Nordic’s Thingy:91 simplifies cellular IoT
prototypes
Nordic Semiconductor’s ‘Thingy:91’ rapid cellular IoT prototyping
platform provides easy connectivity and integrated security.
Thingy:91 is certified for global, low-power, longrange
LTE-M/NB-IoT applications. The device
also features Arm TrustZone security, has a range
of sensors, and provides embedded support with
a Nordic nRF52840 advanced multiprotocol SoC
for short-range wireless technologies such as
Bluetooth 5, Thread, Zigbee, and ANT.
The devices also includes a Nano (4FF) eSIM
card from iBasis with 10MB of data for out-ofthe
box cellular LTE-M and NB-IoT connectivity.
The Nordic Thingy:91 is provided in a 6 x 6-cm plastic and
rubber case with a USB connector fpr charging the internal
1440 mAh Li-ion battery. Environmental sensors include
temperature, humidity, air quality, and air pressure, and colour
and light. There are also separate low-power and high G-force
Farnell adds Kitronik products
for micro:bit, Arduino and Raspberry Pi
Farnell has now added Kitronik products and accessories for
micro:bit, Arduino and Raspberry Pi.
Kitronik kits and accessories are intended
to foster interaction between programming
and hardware. The products can support
STEM education allowing beginners to
learn electronics, coding and design.
Kitronik products and accessories for the
micro:bit in stock at Farnell include:
• The Inventors Kit introduces programming
and hardware interaction. It has
everything needed for ten micro:bit
experiments using LEDs, motors, light sensors and capacitors.
The kit features a tutorial book. Circuits can be completed in
minutes.
• The MOVE mini buggy kit allows a two-wheeled robot to be
built that can be used for autonomous operation. It can also be
Teltonika IoT Solutions in EMEA | Arrow
Arrow Electronics announced a distribution agreement with
Teltonika, a Lithuania-based IoT solutions
provider, covering Europe, Middle East and
Africa (EMEA)
Teltonika offers a broad range of IoT-related
solutions and has more than 100 different
products in place. To date, it has sold more
than 8.6 million devices worldwide. The
company`s portfolio covers vehicle-tracking
hardware and software on 2G, 3G, LTE,
Bluetooth, GNSS, GPRS, NB-IoT and other
connectivity options. The products feature
a wide range of functionalities, including
geofencing, over-the-air firmware updates, ignition detection,
immobilizer, voice calls and many others. Teltonika also offers
networking solutions including routers, gateways, modems and
antennas for the enterprise network, as well as industrial M2M/
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accelerometers.
The nRF9160 is a low power SiP measuring 10 x 16 x 1mm,
while integrating a dedicated application processor and a
multimode LTE-M/NB-IoT modem. The application processor
includes a 64MHz Arm Cortex-M33 CPU with
1MB Flash and 256KB RAM dedicated for the
application. The nRF9160 SiP features ARM
TrustZone and ARM CryptoCell, as well as a
range of interfaces to communicate with sensors
and actuators.
The nRF9160 SiP integrates GPS support to
allow a combination of GPS and cellular data
to be used for more accurate positioning.
The Nordic Thingy:91 can be programmed using Nordic’s dedicated
cellular IoT ‘nRF Connect SDK’ with integrated Zephyr
RTOS.
Nordic Semiconductor’
www.nordicsemi.com/Products/Low-power-cellular-IoT/
nRF9160
controlled using Bluetooth or a second micro:bit. Five RGB Zip
LEDs are individually addressable and can be used as indicators.
Kitronik’s custom code blocks for the Servo:Lite motors
help make things easier to get going.
• The Kitronik: GAME ZIP 64 is a BBC
micro:bit retro gaming accessory. It
includes a built-in, 64 (8x8) individually
addressable full colour Zip LED
screen. It has on-board sound, four
directional buttons, two fire buttons,
haptic feedback, and breakout points.
These features are fully programmable
and breakout points allow for the use of
larger LED screens.
Support for young engineers from Farnell includes free resources,
including lesson plans, and project ideas from the
Farnell website.
Farnell
www.farnell.com
IoT use. In addition, portable trackers are available for tracking
cargo and other portable objects.
“Teltonika provides its customers with easy
access to the world of IoT,” says Paul Karrer,
director of IoT for Arrow`s enterprise
computing solutions business in EMEA.
“A well-established provider, Teltonika has
been equipping renowned enterprises and
organizations across the globe with a multitude
of products to enable smart communications
and connectivity in many industry
areas. Teltonika`s great variety of solutions,
along with their IoT-focused networking
products enable our channel customers to
choose from an extensive selection to meet their end customers’
individual IoT device and application requirements.”
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