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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 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
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