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Getting To Know Our Open Development Devices
Laird Connectivity provides multiple IoT products that are customizable, configurable platforms for your unique applications. Here’s more on the meaning of “open development devices” and what’s offered for each.
Published on April 19, 2023
What is an Open Development Device?
Our line of open development devices are IoT hardware
offerings that are hardware-complete, certified, and ready for production. Our
BT510, BT610, MG100, and IG60 all serve as an open, customizable development
platform for your specific IoT applications. Because they all support onboard
RTOS and multiple interfaces, they are ideal for developing your own embedded
IoT application. Learn more.
To assist with this, we provide our updated and improved
firmware on GitHub, which serves as a starting point for application
development and is fully open source.
Here’s an overview on our open development devices, including
their available sensors and features, development options, and firmware
offerings.
BT510
The BT510 is our smallest Bluetooth sensor which utilizes
Bluetooth 5, including long-range LE Coded PHY, to send proximity,
accelerometer, and open/close data. It can provide years of sensor readings on
a single coin-cell battery. Customers can utilize the Open source Zephyr RTOS to
build their application using the Ezurio (formerly Laird Connectivity) BT510 Zephyr board file
and sample applications. Alternatively, customers can use legacy FreeRTOS
binary application with supporting mobile apps. Note: No future firmware
updates are planned for the BT510.
This requires Ezurio USB-SWD programming kit to
program the device.
BT610
The BT610 is an IP67-rated Bluetooth 5 sensor that enables
you to turn your wired sensor into a wireless sensor with multiple industrial
sensing inputs available in the device. Use our Canvas platform firmware and
sample applications as the basis for your application. This gives a head start
on your development with preset sensors supported by the device (temperature
sensor, ultrasound sensor, and pressure sensor).
You can also build your own application for your chosen
sensor, ground up, using Zephyr RTOS board files provided by Laird
Connectivity. The programming of the device requires our Ezurio
USB-SWD programming kit and a 6 Pin Dupont Connector Male-to-Female header jumper
wires cable.
MG100
The MG100 is our lightweight, compact form factor Bluetooth
gateway solution which can be programmed to receive data from Bluetooth sensors
and transmit via LTE-M/NB-IoT to the cloud. Based on Zephyr RTOS, this device provides
similar development paths as the BT610. You can use the Canvas firmware on the
device as a head start to configure the MG100 for your requirements or build your
own application bottom up using the board files available in Zephyr.
Programming this devices requires the Ezurio
USB-SWD programming kit and TC2030-CTX 6-pin Dupont TC2030 Plug-of-Nails™ cable.
IG60
The Sentrius IG60 is a multi-wireless IoT Gateway with
Bluetooth 5, Wi-Fi, LTE Cat1, Ethernet, USB and SD card. This unique device
which is available for embedded Linux experts comes with our Ezurio
Linux version which is a long-term supported, open platform to build your
application with our Linux Buildroot platform, hardware root of trust and
development tools.
Conclusion
The IoT is all about finding unique solutions to unique
problems. Our line of open development devices provide all the flexibility and
configurability needed to build a customized, hand-tailored platform for your
unique needs. Via open-source firmware, Zephyr board files, or our sample
applications, there are multiple routes for development that put you in
complete control of your design.
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