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The Blues Starter Kit contains everything you need to start building connected solutions with the Notecard and Notehub.io. Start with LTE Cat-1 cellular or Wi-Fi and build your first MCU-powered app with the Notecarrier F and Swan. Or connect the Notecard to a Raspberry Pi or Pi-compatible SBC using the included Pi Hat.
Kit Contents:
- LTE Cat-1 North America Notecard
- Wi-Fi Notecard
- Notecarrier F
- Swan 3.0
- Notecarrier Pi Hat
- Molex flexible dual Wi-Fi and Cellular Antenna
LTE Cat-1 Notecard – North America is designed to be used in the North America region and uses a Quectel EG91-NAX modem that connects to LTE Cat-1 / WCDMA networks.
LTE Cat-1 Specs:
- Integrated Quectel cellular modem.
- Secure element with a factory-installed ECC P-384 certificate provisioned at chip manufacture.
- Integrated GPS and Accelerometer.
- Designed operate on battery power, be "always-on" to maintain time & location, while typically drawing less than 8µA, when idle.
- Bundled with 10-years and 500MB of cellular data. No cellular subscriptions, SIM fees or monthly minimums apply.
- PTCRB Certified Module.
Wi-Fi Notecard Specs:
- Integrated Silicon Labs Wi-Fi Transceiver.
- Secure element with a factory-installed ECC P-384 certificate provisioned at chip manufacture.
- Designed to operate on battery power, be "always-on" to maintain time & location, while typically drawing less than 8µA, when idle.
- Battery-powered Wi-Fi without the complexity of managing connections, queues, or storage.
- Utilizes an extremely thin cloud infrastructure that directly routes your data to where it belongs: AWS, Azure, GCS, or your own cloud.
- Data routing and simple "no code/low code" visual data stream analysis through Notehub.io (SaaS), or host and integrate Notehub functionality into your own app (OSS).
Notecarrier F is a companion development board designed for quick prototyping with Adafruit Feather-based microcontrollers. It can be used with any Feather-compatible device and includes Qwiic ports for connecting I2C peripherals.
Notecarrier F Specs:
- Adafruit Feather compatible header socket.
- Breadboard compatible Notecard 13-pin header.
- Breadboard compatible 24-pin Adafruit Feather breakout header.
- Notecard edge connector socket and mounting screw receptacle.
- Micro-USB port to power Notecarrier and provide a USB Serial command interface to Notecard.
- External Nano-SIM slot for additional carrier connectivity.
- 2 Qwiic/StemmaQT I2C ports for attaching external peripherals to your project.
- JST PH connector for a LiPo battery.
- JST PH connector for a solar panel.
- JST PH connector for V+
- JST SH 3.3V I2C connector.
- Battery slide switch to disconnect battery when not in use.
- Momentary button connected to Feather B0 pin.
- Front and back pin labels
Swan is a low-cost, embeddable STM32L4-based microcontroller designed to accelerate the development and deployment of battery-powered IoT solutions. It is especially useful for applications requiring large memory or a high degree of I/O expandability at an affordable cost, such as edge inferencing and remote monitoring.
Swan 3.0 Specs:
- Ultra low-power Arm Cortex-M4 core clocked at 120Mhz
- STM32L4R5-based microcontroller
- 2MB of flash and 640KB of RAM
- Castellated-edge access to 55 GPIO ports including:
- 8 analog
- 16 digital
- 4x I2C, 3x SPI
- USB OTG full speed
- 1x 14-channel DMA
- tRNG
- 12-bit ADC, 2 x 12-bit DAC
- low-power RTC, and CRC calculation peripherals
- Qwiic connector
- Outboard DFU Support
Notecarrier-Pi Hat is designed for drop-in development with a Raspberry Pi or compatible Single Board Computer. It includes a pre-soldered female 40-pin header connector for plugging directly into the Raspberry Pi, and a 40-pin connector on top for stacking other Pi “hats” and devices. It also includes a single Grove I2C port for attaching external peripherals to your project.
Notecarrier Pi Hat Specs:
- M.2 Key E edge connector port and screw-down port for Notecard.
- 1 Grove I2C port for attaching external peripherals to your project.
- Pre-soldered female 40-pin header connector for plugging directly into a Pi or another Pi hat.
- Pre-soldered male 40-pin header connector for stacking additional Pi hats.
- Slot for external Micro SIM for external carrier connectivity.
Molex Antenna has a supported frequency range of 698 MHz to 3.8 GHz and a u.FL terminator, this Molex Flexible antenna is the quickest way to get your Cellular or Wi-FI Notecard online.
Molex Antenna Specs:
- Manufacturer - Molex
- Datasheet
- Length - 85 mm
- Width - 14.5 mm
- Height - 0.1 mm
- Cable length - 180 mm
- Cable Type - 180 mm Coax
Additional Resources:
The Blues Starter Kit contains everything you need to start building connected solutions with the Notecard and Notehub.io. Start with LTE Cat-1 cellular or Wi-Fi and build your first MCU-powered app with the Notecarrier F and Swan. Or connect the Notecard to a Raspberry Pi or Pi-compatible SBC using the included Pi Hat.
Kit Contents:
- LTE Cat-1 EMEA Notecard
- Wi-Fi Notecard
- Notecarrier F
- Swan 3.0
- Notecarrier Pi Hat
- Molex flexible dual Wi-Fi and Cellular Antenna
LTE Cat-1 Notecard – EMEA is designed to be used in the EMEA (Europe, Middle East, Africa) regions and uses Quectel EG91-EX modem which connects to LTE Cat-1 / WCDMA / GSM networks.
LTE Cat-1 Specs:
- Integrated Quectel cellular modem.
- Secure element with a factory-installed ECC P-384 certificate provisioned at chip manufacture.
- Integrated GPS and Accelerometer.
- Designed operate on battery power, be "always-on" to maintain time & location, while typically drawing less than 8µA, when idle.
- Bundled with 10-years and 500MB of cellular data. No cellular subscriptions, SIM fees or monthly minimums apply.
- PTCRB Certified Module.
Wi-Fi Notecard Specs:
- Integrated Silicon Labs Wi-Fi Transceiver.
- Secure element with a factory-installed ECC P-384 certificate provisioned at chip manufacture.
- Designed to operate on battery power, be "always-on" to maintain time & location, while typically drawing less than 8µA, when idle.
- Battery-powered Wi-Fi without the complexity of managing connections, queues, or storage.
- Utilizes an extremely thin cloud infrastructure that directly routes your data to where it belongs: AWS, Azure, GCS, or your own cloud.
- Data routing and simple "no code/low code" visual data stream analysis through Notehub.io (SaaS), or host and integrate Notehub functionality into your own app (OSS).
Notecarrier F is a companion development board designed for quick prototyping with Adafruit Feather-based microcontrollers. It can be used with any Feather-compatible device and includes Qwiic ports for connecting I2C peripherals.
Notecarrier F Specs:
- Adafruit Feather compatible header socket.
- Breadboard compatible Notecard 13-pin header.
- Breadboard compatible 24-pin Adafruit Feather breakout header.
- Notecard edge connector socket and mounting screw receptacle.
- Micro-USB port to power Notecarrier and provide a USB Serial command interface to Notecard.
- External Nano-SIM slot for additional carrier connectivity.
- 2 Qwiic/StemmaQT I2C ports for attaching external peripherals to your project.
- JST PH connector for a LiPo battery.
- JST PH connector for a solar panel.
- JST PH connector for V+
- JST SH 3.3V I2C connector.
- Battery slide switch to disconnect battery when not in use.
- Momentary button connected to Feather B0 pin.
- Front and back pin labels
Swan is a low-cost, embeddable STM32L4-based microcontroller designed to accelerate the development and deployment of battery-powered IoT solutions. It is especially useful for applications requiring large memory or a high degree of I/O expandability at an affordable cost, such as edge inferencing and remote monitoring.
Swan 3.0 Specs:
- Ultra low-power Arm Cortex-M4 core clocked at 120Mhz
- STM32L4R5-based microcontroller
- 2MB of flash and 640KB of RAM
- Castellated-edge access to 55 GPIO ports including:
- 8 analog
- 16 digital
- 4x I2C, 3x SPI
- USB OTG full speed
- 1x 14-channel DMA
- tRNG
- 12-bit ADC, 2 x 12-bit DAC
- low-power RTC, and CRC calculation peripherals
- Qwiic connector
- Outboard DFU Support
Notecarrier-Pi Hat is designed for drop-in development with a Raspberry Pi or compatible Single Board Computer. It includes a pre-soldered female 40-pin header connector for plugging directly into the Raspberry Pi, and a 40-pin connector on top for stacking other Pi “hats” and devices. It also includes a single Grove I2C port for attaching external peripherals to your project.
Notecarrier Pi Hat Specs:
- M.2 Key E edge connector port and screw-down port for Notecard.
- 1 Grove I2C port for attaching external peripherals to your project.
- Pre-soldered female 40-pin header connector for plugging directly into a Pi or another Pi hat.
- Pre-soldered male 40-pin header connector for stacking additional Pi hats.
- Slot for external Micro SIM for external carrier connectivity.
Molex Antenna has a supported frequency range of 698 MHz to 3.8 GHz and a u.FL terminator, this Molex Flexible antenna is the quickest way to get your Cellular or Wi-FI Notecard online.
Molex Antenna Specs:
- Manufacturer - Molex
- Datasheet
- Length - 85 mm
- Width - 14.5 mm
- Height - 0.1 mm
- Cable length - 180 mm
- Cable Type - 180 mm Coax
Additional Resources:
Sparrow is a developer toolkit that aims to help you lower communication costs by using shared cellular or Wi-Fi connectivity with a cluster of low-cost LoRa sensors. Imagine a scenario where you have 10-15 sensors spread throughout a facility. Instead of using one Notecard per sensor, Sparrow uses LoRa to communicate between the sensors and a single Notecard-powered Sparrow gateway to backhaul data to Notehub.io.
With Sparrow, our familiar JSON-based development experience is extended all the way down to individual LoRa sensor nodes: JSON is sent from sensors to the LoRa gateway, securely routed through the Notecard, then on to Notehub and your cloud app of choice.
The Sparrow Development Kit contains everything you need to get started building device cluster applications with the Notecard.
Kit Contents:
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A Wi-Fi Notecard
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A Notecarrier A with upgraded antennas and Qwiic connectors
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2 Sparrow Reference Sensors with onboard motion (PIR), temp, and humidity (BME280) sensors in a ready-to-deploy enclosure
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3 Sparrow Essentials Boards (one for Gateway and two for adding your own sensors)
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4 AAA Lithium Batteries for the Reference sensors
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3 CR2032 Coin cell batteries for the Essentials boards
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1 STLINK-V3MINI for sensor programming
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1 USB Cable
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1 Female-to-Female JST SH (Qwiic) connector for turning your Notecard and Notecarrier into a LoRa gateway
After purchasing a Sparrow Kit, head over to dev.blues.io to learn more about Sparrow, how to set up your devices, connect to Notehub.io and even host your own Sparrow app dashboard so you can monitor your devices from anywhere.
Additional Resources:
- Sparrow Datasheet
- Wi-Fi Notecard Datasheet
- Sparrow Quickstart
- Sparrow Firmware Repo
- Sparrow Reference Web App Repo
Note: the Sparrow module is currently pending FCC certification. Customers should avoid deploying Sparrow sensors in a production setting until certification is finalized in early 2023.
The Notecard is a device-to-cloud data pump that reduces the complexity of building connected solutions with secure, reliable cellular. As an embeddable system on module (SoM), the Notecard can be used with any microcontroller for both greenfield and retrofit projects using your own design, or one of our custom designed Notecarriers.
With just two lines of code you can send data to the cloud in minutes, no complex device registration or provisioning required. With a powerful JSON-based API, you can program the Notecard over USB, or control it from your preferred microcontroller or single-board computer using one of our open-source firmware libraries. Connect from your preferred host to the Notecard using Serial or I2C.
The Notecard is designed to work with a cloud service for ingesting and processing device data. Notehub.io provides secure device connectivity, project, and fleet management, and simple routing to 3rd party cloud services. Alternatively, host your own Device service based on our open source reference implementation.
Start your cellular development journey now!
For evaluation purposes, the Notecard is meant to be used with Notecarrier. See the Notecarriers section of the shop for options.
Contents:
- LTE Cat-M Notecard SoM (on-board SIM, no external SIM required)
Specs:
- Integrated Quectel cellular modem.
- Secure element with a factory-installed ECC P-384 certificate provisioned at chip manufacture.
- Integrated GPS and Accelerometer.
- Designed to operate on battery power, be "always-on" to maintain time & location, while typically drawing less than 8µA, when idle.
- Bundled with 10-years and 500MB of cellular data. No cellular subscriptions, SIM fees or monthly minimums apply.
- PTCRB Certified Module.
Additional Resources:
NOTE-NBNA-500 SKU is designed to be used in the North American region and uses Quectel BG-95 M1 modem which connects to LTE-M networks.
The Notecard is a device-to-cloud data pump that reduces the complexity of building connected solutions with secure, reliable cellular. As an embeddable system on module (SoM), the Notecard can be used with any microcontroller for both greenfield and retrofit projects using your own design, or one of our custom designed Notecarriers.
With just two lines of code you can send data to the cloud in minutes, no complex device registration or provisioning required. With a powerful JSON-based API, you can program the Notecard over USB, or control it from your preferred microcontroller or single-board computer using one of our open-source firmware libraries. Connect from your preferred host to the Notecard using Serial or I2C.
The Notecard is designed to work with a cloud service for ingesting and processing device data. Notehub.io provides secure device connectivity, project, and fleet management, and simple routing to 3rd party cloud services. Alternatively, host your own Device service based on our open source reference implementation.
Start your cellular development journey now!
For evaluation purposes, the Notecard is meant to be used with Notecarrier. See the Notecarriers section of the shop for options.
Contents:
- LTE Cat-1 Notecard SoM (on-board SIM, no external SIM required)
Specs:
- Integrated Quectel cellular modem.
- Secure element with a factory-installed ECC P-384 certificate provisioned at chip manufacture.
- Integrated GPS and Accelerometer.
- Designed operate on battery power, be "always-on" to maintain time & location, while typically drawing less than 8µA, when idle.
- Bundled with 10-years and 500MB of cellular data. No cellular subscriptions, SIM fees or monthly minimums apply.
- PTCRB Certified Module.
Additional Resources:
NOTE-WBNA-500 SKU is designed to be used in the North America region and uses a Quectel EG91-NAX modem that connects to LTE Cat-1 / WCDMA networks.
The Notecard is a device-to-cloud data pump that reduces the complexity of building connected solutions with secure, reliable cellular. As an embeddable system on module (SoM), the Notecard can be used with any microcontroller for both greenfield and retrofit projects using your own design, or one of our custom designed Notecarriers.
With just two lines of code you can send data to the cloud in minutes, no complex device registration or provisioning required. With a powerful JSON-based API, you can program the Notecard over USB, or control it from your preferred microcontroller or single-board computer using one of our open-source firmware libraries. Connect from your preferred host to the Notecard using Serial or I2C.
The Notecard is designed to work with a cloud service for ingesting and processing device data. Notehub.io provides secure device connectivity, project, and fleet management, and simple routing to 3rd party cloud services. Alternatively, host your own Device service based on our open source reference implementation.
Start your cellular development journey now!
For evaluation purposes, the Notecard is meant to be used with Notecarrier. See the Notecarriers section of the shop for options.
Contents:
- LTE-M, NB-IoT, GSM Notecard SoM (on-board SIM, no external SIM required)
Specs:
- Integrated Quectel cellular modem.
- Secure element with a factory-installed ECC P-384 certificate provisioned at chip manufacture.
- Integrated GPS and Accelerometer.
- Designed operate on battery power, be "always-on" to maintain time & location, while typically drawing less than 8µA, when idle.
- Bundled with 10-years and 500MB of cellular data. No cellular subscriptions, SIM fees or monthly minimums apply.
- PTCRB Certified Module.
Additional Resources:
NOTE-NBGL-500 SKU is designed to be used in the 135+ global markets, including North America and uses Quectel BG-95 M3 modem and can connect to LTE-M, NB-IoT and GSM networks.
The Notecard is a device-to-cloud data pump that reduces the complexity of building connected solutions with secure, reliable cellular. As an embeddable system on module (SoM), the Notecard can be used with any microcontroller for both greenfield and retrofit projects using your own design, or one of our custom designed Notecarriers.
With just two lines of code you can send data to the cloud in minutes, no complex device registration or provisioning required. With a powerful JSON-based API, you can program the Notecard over USB, or control it from your preferred microcontroller or single-board computer using one of our open-source firmware libraries. Connect from your preferred host to the Notecard using Serial or I2C.
The Notecard is designed to work with a cloud service for ingesting and processing device data. Notehub.io provides secure device connectivity, project, and fleet management, and simple routing to 3rd party cloud services. Alternatively, host your own Device service based on our open source reference implementation.
Start your cellular development journey now!
For evaluation purposes, the Notecard is meant to be used with Notecarrier. See the Notecarriers section of the shop for options.
Contents:
- LTE Cat-1 Notecard SoM (on-board SIM, no external SIM required)
Specs:
- Integrated Quectel cellular modem.
- Secure element with a factory-installed ECC P-384 certificate provisioned at chip manufacture.
- Integrated GPS and Accelerometer.
- Designed operate on battery power, be "always-on" to maintain time & location, while typically drawing less than 8µA, when idle.
- Bundled with 10-years and 500MB of cellular data. No cellular subscriptions, SIM fees or monthly minimums apply.
- PTCRB Certified Module.
Additional Resources:
NOTE-WBEX-500 SKU is designed to be used in the EMEA (Europe, Middle East, Africa) regions and uses Quectel EG91-EX modem which connects to LTE Cat-1 / WCDMA / GSM networks.
The Notecard is a device-to-cloud data pump that reduces the complexity of building connected solutions with secure, reliable, low-power wireless technologies, including Wi-FI! As an embeddable system on module (SoM), the Notecard can be used with any microcontroller for both greenfield and retrofit projects using your own design, or one of our custom designed Notecarriers.
With just two lines of code you can send data to the cloud in minutes, no complex device registration or provisioning required. With a powerful JSON-based API, you can program the Notecard over USB, or control it from your preferred microcontroller or single-board computer using one of our open-source firmware libraries. Connect from your preferred host to the Notecard using Serial or I2C.
The Notecard is designed to work with a cloud service for ingesting and processing device data. Notehub.io provides secure device connectivity, project, and fleet management, and simple routing to 3rd party cloud services. Alternatively, host your own Device service based on our open source reference implementation.
Start your wireless development journey now!
For evaluation purposes, the Notecard is meant to be used with Notecarrier. See the Notecarriers section of the shop for options.
Contents:
- Wi-Fi Notecard SoM
Specs:
- Integrated Silicon Labs Wi-Fi Transceiver.
- Secure element with a factory-installed ECC P-384 certificate provisioned at chip manufacture.
- Designed to operate on battery power, be "always-on" to maintain time & location, while typically drawing less than 8µA, when idle.
- Battery-powered Wi-Fi without the complexity of managing connections, queues, or storage.
- Utilizes an extremely thin cloud infrastructure that directly routes your data to where it belongs: AWS, Azure, GCS, or your own cloud.
- Data routing and simple "no code/low code" visual data stream analysis through Notehub.io (SaaS), or host and integrate Notehub functionality into your own app (OSS).
- View the complete datasheet at dev.blues.io.
Notecarriers
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Notecarriers are companion development boards designed to make it easy to prototype and deploy IoT solutions with the Notecard. Notecarriers come in many shapes and sizes to accommodate different needs of developers, and can be used with any Notecard type.
The Notecarrier-F (CARR-F) is a companion development board designed for quick prototyping with Adafruit Feather-based microcontrollers. It can be used with any Feather-compatible device and includes Qwiic ports for connecting I2C peripherals. Included is a Molex 213353 LTE+GPS antenna for easy use, or allows you the option to use your own preferred antenna.
This notecarrier now features a switch to enable Outboard DFU. This capability supports "over the air" firmware updates and does not involve firmware running on the board directly .(beginning with firmware version 3.5.1)
Notecarrier Specs:
- Adafruit Feather compatible header socket.
- Breadboard compatible Notecard 13-pin header.
- Breadboard compatible 24-pin Adafruit Feather breakout header.
- Notecard edge connector socket and mounting screw receptacle.
- Micro-USB port to power Notecarrier and provide a USB Serial command interface to Notecard.
- External Nano-SIM slot for additional carrier connectivity.
- 2 Qwiic/StemmaQT I2C ports for attaching external peripherals to your project.
- JST PH connector for a LiPo battery.
- JST PH connector for a solar panel.
- JST PH connector for V+
- JST SH 3.3V I2C connector.
- Battery slide switch to disconnect battery when not in use.
- Momentary button connected to Feather B0 pin.
- Front and back pin labels
Additional Resources:
Notecarriers are companion development boards designed to make it easy to prototype and deploy IoT solutions with the Notecard.
Notecarriers come in many shapes and sizes to accommodate different needs of developers, and can be used with any Notecard type. V2 of our popular Notecarrier A is designed for building battery-powered wireless applications and has onboard cellular and GPS/GNSS antennas.
This product requires a Notecard. Don't forget to visit the Notecards section of the shop to add a Notecard to your purchase.
Contents:
- Notecarrier-A.
- 2 U.FL connector cables for connecting Cellular and GPS.
Specs:
- Onboard cellular and GPS antennas.
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M.2 Key E edge connector port and screw-down port for Notecard.
- JST connector for a LiPo battery.
- JST connector for a solar panel.
- 2 Qwiic connectors.
- Pre-soldered female headers for quick prototyping access to all pins on the Notecard edge connector.
- Slot for external Micro SIM for external carrier connectivity.
Additional Resources:
Notecarriers are companion development boards designed to make it easy to prototype and deploy IoT solutions with the Notecard. Notecarriers come in many shapes and sizes to accommodate different needs of developers, and can be used with any Notecard type.
Notecarrier-PI (CARR-PI) is designed for drop-in development with a Raspberry Pi or compatible Single Board Computer. It includes a pre-soldered female 40-pin header connector for plugging directly into the Raspberry Pi, and a 40-pin connector on top for stacking other Pi “hats” and devices. It also includes a single Grove I2C port for attaching external peripherals to your project. Note: The Notecarrier-PI does not include onboard Cellular or GPS antennas.
This product requires a Notecard. Don't forget to visit the Notecards section of the shop to add a Notecard to your purchase.
Contents:
- Notecarrier-Pi.
Specs:
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M.2 Key E edge connector port and screw-down port for Notecard.
- 1 Grove I2C port for attaching external peripherals to your project.
- Pre-soldered female 40-pin header connector for plugging directly into a Pi or another Pi hat.
- Pre-soldered male 40-pin header connector for stacking additional Pi hats.
- Slot for external Micro SIM for external carrier connectivity.
Additional Resources:
Notecarriers are companion development boards designed to make it easy to prototype and deploy IoT solutions with the Notecard. Notecarriers come in many shapes and sizes to accommodate different needs of developers, and can be used with any Notecard type.
Notecarrier-B (CARR-B) is a small form-factor Notecarrier for deployments and now includes a Molex 213353 LTE+GPS antenna for easy use, or allows you the option to use your own preferred antenna.
This product requires a Notecard. Don't forget to visit the Notecards section of the shop to add a Notecard to your purchase.
Contents:
- Notecarrier-B with pre-soldered headers or loose headers (optional variation)
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Molex 213353 LTE+GPS Antenna
Specs:
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M.2 Key E edge connector port and screw-down port for Notecard.
- Option of loose or pre-soldered male headers for quick prototyping access to all pins on the Notecard edge connector.
- 2-Pin JST PH connecter for LiPo battery power support
- Qwiic I2C connector
- Dip switch for active / passive GPS antenna selection