Blues Starter Kit for North America

$99.00

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*NOTE: Kit orders are limited to a quantity of 1. If you are interested in ordering multiple kits, please talk to an expert.

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.

Kit Contents:

LTE Cat-1 North America Notecard + WiFi
Notecarrier FH
Swan 3.0
Molex flexible dual Wi-Fi and Cellular Antenna

LTE Cat-1 Notecard – North America + WiFi 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 + WiFi Specs:

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.

Notecarrier F is a companion development board designed for rapid 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

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

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Blues Starter Kit for EMEA

$110.00

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*NOTE: Kit orders are limited to a quantity of 1. If you are interested in ordering multiple kits, please talk to an expert.

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.

Kit Contents:

LTE Cat-1 EMEA Notecard + WiFi
Notecarrier F
Swan 3.0
Molex flexible dual Wi-Fi and Cellular Antenna

LTE Cat-1 Notecard – EMEA + WiFi 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 + WiFi Specs:

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.

Notecarrier F is a companion development board designed for rapid 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 push-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

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:

Blues Global Starter Kit

$120.00

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*NOTE: Kit orders are limited to a quantity of 1. If you are interested in ordering multiple kits, please talk to an expert.

The Blues Starter Kit contains everything you need to start building connected solutions with the Notecard and Notehub.io. Start with LTE Cat-1 global cellular or Wi-Fi and build your first MCU-powered app with the Notecarrier F and Swan.

Kit Contents:

LTE Cat-1 Global Notecard + Wi-Fi
Notecarrier F
Swan 3.0
Molex flexible dual Wi-Fi and Cellular Antenna

LTE Cat-1 Notecard + WiFi – Global 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 + WiFi Specs:

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.

Notecarrier F is a companion development board designed for rapid 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 M.2 Key E 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 push-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

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 Development Kit

$199.00

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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:

A Wi-Fi Notecard
A Notecarrier A with upgraded antennas and Qwiic connectors
2 Sparrow Reference Sensors with onboard motion (PIR), temp, and humidity (BME280) sensors in a ready-to-deploy enclosure
3 Sparrow Essentials Boards (one for Gateway and two for adding your own sensors)
4 AAA Lithium Batteries for the Reference sensors
3 CR2032 Coin cell batteries for the Essentials boards
1 STLINK-V3MINI for sensor programming
1 USB Cable
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.

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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.