Kit for Amazon Sidewalk helps to expand cloud connectivity for IoT apps

Mouser now stocks the Pro Kit for Amazon Sidewalk from Silicon Labs. Created as a complete end-to-end Amazon Sidewalk Development Platform solution, the kit provides all the required tools and resources for developing high-volume scalable IoT applications using Bluetooth and Sub-GHz wireless protocols. The kit simplifies the development process and lowers costs allowing users to focus their resources on innovation and less on testing and integration as they design applications for the Amazon Sidewalk network.

The kit comes pre-programmed with Amazon Sidewalk firmware and AWS pre-registration, instantly and securely connecting users in a few minutes. The solution is a secure, low-bandwidth, long-range wireless network that uses BLE and 900MHz networks to create shared wireless mesh networks that route through the AWS cloud with multiple layers of encryption. Under Amazon Sidewalk, intelligent devices can continually stay connected by utilising dedicated bridges or gateways, forming a distributed network that permits devices to connect and send data to any bridge in range instead of being restricted to one bridge. These bridges and gateways help the community stay connected beyond the home and 'across the sidewalk' to produce more reliable or unobstructed connectivity for richer user experiences across all IoT-enabled devices, including home security systems, utility meters, appliances, consumer devices and more. With the introduction of the kit, users now have a one-stop resource for Amazon Sidewalk development.

The kit has a KG100S-RB4332A radio board and a 915MHz antenna that supplies a complete reference design to support Bluetooth, FSK, and CSS protocols. An xG24-RB4187C radio board and BRD8042A FSK/CSS adapter board are also included for users wishing to develop a more discrete design. The kit's mainboard contains an onboard SEGGER J-Link debugger with a PTI and a Virtual COM port, facilitating application development and debugging of the attached radio board and external hardware via a 20-pin (2.54mm) expansion header. Other kit features include advanced energy monitoring, a low power 128x128 pixel Memory TFT LCD, user LEDs/pushbuttons, breakout pads for wireless SoC I/O and support for CR2032 coin cell batteries.

The kit is ideal for developing Amazon Sidewalk and other high-volume, scalable IoT applications. The kit is also supported by Silicon Lab's Simplicity Studio, allowing users to start running code on their project in less than a minute.