There are several ways to get started with AWS IoT Core depending on your use case and how you want to integrate the service into your use case. The AWS Management Console provides a web-based interface for accessing and managing all your AWS IoT resources. Programmatic access to IoT Core is enabled by the AWS CLI and AWS SDK.
To connect your hardware device, sensor, mobile app or thing use the AWS IoT Device SDK, choose from one of the AWS starter kits pre-packaged to connect to AWS IoT Core. In addition, AWS IoT Core is supported by a wide range of third party tools and gateways.
AWS Management Console
The AWS Management Console is a web-based interface for accessing and managing your AWS IoT Core resources. You can easily and securely create a thing, associate certificate, publish messages and define actions using the AWS Management Console.
AWS SDK
The AWS SDK helps take the complexity out of coding by providing APIs for many AWS services including AWS IoT Core. All AWS SDKs are enabled for IoT Core. The single, downloadable package includes the code library, code samples, and documentation.
AWS IoT Device SDK
The AWS IoT Device SDK helps you to easily and quickly connect your hardware device or your mobile device to AWS IoT Core. It offers enhanced features so that you can seamlessly interact with the device gateway and the device shadow that will enable you to quick start your development. The Device SDK supports a variety types of devices, from basic to industrial hardware devices. Learn more about the AWS IoT Device SDKs.
AWS IoT Core Starter Kits
The AWS IoT Core Starter Kits enable you to move quickly from idea to prototype. These physical kits are designed to help accelerate cloud-powered prototype development of connected devices and connect securely to AWS IoT Core. The kits include development microcontroller development boards, sensors and actuators, the AWS IoT Device SDK, and a simple getting started guide so that you can easily find the best fit for your products. You can purchase the kits from Amazon.com. If you already have the hardware board, you can download the SDK and samples to get started in minutes. Visit the APN partner portal to learn more about partners who provide AWS IoT Core Starter Kits.
Renesas R-Car starter kits can accelerate the time to market and include features such as autonomous driving and other new functionalities to attractively differentiate vehicles. As more companies are starting automotive software development, there is an urgent need to secure skilled and specialized engineers as well the development environment required for automotive applications. Renesas has developed R-Car starter kits for supporting automotive software development. Automotive Linux platforms can easily be built using the R-Car starter kits, which are standardized by the Automotive Grade Linux (AGL) and GENIVI® open source communities and that are highly extensible and can be used for wide variety of applications.
Dell Edge Gateway 3002 is a rugged smart edge gateway designed to aggregate, secure, analyze and relay data from diverse sensors and equipment at the edge of the network. These gateways bridge both legacy systems and modern sensors to the internet, helping you to get business insights from the real-time, pervasive data in your machines and equipment. The compact 3000 series offers wide connectivity via Wi-fi, Bluetooth LE, optional cellular mobile broadband 3G or 4G LTE, or 10/100 Ethernet, with built in GPS, accelerometer and pressure sensor. The GW3002 has dual-core Intel Atom processor along with CANbus and Zigbee connectivity and is ideal for mobility applications such as in Transportation and Logistics.
Dell Edge Gateway 3003 is a rugged smart edge gateway designed to aggregate, secure, analyze and relay data from diverse sensors and equipment at the edge of the network. These gateways bridge both legacy systems and modern sensors to the internet, helping you to get business insights from the real-time, pervasive data in your machines and equipment. The compact 3000 series offers wide connectivity via Wi-fi, Bluetooth LE, optional cellular mobile broadband 3G or 4G LTE, or 10/100 Ethernet, with built in GPS, accelerometer and pressure sensor. The Edge Gateway 3003 has a single-core Intel Atom processor along with 2 Ethernet ports, a video DisplayPort and Audio In/Out ports and is ideally suited for retail and kiosk IoT applications.
The Advantech RSB-4760 is based on Qualcomm‘s first embedded solutions for Industrial IoT applications which adopts 3.5" industrial form factor and Qualcomm ARM® Cortex®-A53 APQ8016 processor. The RSB-4760 supports full HD display and integrates on board wireless solutions: Wi-Fi, BT and GPS. The RSB-4760 also features mini PCIe, M.2, and SIM card slots for expanding connectivity capability such as 3G and 4G/LTE modules.
EIS-D110, entry level Edge Intelligence Server (EIS) is software and hardware integrated solution for IoT and cloud applications. EIS-D110 offers a ready-to-run system (Intel® Celeron® J1900 platform with WES7E/Win 10 Enterprise) and WISE-PaaS/EdgeSense software package. For IoT developers, EIS-D110 provides WISE-Agent and protocol plug-in SDK for IoT data collection and conversion, and built-in Node-RED for smart data processing and logic flow design. It also provides AWS Greengrass for easy and quickly cloud connection. EIS-D110 offers a complete solution for IoT data collection and intelligence creation from end device, edge network, to the cloud.
EIS-D210, wireless sensor management Edge Intelligence Server (EIS) is software and hardware integrated solution for IoT and cloud applications. EIS-D210 offers a ready-to-run system (Intel® Atom ® E3940 Quad Core SoC platform with Win 10 Enterprise) and WISE-PaaS/EdgeSense software package. EIS-D210 offers Mini PCIe expansion + M.2 interface for wireless module and Advantech iDoor module compatible (Dual Layer). For IoT developers, EIS-D210 provides WISE-Agent and protocol plug-in SDK for IoT data collection and conversion, and built-in Node-RED for smart data processing and logic flow design. It also provides AWS Greengrass for easy and quickly cloud connection. EIS-D110 offers a complete solution for IoT data collection and intelligence creation from end device, edge network, to the cloud.
This Suite includes Intel Atom Pocket-Size Smart factory Edge Gateway with 2 x GbE, 1 x mPCIe, HDMI, eMMC, Embedded Linux (AdvLinuxTU), and the AWS Greengrass Core built in.
This Suite includes Intel Atom E3845 based UNO with 4GB Ram and Mini-PCIe expansion, Embedded Linux (AdvLinuxTU), and the AWS Greengrass Core built in.
Moxa’s IIoT Gateway Starter Kit is a proven industrial-grade computing solution, and has all the elements essential to developing your IIoT gateway applications. Packed with Moxa’s UC-8100 edge computer and ThingsPro Gateway data-acquisition software, this ready-to-deploy kit is the perfect choice to bring your IIoT-application ideas to life.
This kit includes ESP32-DevKitC (Wi-Fi,BLE) and runs Mongoose OS
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ARTIK 053 featuring T200 processor brings Wi-Fi and enhanced security to things that need compactness and connectivity.
It runs Tizen RT, a compact RTOS with built-in TCP/IP stack. Development tools: ARTIK IDE, GCC C/C++ compilers, OpenOCD.
32-bit ARM® Cortex®-R4 320MHz
29 GPIO, 2 SPI, 4 UART, 4 ADC, 1 JTAG, 2 I2C
Module dimensions: 15 x 40mm
The ARTIK 710 developer kit with modular board architecture (module + development board)
Features: High performance, 8-core, 64-bit ARM Cortex A-53 processor @ 1.4GHz. 1GB RAM, 4GB flash (eMMC). Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, ZigBee, Thread. ARM MALI GPU for multimedia, graphics applications. Enterprise-class security with hardware secure element and Secure OS
The ARTIK 530 developer kit with modular board architecture (module + development board)
Features: High performance, 4-core, 32-bit ARM Cortex-A9 processor @ 1.2GHz. 512MB RAM, 4GB flash (eMMC). Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, ZigBee, Thread. ARM MALI GPU for multimedia, graphics applications. Enterprise-class security with hardware secure element and Secure OS
The Telit Application Development Kit (ADK) for Amazon Web Service (AWS) provides an embedded platform for interfacing Telit’s GS2000 SoC based 802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi modules (GS2200M & GS2101M) to AWS IoT services.
The hardware board has an extensive assortment of features aimed at addressing the challenges you face evaluating potential designs and quickly ramping up your development effort. Its features include: a GS2200MIZ Ultra-low Power Wi-Fi CERTIFIED® 802.11b/g/n Mini-Module, built-in power measurement circuitry, Arduino™ and Pmod™ compatible hardware interfaces, USB serial and JTAG debugging ports, and software controlled buttons and LEDs.
The B-L475E-IOT01A Discovery kit provides out-of-the box support for AWS IoT with X-CUBE-AWS software expansion for STM32Cube and enables variety of applications by using WiFi® and low-power communication (Bluetooth® Low Energy, Sub-GHz, NFC), multiway sensing and Ultra-Low-Power ARM® Cortex®-M4 core-based STM32L475 with 1Mbyte of Flash memory and 128Kbytes of SRAM.
The SimpleLink™ Wi-Fi® CC3220SF LaunchPad™ development kit (CC3220SF-LAUNCHXL) highlights CC3220SF, a single-chip wireless microcontroller (MCU) with 1MB Flash, 256KB of RAM and enhanced security features. The CC3220SF-LAUNCHXL features on-board emulation and sensors for a full out-of-the-box experience using the Plugin for AWS IoT.
The Digi ConnectCore 6 SBC development kit delivers an industrial multi-core SBC platform with scalable NXP i.MX6 performance, pre-certified Bluetooth 4.0 and Wi-Fi integration, Digi XBee and cellular connectivity options, Gigabit Ethernet support, multi display/camera and audio support, external storage, and expansion connectors.
The Digi ConnectCore 6UL SBC Pro development kit delivers the ultimate connected off-the-shelf NXP i.MX6UL Single Board Computer, Pico-ITX form factor, pre-certified 802.11a/b/g/n/ac Wi-Fi, Bluetooth® 4.2, including Bluetooth Low Energy, and out-of-box cellular integration options.
The Digi ConnectCore® 6UL Starter Kit is a Linux development kit for the Digi ConnectCore 6UL SOM with Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 4.2 connectivity. The kit includes the compact ConnectCore 6UL SBC Express with on-board antenna, Grove connectors, and a Pi HAT compatible breakout connector.
AT&T IoT Starter Kit Powered by AWS enables designers to easily develop and prototype cellular connected IoT devices using AT&T’s 4G LTE network. All elements required to collect sensor data, connect to the AT&T network, and use Amazon Web Services for the management, storage, and analytics of a connected IoT device are included. Purchase additional AT&T IoT SIMs and Data Plans here.
This kit includes Marvell MW302 and runs Marvell EZ-Connect SDK, ported from AWS IoT Device SDK
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This kit includes MediaTek Linkit One (Wi-Fi, GPS, BLE, GPRS) and Grove Sensors and Actuators and runs AWS IoT Device SDK with mBed TLS
This kit includes Renesas RX63N RDK and runs AWS IoT Device SDK on Micrium OS
This kit includes Qualcomm Snapdragon 410c (Wi-Fi, GPS, BLE) packaged by Arrow and runs AWS IoT Device SDK (C and Node.js)
This kit includes Intel Edison with Arduino Breakout Board and Grove sensors and actuators and runs AWS IoT Device SDK (C and Node.js)
This kit includes BeagleBone Green and Grove sensors and actuators and runs AWS IoT Device SDK (C and Node.js)
This kit includes a Microchip PIC32 microcontroller, LAN8740A Ethernet Phy, MPLAB Harmony Integrated Software Framework, FreeRTOS, is extendable thought the mikroBUS header and runs AWS IoT Device SDK
This kit includes Arduino Yun compatible board and Grove sensors and actuators and runs AWS IoT Device SDK for Arduino
This kit includes TI Launchpad CC3200 and runs TI-RTOS
The Wisplet S2W IoT Kit includes a ready-to-operate out-of-the-box Wi-Fi module together with a sensor module.
This kit includes Broadcom BCM4343W (Wi-Fi, BLE) and few sensors packaged by Avnet runs Broadcom WICED SDK
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