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Out of The Box and into The Cloud in 30 Seconds

Microchip and Amazon Web Services have partnered to provide you with an ideal foundation for building your next cloud-connected design. Combining powerful microcontrollers, a CryptoAuthentication™ secure element and a fully certified Wi-Fi® network controller these boards offer the most simple and effective way to connect embedded applications to the AWS Cloud platform.

Leveraging the Microchip Trust Platform, each board comes pre-provisioned and ready to upload light and temperature sensor data to the free sandbox account, ready to be visualized in real time on a dedicated web page. Choose from your favorite AVR® or PIC® microcontroller architecture to make an easy and secure cloud connection.

Smart
At the heart of the IoT Development Board is your choice of microcontroller. Choose the AVR or PIC MCU that you are most comfortable with. These powerful and efficient MCUs allow you to intelligently bring your data to the Cloud. These scalable MCUs allow you to expand upon the IoT functionality and add your customized sensors into the application. For rapid prototyping, the IoT Development Boards are supported by both Studio 7 and MPLAB® X IDEs as well as graphical development tools such as START and MPLAB Code Configurator (MCC). These tools simplify connecting existing applications to the cloud or developing new IoT designs.

Connected
The critical component that propels your design into the Cloud is Microchip’s ATWINC1510, a single-band 2.4 GHz Wi-Fi network controller that was specifically optimized for low-power IoT applications. Featuring extremely low-power consumption, the ability to store various security certificates, and 8 Mb of on-board Flash memory, this device offloads all networking tasks from the main CPU while automatically providing a secure socket connection and server authentication to the Cloud.

Secure
The integrity of any network is determined by its weakest link. As the attack surface of IoT devices continues to grow with clear acceleration, security can no longer be an afterthought. The IoT Development Boards entrust data encryption to the latest in Microchip's CryptoAuthentication portfolio, the hardware based ATECC608A. By employing ultra-secure key storage, cryptographic countermeasures and obscuring private keys from both users and software this secure element ensures the highest fidelity of your transmission to the cloud. Each board comes pre-associated with a default shared AWS cloud (sandbox) account for immediate successful authentication and data sharing without a custom user account. At any time, you can disconnect the board from the default sandbox and register to a new/private account.

Beyond
The on-board mikroBUS™ connector allows for both the seamless integration of any MIKROE® Click™ boards and the ability to quickly interface with other sensors or actuators that support the popular footprint. With over 700 click boards to choose from, this board can rapidly be made into an IoT enabled motion detector, heart rate monitor or anything else you can imagine. A USB Mass Storage interface allows easy drag-and-drop update of the microcontroller Flash memory and configuration of Wi-Fi credentials. The integrated USB serial port can also be used for diagnostics and to support a command line interface.

Applications

• Smart home IoT Sensors and actuators (lighting, access control, climate control)
• Smart city industrial sensors (air quality, traffic forecast)
• Health (blood pressure, heart rate)
• Industry 4.0 process control sensors (level, pressure, temperature, flow)

Features and Benefits

• ATmega4808 microcontroller
• Four user LED’s
• Two mechanical buttons
• mikroBUS header footprint
• TEMT6000 Light sensor
• MCP9808 Temperature sensor
• ATECC608A CryptoAuthentication™ device
• WINC1510 WiFi Module
• On-board Debugger
  • Auto-ID for board identification in Atmel Studio and Microchip MPLAB X
  • One green board power and status LED
  • Programming and debugging
  • Virtual COM port (CDC)
  • Two DGI GPIO lines
• USB and battery powered
• Integrated Li-Ion/LiPo battery charger

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