The potential for IoT technology is truly staggering when you stop to think about it. IoT solutions provide us with unbelievably valuable and comprehensive insights into our surroundings, allowing us to use energy more efficiently, achieve more impressive feats with our devices and applications, and improve and facilitate the way in which we go about our day-to-day lives.
Society is beginning to acknowledge the benefits of transitioning to a connected world, and it’s no surprise that we have reached a point where connectivity and Industrial IoT (IIoT) solutions are becoming more common. However, if we want the pragmatic and all-purpose connected world we’ve been imagining, we need highly capable technology to build, power, and protect it. We need to establish widespread connections in order to positively affect more areas of our lives, yet we also need greater efficiency and reliability. How can we meet all these demands? Is it even possible to have it all?
Microchip says yes.
The DM990004 IoT Ethernet Kit from Microchip running on AWS IoT is a true end-to-end IoT solution utilizing robust and innovative technology, as well as offering enormous potential for industrial applications. Microchip has put together a kit that promises efficiency, ease of use, and flexibility. Prototyping has never been easier or more rewarding with this high-quality device you can easily cut and paste into your designs for an endless array of options and configurations. DM990004 provides an optimized true embedded environment, and since it employs light C code and a complete IDE, it is a kit that is very easy to start with. Instead of concerning yourself with the underlying structure, you can dedicate all your attention to prototyping and improving your solutions with mass production and monetization in mind. Let’s explore the various aspects comprising Microchip’s innovative kit and learn what you can achieve with it.
Solve Complex Embedded System Design Challenges
DM990004 incorporates a capable Microchip PIC32MZ 32-bit microcontroller with 2MB of Flash memory (and 160 KB of Boot Flash), giving you plenty of memory space for your application. This microcontroller also has an integrated hardware floating point, guaranteeing a stellar performance as well as lower latency in intensive single and double-precision math applications. Incorporating MPLAB® Harmony Integrated Software Framework that provides flexible and portable software building blocks, the PIC32MZ MCU allows you to respond quickly to changes in application and device needs. In addition, this microchip’s IEEE 754-compliant DSP-enhanced core consisting of four 64-bit accumulators and a single-cycle MAC improves execution and computation efficiency. A durable and effective device designed to perform even in the most adverse conditions, PIC32MZ allows you to connect to AWS IoT so you can start prototyping from sensor to cloud.
Connect Easily to AWS IoT
Easily connect your embedded system to the Amazon AWS IoT cloud-based server with Microchip’s DM990004 kit. This managed cloud platform simplifies interaction between connected devices and cloud applications and other devices, and thanks to rigorous mutual authentication and TLS1.2 encryption, devices and AWS IoT never exchange data unless they have proven identity. A powerful platform, AWS IoT is capable of supporting billions of devices, and it can safely and reliably route trillions of messages with its Device Gateway that supports MQTT, WebSockets and HTTP 1.1 protocols. Finally, AWS IoT makes it possible for your applications to communicate with your devices even when they aren’t connected – keeping track of your data has never been quite this easy.
Get Lightning Fast Real-time Performance
DM990004 uses a Microchip Ethernet LAN8740A port to ensure a stable connection and smarter power consumption. LAN8740A is the latest low-power single-chip Ethernet PHY with Energy Efficient Ethernet from Microchip, and it guarantees efficient use of power with its Wake-On-LAN functionality and system sleep modes. LAN8740A incorporates deterministic loop back delay, so you can expect and rely on real-time system performance. This port makes Microchip’s kit ideal for many applications, including those in the consumer, embedded, and industrial fields.
Simplify and Diversify Prototyping with Plug-and-Play Devices
Rounding out DM990004 in terms of dynamic performance, the kit incorporates a MikroElektronika mikroBUS™ footprint to offer the ultimate in flexibility and user-friendliness. With mikroBUS™, you can easily plug in hundreds of different sensors to fulfill any number of application needs. Thanks to the flexibility this Microchip kit offers, you can expand your horizons and prototype countless IoT proof-of-concepts. And of course, all these prospects became all the more appealing once you realize how easy mikroBUS™ is to use. Simplify your IoT application with mikroBUS™ plug-and-play devices – just select the one best suited to your needs and plug it in. Integration is simple to help you cut down on the time you spend prototyping.
IoT technology continues to morph and evolve, and Microchip has made a significant and innovative contribution to its development with their DM990004 IoT Ethernet Kit. Today’s developers need efficient, flexible and secure solutions to ensure effective connectivity in their applications, and having the ability to simplify designs goes a long way in making that possible. Microchip has delivered all these features and more – the DM990004 kit, a true end-to-end IoT solution, has taken a giant leap forward in addressing the unique requirements of Industrial Internet of Things applications.