovation, Digi-Key also supports design engineers and procurement professionals with a wealth of digital solutions and tools to make their jobs more efficient. Digi-Key’s distribution space of more than 3 million square feet (278,709 square meters) allows us to ship 99% of all orders the same day they are placed.
On average, Digi-Key ships nearly 25,500 orders per day. Engineers, students, and purchasers gladly choose Digi-Key for sourcing all their component needs.
DPTechnics, a European leader in Internet-of-Things (IoT) development, is based in Knokke-Heist, Belgium. The company excels in transforming concepts into fully realised, internet-connected products. Utilising their proprietary IoT platform, BlueCherry.io, DPTechnics ensures ongoing support and management post-deployment.
Catering to a diverse clientele, including both small and medium-sized enterprises as well as large multinationals, DPTechnics offers a range of products and services. While they do not market end-user products directly, they provide ‘IoT building blocks’. These building blocks enable companies to venture into IoT projects efficiently, reducing initial investments and streamlining development processes.
The team at DPTechnics is the creative mind behind the remarkable Walter board.
Walter is a small form-factor IoT system-on-module which combines the powerful ESP32-S3 processor with a 5G modem and GNSS receiver. On top of the ESP32-S3’s many built-in peripherals, such as UART, SPI, I2C, CAN, Wi-Fi b/g/n, and Bluetooth 5, Walter also boasts the second-generation Sequans GM02SP LTE-M/NB-IoT 5G modem and GNSS receiver.
The Walter module can be used for both prototyping and production, as it will be certified for FCC, CE, Australia SDoC, and New Zealand SDoC. Guaranteeing a minimum of ten years of availability makes it a uniquely reliable building block for your IoT application.
Walter comes with a range of 100% open source software libraries for jump-starting your 5G IoT project in minutes. So you can program in familiar languages and toolchains, Walter supports ESP-IDF, Arduino, Micropython, and Toit. All software is available on GitHub: https://github.com/QuickSpot. No special dongles are needed to program Walter – connect it directly to your development machine via a normal USB Type-C cable.
Walter has a built-in Wi-Fi and Bluetooth antenna, and relies on external antennas for optimal LTE-M/NB-IoT and GNSS operation. There are two u.FL connectors, especially for this purpose. We have chosen Taoglas as the recommended antenna partner because of their quality and ten-year availability guarantee. The antennas are designed to be stuck onto a product case. This self-adhesive flexible design makes it possible to easily integrate the antennas into your projects.
ESP32-S3-WROOM-1-N16R2 microcontroller:
Sequans GM02SP 5G modem:
Inputs & outputs:
Power supply
Form factor
Software
Certifications
In this next episode of our “Let’s Talk IoT Devices” series, delve into Walter’s technology through exciting use cases and understand how its features make it ideal for IoT applications.
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DCS is an Internet of Things (“IoT”) technology solutions provider to various industries. The wireless solutions DCS provides consist of an edge computing device gathering data, connectivity to the Internet, and server-based software applications. The big data gathered from these solutions allow customers to optimize their business decision-making processes in order to enhance operating efficiencies and profitability. DCS provides solutions and services to the transportation, hospitality, agricultural, telecommunications, and other industrial enterprises.
A Powerful and Easy to Use Video Telematics Solution
DCS’s intelligent camera solutions, combined with an award-winning IoT platform, are transforming how vehicle operations approach road safety, claims management, duty of care, fleet compliance, and operational risk.
Advanced video telematics that protects your drivers, business, and other road users.
Help your customers keep their drivers and vehicles safer while streamlining their day-to-day operations and reducing costs. Our video telematics solution provides valuable video insights and advanced risk detection tools to help improve fleet safety and efficiency. The innovative technology in our wide selection of dashcams utilize robust machine vision and artificial intelligence to proactively detect and mitigate risk. Help reduce risk with a proven approach that has helped hundreds of thousands of drivers navigate millions of miles safely for more than 20 years. The solution is easy to use, accessibly priced, and works for any vehicle class. Help your clients jumpstart fleet safety and protect their bottom lines.
Enhance driver behavior by acquiring the necessary understanding to monitor and evaluate driving patterns. Mitigate driver incidents by fostering increased driver involvement. Identify potential hazards and pinpoint drivers with a higher likelihood of being involved in collisions, thereby reducing operational risk. Implement a significant road safety strategy to safeguard lives effectively.
Protect against fraudulent claims with irrefutable video evidence. Decrease claim frequency by challenging liability and 50/50 claims. Achieve insurance cost savings through prompt liability determination, robust defense, and effective claims management. Utilize First Notification of Loss (FNOL) and Third Party Intervention (TPI) for efficient claims handling.
Enhance operational efficiency by reducing fuel consumption and maintenance expenses. Minimize vehicle damage by decreasing instances of harsh driving and speeding. Boost fleet productivity by preventing vehicle and driver downtime. Gain improved visibility and control for effective fleet monitoring.
Ensure adherence to fleet safety standards. Mitigate environmental impact by adopting responsible operating practices. Enhance duty of care by prioritizing the protection of staff members. Safeguard corporate reputation through enhanced brand protection.
A solar powered asset tracker is a device that uses solar energy to power its functions and is used to track the location and status of an asset.
Locate Assets, Reduce Costs & Increase Asset Utilization
The MiFleet Solar Powered Asset Tracking Solution utilizes GPS technology to determine the asset’s location and can transmit this information via cellular or satellite networks to our MiFleet Software. The device is often used to track the movement and status of valuable assets, such as shipping containers, fleet vehicles, and construction equipment, and can provide real-time updates on the asset’s location, speed, and condition. Solar powered asset trackers are a cost-effective and environmentally friendly solution for asset tracking, as they do not require a continuous power source and do not emit any emissions.
Real-time temperature monitoring and alerting ensure that your temperature-controlled goods are kept and transported in the appropriate conditions.
Ensure the safety of critical assets by maintaining optimal temperature conditions.
MiFleet introduces the pinnacle of fleet management tools: remote monitoring sensors. As a fleet manager, you gain access to valuable temperature data for your vehicles, conveniently displayed in your platform’s monitoring tab. Ensure a continuous, safe temperature for assets like food, vaccines, equipment, and environments, seamlessly tracking your vehicles and maintaining consistent temperature records all in a single location. Experience unparalleled ease in monitoring and managing your fleet.
Remain Compliant
Maintain compliance with stringent industry regulations by utilizing comprehensive audit trails and audit logs for each journey.
Protect Your Assets
Stay informed about the status of your temperature-sensitive assets in real-time and receive immediate notifications regarding any temperature violations.
Improve Customer Service
Keep your customers informed and engaged by providing live ETA alerts and proof of temperature reports.
Wide range of operating temperatures
Operating between -30℃ ~ +80℃ (-22°F ~ 176°F)
BLE 5.0 Sensor Technology
Through one of our supported Asset Tracking BLE Hubs, data can be effortlessly transferred wirelessly using our BLE 5.0 sensors.
Easy Installation
Installing our sensor is a breeze, requiring minimal effort and time.
High Accuracy
Accuracy of ± 0.2 ℃ for temperature, and 2% RH for humidity.
Wide Transmission Range
Operating distance up to 300m (open field).
Features & Benefits
Discover the power of a Solar Powered Tracking Device
Pallets, containers, tools, trailers… you name it, if it’s portable, we can track it.
Built to go anywhere and track everything
Introducing our revolutionary Asset Tracking Solution. Gain real-time visibility, customize profiles, and track assets with precision. Seamlessly integrate with existing systems, access detailed reports, and stay mobile. Optimize operations, reduce loss, and save costs. Streamline asset management, elevate customer service, and ensure compliance. Unlock productivity and efficiency with our innovative solution.
Increase Asset Utilization, Reduce Fuel Consumption & Prevent Theft
Services and Trades
Increase Asset Utilization, Reduce Fuel Consumption & Prevent Theft
Services and Trades
Lower Costs, Increase Efficiency & Customer Satisfaction
Healthcare
Work Smarter and Focus More Time On Your Patients
Utilities
Utility Equipment & Personnel Management
Features & Benefits
Discover the power of Asset Tracking.
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UnaBiz is a proven IoT service provider who specializes in sensor product design, manufacturing, and cloud platform services across a hybrid of low-power wide area (LPWA) technologies such as Sigfox, LTE-M, NB-IoT and LoRaWAN. The company has deployed over 1.4 million sensors in 28 countries, including Singapore, Japan, Australia and Taiwan, focusing on Smart Cities applications such as Smart Metering, Facilities Management, Asset Management and Asset Tracking.
UnaBiz envisions a closely connected world powered by simple technology because we believe “Less is More”. By uniting people and technology, the company aims to create an impact on a massive scale, to help every person and every organization on the planet live smarter, simpler, and in a more sustainable way.
At ST, we are 46,000 creators and makers of semiconductor technologies mastering the semiconductor supply chain with state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities.
An independent device manufacturer, we work with our 100,000 customers and thousands of partners to design and build products, solutions and ecosystems that address their challenges and opportunities, and the need to support a more sustainable world.
Our technologies enable smarter mobility, more efficient power and energy management, and the wide-scale deployment of the Internet of Things and 5G technology.
Find out more at www.st.com.
Cellular connectivity is a key enabler of connected devices. It uses mobile network operators’ infrastructure (MNO or MVNO), thereby increasing network coverage and maintaining seamless connectivity.
Leading to a greater diversity of smart objects, it paves the way to new market opportunities. In order to answer the needs of the markets, ST offers a tailored, diversified connectivity portfolio with ST4SIM solutions, a wide range of SIMs and embedded SIMs (eSIM) compatible with the IoT, industrial- and automotive-grade applications.
Our solutions allow several devices to be connected anywhere at any time, while ensuring asset security. The connectivity solutions provided by our partners complement the ST4SIM portfolio and enable worldwide coverage and product interoperability.
eSIM technology brings about new opportunities in the secure connected world. Directly soldered inside the device, the embedded SIM allows end users to change Mobile Network Operator (MNO) without changing their eSIM, thereby offering more flexibility to manage device connectivity.
From removable SIMs to GSMA-certified eSIMs, ST4SIM portfolio includes solutions based on basic configurations (ST4SIM-100), as well as cryptographic (ST4SIM-110) and GSMA SGP.02 (ST4SIM-200) configurations.
Cellular connectivity addresses a wide range of applications from connected objects to industrial and automotive applications.
ST4SIM for Smart Things
ST4SIM-S Basic Optimized
Volansys enables OEMs, Enterprises, and Growth-stage Startups to build connected and scalable solutions.
We offer an integrated portfolio of services, solutions, and IPs, which covers Product Engineering and Manufacturing Services, Internet of Things (IoT) Services, Cloud Engineering Services, Machine Learning Services, Connected App Services, Quality Engineering Services along with OEM Solutions.
We serve customers across North America, Europe, India and have successfully acquired 150+ customers across the globe.
Volansys offers end-to-end product engineering services, starting from product design and development to manufacturing, enabling OEMs, Enterprises and Start-up companies to build, upgrade and scale their complex solution to the next generation. With the right expertise and experience, we excel at all stages of product development and address both the long-term and short-term goals of our customer that helps their businesses to foster growth.
We leverage the right mix of strategy, process, technology, and engineering expertise to upgrade the business’s current capabilities into the desired future state. We perform analysis towards cost, performance, and feature trade-offs that help our clients in overcoming the challenges of timely delivering high-quality and low-cost products. Our deep knowledge and experience in Hardware, Embedded, Software, Mechanical, Manufacturing, and other advanced technologies help our customers across the industries to differentiate their products in the market.
Learn more about VOLANSYS Engineering Services.
CENTAURI 200 IoT Gateway platform is specifically designed to cater all the OEM needs for building an Enterprise/Industrial IoT Gateway solution. The Gateway is built on secure, power-efficient, and cost-optimized ARM® Cortex®-A7 based i.MX6UL/6ULL/6ULZ SoC. It is pre-integrated with well-known cloud and app platform providers which helps in developing the application faster. It also extends an opportunity for all the IoT solution providers & OEMs to leverage fully customizable CENTAURI Gateway & Software framework and build their business application faster and accelerate their development time.
The Gateway platform can control/monitor more than 200+ devices through Android and iOS Mobile Application and it is fully integrated with cloud platforms like AWS IoT, Ayla Networks, IBM Bluemix and Microsoft Azure. It will also support AWS IoT Greengrass and AWS IoT Core for quick development on Gateway while providing all standard security and scalability features offered by AWS for IoT Solutions.
Learn more about the CENTAURI 200 Enterprise/Industrial IoT Gateway.
Charge Analytics IoT solutions are built on the power of data. Our engineering teams work closely with organizations who need to deliver purpose-built IoT products to their customers by leveraging our significant IoT experience, ready-built cloud-connected hardware and cloud platforms. Or we orchestrate a complete custom IoT solution as required.
Accelerate your IoT solution with our field proven and trusted IoT services, platforms and technology and quickly harness the power of key data. Monitor equipment operation from any device, gather valuable operational data, and deliver clear insight and actionable results to business stakeholders where and when they need it.
Charge Analytics delivers smart IoT devices, user-friendly battery powered IoT sensors, fully developed dashboards, automated reporting, reliable data delivery and more. Our globally deployed solutions are feature-rich, reliable, and generate a quick and high return on investment.
We seamlessly integrate with our clients’ existing ecosystems. Close partnerships with our customers allow us to integrate IoT data directly with their existing third-party software platforms and systems. This keeps personnel focused on software they are familiar with using and makes them more productive by integrating enhanced IoT data directly with their current software.
Easily monitor any process or piece of equipment with our ready-made proven IoT gateways, controls and sensors. Cellular gateways include integrated sensors and I/O channels. No touch setup and onboarding allow all products to transmit telemetry as soon as power is applied. Battery powered sensors easily install without wiring in any location.
Purpose-built data aggregations and analytics maximize the value of monitoring data. Machine learning models provide high-value and actionable results. Forecasting and ML prediction prevents problems, streamlines equipment maintenance and saves time and money.
Deliver actionable data to users through email alerts, SMS messaging and periodic summary reporting. Our cloud based global platform keeps key personnel promptly informed when monitored equipment or processes need attention.
Dynamic, easy to use and responsive user dashboards provide a clear view of equipment operation. View data on any device anywhere in the world displayed through both real-time graphics and historical trends and alert histories.
Charge Analytics offers purpose built IoT hardware for industrial and commercial applications, ready to deploy immediately. Custom hardware for volume applications is delivered quickly and at a reasonable price point.
Charge Analytics – Soracom Case Study
GosuncnWelink Technology Co., Ltd. (referred to as Gosuncn) is an IoT company under the Gosuncn Group (300098), focusing on Cellular IoT products and solutions, providing customers with secure and reliable IoT communication products and services.
Gosuncn’s products cover various standard and packaged cellular M2M modules, Telematics terminals, smart Broadband products, and have been recognized by many international industries. Through independent research and development of IoT communication products and solutions, the company provides innovative solution applications for international OEM terminal vendors, solution providers, system integrators, IoT service providers, MNOs, and other partners all around the world.
Gosuncn, with rich experiences in IoT terminal development, more than 70 models have been designed, of which more than 60 models are delivered in batches, including motorcycle trackers, personal trackers, asset trackers, OBD, OBU, T-Box, Router, CPE, etc., a variety of products for different application scenarios.
Gosuncn IoT wireless industrial router uses public 4G/3G networks to provide users with long-distance wireless data transmission capabilities. The product integrates a high-performance industrial 32-bit communication processor and industrial wireless module and adopts an embedded real-time operating system as a software support platform. It provides one console (or RS485/RS422) and two Ethernet LAN ports. You can connect both serial devices and Ethernet devices to implement transparent data transmission and routing.
This solution has been widely used in the M2M industry in the IoT industry chains, for example, smart grids, smart transportation, smart home, finance, mobile POS terminals, supply chain automation, industrial automation, smart building, fire protection, public safety, environmental protection, meteorology, digital medical treatment, remote sensing, military industry, space exploration, agriculture, forestry, water, coal industry, and petrochemical industry.
Take R800 for example, the industrial wireless routers allow you to conveniently implement wireless networking and remote management of self-service terminals. Operators can greatly increase the business transaction volume by deploying self-service devices in any area covered by wireless networks, such as shopping malls, streets, and neighborhoods.
ThingsMatrix is an experienced IoT solutions provider with a thorough understanding of an enterprise’s needs for IoT devices, wireless connectivity, a web-based platform, and more.
ThingsMatrix eliminates any distracting obstacles and empowers enterprises to maximize their IoT investment and increase revenue and profits by taking advantage of our proven expertise across a wide range of vertical industries and global markets, including:
ThingsMatrix offers off-the-shelf and custom devices to track and monitor assets, using cellular technology that works globally. With configurable and programmable architecture, sensor-based connected devices monitor the assets as well as their surrounding environment, while all the relevant information is displayed in real-time via dashboards powered by ThingsMatrix’s IoT platform.
IoT allows for remote collection of data and record notifications. Due to IoT’s versatility, it can perform a range of functions from simple tasks such as collecting and transmitting temperature data to complex actions which analyze and correlate data.
The ThingsMatrix platform provides the following capabilities for Cold Chain & Logistics tracking usecases:
Tracking products
ThingsMatrix devices and solutions offer a lot of flexibity, with the following advantages:
Our platform has been built from the ground up to address the needs of enterprises looking to connect assets to the Internet with a highly secure infrastructure. It is efficient enough to bulk-manage tens of thousands of devices and granular enough to allow you to control and manage each individual device. Our platform has everything you need to manage, monitor, and monetize your assets through an easy-to-use dashboard, or to integrate our portal with enterprise back-end systems through APIs.
CSS Electronics supplies 3,000+ companies across 100+ countries. Applications include telematics, development & diagnostics, while industries include automotive, heavy duty, motorsports & production. The CAN bus data loggers are used in particular by OEM engineers, operators, site managers & researchers with customers including VW, JCB, Bosch, Siemens, Toyota, Continental, Cummins and more.
CAN bus is the technology used to facilitate data communication between ‘electronic control units’ in practically all automotives today. It is also used extensively within the maritime, aerospace, robotics and automation industry. Essentially, CAN is the network on which sensor information like speed, RPM, temperatures etc is exchanged between different parts of a vehicle/machine.
There are many protocols based on CAN bus, such as OBD2 and UDS (used in cars), J1939 (used in trucks), CANopen (used in machines), NMEA 2000 (used in maritime vessels) – and many more.
The CANedge is a series of data loggers for recording CAN bus and/or LIN bus data. Data is recorded to an internal SD card, which can be extracted periodically for analysis via 100% free and open source software/API tools.
The CANedge1 enables offline logging to an SD card, while the CANedge2 (with WiFi) enables automatic upload of log files from the SD card to the end user’s own server. For example, a CANedge2 can be deployed in a stationary production machine to log data and upload the log files via an available WiFi network to a self-hosted MinIO S3 server. Similarly, the device can be installed in vehicles that periodically visit the same area for periodic offload of data via stationary WiFi routers.
If users prefer to upload data while vehicles are operating in the field, the CANedge2 can simply be deployed with a cellular WiFi router (e.g. a USB 3G/4G hotspot). The user would then use their own SIM card (e.g. from soracom) in the hotspot to provide internet access – and the CANedge2 can then upload data to a cloud server like an AWS S3 bucket.
For more details on the CANedge, see below 3 minute introduction video:
CSS Electronics also offers sensor-to-CAN modules via the CANmod series. This series includes modules like the CANmod.gps (GNSS & 3D IMU to CAN), CANmod.temp (4 x thermocouple to CAN) and CANmod.input (8 x analog/digital/pulse sensors to CAN).
These CANmod devices can be used to produce sensor data and inject it into any CAN bus – e.g. in a vehicle, machine, boat etc. The devices can also be used as simple add-on modules for CAN bus interfaces and loggers. For example, users can connect one or more CANmod devices via the 2nd port of the CANedge – thus adding e.g. GPS position, speed and acceleration data to the existing data recorded from a vehicle.
For details on the CANmod, see e.g. below intros to the CANmod.gps:
Data recorded with the CANedge can be easily displayed in tools like the asam mdf GUI or processed via Python/MATLAB. Users can also easily create customized telematics dashboards using Grafana integrations.
