Low-Power Cellular and Bluetooth 5 A Whole New World of Powerful Applications
Our End Device Certified cellular IoT solutions intelligently combine low power cellular LTE-M and NB-IoT with long range Bluetooth 5. This unique combination enables totally new use cases using low-cost, long-range Bluetooth sensors all connected to the next generation cellular network, in a much simpler and lower cost architecture. Our cellular solutions are enhanced with multiple internal and external antenna options and a complete, certified co-located radio architecture – all to help you significantly reduce development time and costs.
Why Choose Laird Connectivity for Cellular IoT?
Lower Costs
Limited costly radio or cellular certifications needed. Laird Connectivity’s cellular-solutions are end-device certified, enabling a cost-effective and fast time to market.
Complete Antenna Flexibility
The only cellular solutions on the market that have pre-integrated, low-cost embedded antennas plus external antenna options including our Revie Flex LTE-M / NB-IoT and DBA series antennas.
Bluetooth 5
Fully featured Bluetooth 5 radio with support for LE Long Range and 2MPHY– all tightly integrated and co-located certification with LTE-M and NB-IoT functionality.
Integrated MCU with Hostless or Hosted Support
Develop your application directly on the Cortex M4F controller using Zephyr RTOS to reduce overall production cost and power consumption or use our hosted mode AT command set.
Speed to Market
Our End Device Certified, out-of-the-box solutions are designed to help reduce risk and decrease development time, for a faster prototype-to-production process.
Cloud Ready
Securely connect your wireless Bluetooth sensors over a low-power LTE connection to cloud services like AWS IoT – test within minutes with our Out of Box (OOB) application software, mobile apps and Development Kit.
Expert Support
You can work with the #1 experts in low power wireless connectivity and leverage free antenna scans, design reviews, on-site EMC support, and a global team of engineers to help accelerate your product to market.
Now Available: Pinnacle™ 100 Cellular Modem LTE-M and NB-IoT modem with integrated Bluetooth 5
The Pinnacle 100 cellular modem is an ideal product for customers looking for a fully-integrated solution – combining Bluetooth 5, cellular, and flexible antenna options into a single hardware platform.
Multiple Antenna Options
Choose from a variety of internal or external antenna options, including the only modem with a unique integrated antenna. This is an ideal solution for simplifying integration, saving space, and lowering costs without decreasing performance.
Integrated Bluetooth Radio
The integrated Bluetooth v5 radio supports LE Coded (long range) and Bluetooth mesh. It’s never been easier to bridge wireless Bluetooth 5 sensor data to cloud services like AWS IoT over a low-power LTE connection.
Complete Radio and Cellular Certifications
The Pinnacle 100 modem is fully end device certified from a radio regulatory, as well as LTE carrier perspective. No need to worry about the time and cost involved in the certification process.
Longest Battery Life
Extremely power-conscious, the Pinnacle 100 offers the lowest power consumption. This is ideal for battery-powered devices operating at the edge of your IoT networks.
LTE-M + NB-IoT Solutions
Pinnacle 100
End-Device Certified cellular modem with LTE-M/NB-IoT and long-range Bluetooth
LTE CAT 1 Solutions
IG60-SERIAL-LTE
Wireless IoT gateway with Serial Port and LTE AWS Greengrass or Laird Connectivity Linux
IG60-BL654-LTE
Wireless IoT gateway with BL654 and LTE AWS Greengrass or Laird Connectivity Linux
MVNO Options to get you started
LTE M - Global
Truphone addresses the most complex challenges of building IoT cellular devices by building a dedicated IoT SIM, a global IoT network, and an IoT platform to provide a truly global IoT cellular connectivity service. By partnering with Digi-Key, Truphone provides a one-stop-shop for customers' cellular connectivity requirements.
Every Pinnacle™ 100 Development Kit includes a Truphone SIM card with total of 250MB of FREE data, with 3 month expiration date from initial activation.
NB-IoT / LTE M - Europe
Arkessa is a dedicated Internet of Things cellular connectivity services provider, offering world-wide, world-class connectivity solutions that make it easy to design, deploy and manage your IoT devices securely, efficiently, and at scale, whatever your application or business model. With over ten years’ experience as a leading pioneer in IoT connectivity, Arkessa offers dedicated support, technical, and commercial flexibility to Laird Connectivity customers across Europe and beyond.
For every Pinnacle™ 100 Development Kit shipped to a customer in Europe, contact Laird Connectivity to receive a ready to go Arkessa SIM with 25MB data per month with 3 month expiration date from initial activation.
Endless Applications
Cold Chain Monitoring
Agriculture
Industrial Heating and Cooling
Predictive Maintenance of Material Assets
Connected Field Services
Medical
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Why Choose Cellular for Your Wireless Solution?
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Why do Customers Choose Laird Connectivity?Our World Class Customer Support.
Global FAE & Support Team
Our team of committed professionals provide our customers detailed documentation resources, software development tools, technical support, and extensive product implementation support. With 24-hour first response during the business week and dedicated global teams for product support and integrations, our team is there to help.
- Schematic & Layout Reviews
- Antenna Selection and Design Review
- Free Antenna Scans
- Custom Antenna Design
- Global EMC Certifications
Onsite EMC and Antenna Testing
Laird Connectivity is an accredited EMC Test Facility specializing in wireless product testing and approvals for Worldwide Certifications including the US (FCC), Canada (ISED), European Union (CE), Japan (Gitecki), Australia/New Zealand (RCM). We are the only module and antenna manufacturer that offers our own on-site EMC testing approvals, which drastically reduces your risk and time to market.
- One Stop Shop for Modules, Custom Antennas, and all your EMC Testing
- Full product certifications for custom antennas
- Onsite EMC Test engineers to better advise and help customers with the EMC certification process
