Seeed Studio, Machinechat and electronics components distributor Digi-Key Electronics have partnered to launch a private LoRaWAN-in-a-Box solutions for IoT which they are claiming as the industry’s first.

The ready-to-use solutions combine Seeed Studio’s industrial-grade LoRaWAN (Long Range Wide Area Network) IoT sensors and gateways with Machinechat JEDI Pro Seeed Studio Edition software are ready to use. They are designed to allow rapid IoT deployments and enhanced security features, saving time and reducing technical complexity and costs.

The first LoRaWAN-in-a-Box solution is focused on rapid deployment of smart agriculture and precision farming projects. 

“Digi-Key is proud to be the exclusive global source for these turnkey, industry-first LoRaWAN solutions,” said Robbie Paul, director of IoT business solutions at Digi-Key. “Wireless connectivity technologies like LoRaWAN are leading the way for mass adoption of IoT, and we are excited to inspire developers and systems integrators around the world with many new possibilities available to them with these solutions.”

“For more than 13 years, Seeed Studio has been at the forefront of introducing innovative IoT enablement solutions,” said Eric Pan, CEO of Seeed Studio. “By bundling our award-winning SenseCAP LoRaWAN hardware solutions with Machinechat’s innovative and easy-to-use software, Digi-Key customers worldwide will be able to build and deploy robust, private LoRa IoT deployments in days versus weeks.”

“Machinechat is thrilled to be part of this partnership with Digi-Key Electronics, a worldwide leader in offering the best of breed and innovative technologies for IoT, and Seeed Studio, a global leader in IoT enablement hardware,” said Sanjeev Datla, CEO of Machinechat. “Our combined private LoRaWAN-in-a-Box solutions enable systems integrators and enterprise IT teams to rapidly transform their ideas into transformational IoT digital projects.”

Designed for use in smart agriculture, precision farming, and smart city use cases, SenseCAP’s LoRaWAN solutions include: support for LoRaWAN protocol Class A; ultra-wide-distance transmission: up to 10km line of sight; support for multiple ISM bands: EU868, US915, AU915, AS923; support for Ethernet backhaul – cellular optional; industrial grade protection: IP66 enclosure, suitable for outdoor applications and able to operate in temperatures from -40℃ to +70℃ (up to 85℃ for SenseCAP sensors); high reliability and stability; and sensor battery life of 3+ years

Machinechat’s JEDI Pro Seeed Studio Edition provides IoT data monitoring and visualisation software and includes: ingesting data from Seeed Studio’s SenseCAP LoRa sensors using the integrated Seeed Studio data collector (Chirpstack installation required); data from virtually any device or sensor using integrated HTTP API server, TCP server and MQTT broker; configure dashboards to visualise real time and historical data with line, area, tile, radial and data grid charts; monitor data using integrated rules engine to trigger email notifications, SMS or execute external scripts (\email notification requires SMTP server. SMS requires Twilio account) monitor whether devices and machines are online; apply custom business logic to IoT data through data collector and action plug-ins; virtual data sensor allows developers and integrators to simulate project deployment scenarios; low code;