Global Machine-to-Machine (M2M) service provider Digi International has launched the XBee ZigBee Cloud Kit, an all-in-one kit that allows anyone with an interest in M2M and the Internet of Things to quickly build a wireless hardware prototype, connect it to the Internet, and control it from the Cloud.
The IEEE 802.15 standard-based ZigBee is used to create personal area networks built from small, low-power digital radios from 10–100 meters.
The Minnesota based company said that the XBee ZigBee Cloud Kit was simple enough to help non-engineers to get their creations connected to the Cloud in 30 minutes and flexible enough for professionals to build rapid prototypes with advanced programming and cloud-based data sets.
Priced at US $199, the kit which is built around Digi’s XBee ZigBee Gateway, includes code examples and tools to easily create Cloud-connected projects. It provides access to the Internet which enables remote control of the device and data through a customisable application.
Each kit contains:
– 1 XBee Gateway – ZigBee to Ethernet/Wi-Fi
– 1 XBee-PRO ZigBee 2.4GHz module
– 1 Development board with breadboard
– Basic prototyping components
– Wires, LEDs, Relay, Resistors, Temp Sensor
– Sample Web Application (Runs on Heroku)
– Open Source
– Configurable Widgets
– Integrated with Device Cloud
The company also said on its official blog that this winter, Soarex, a NASA sounding rocket, will be launched into space with XBee on-board. The three-node network is the first XBee ZigBee network to go to space. The rocket will fly roughly 200 miles above earth to test a new parachute-like technology called an exo-brake. Exo-brakes are used to safely return samples from the Earth’s orbit as well as land spacecrafts on other planets that with much thinner atmospheres than Earth.
Image Credit: Digi International
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