Avnet,
Inc. (NYSE: AVT),
a leading global technology distributor, today introduced the Agate™
IoT Solution, a family of integrated kits designed to lower the cost of
long-life connected gateway and network edge device development for
OEMs. The Agate IoT Solution brings together the hardware, software and
services required for next-generation IoT applications.
The Agate IoT Solution consists of the Agate LS1021A Gateway Kit, which
combines the purpose-built LS1021A-IoT gateway hardware platform from NXP®
Semiconductors, featuring the QorIQ® LS1021A communications
processor. The platform comes pre-packaged with Wind River®
Pulsar™ Linux, a small, high-performance, secure, and
manageable Linux distribution designed by Wind River, a leading vendor
of Linux platform solutions for the IoT, to simplify and speed software
development. Pulsar is configured to access the Wind River public
repository for the most critical Linux updates. In addition, Wind River
offers an update service providing regular bug and security fixes for
the Pulsar system. Customers can easily add WAN connectivity using the
Agate Cellular Connectivity Kit, which enables the HSPA+ (3G) cellular
modem from MultiTech Systems and cellular SIM from Aeris to facilitate
communications between wireless networks.
“Avnet’s Agate IoT Solution empowers customers by leveraging Avnet’s
diverse ecosystem of suppliers with best-in-class hardware, software and
service offerings to create a fully integrated connected gateway
development solution,” said John Salemme, vice president and general
manager of Avnet Embedded. “And the multiple I/O options give customers
peace of mind knowing they will have the compute performance they need
today, and for years to come, even if unexpected application workloads
are added.”
“Customers need a complete solution to get to market as fast as
possible,” said Nikolay Guenov, director of marketing for NXP’s Digital
Networking business unit. “The Agate LS1021A Gateway Kit provides a
robust, application-ready software platform to help customers take
advantage of the rich I/O and power-efficient computing of our QorIQ
LS1021A processor.”
“Developers need a reliable platform that leverages the best open source
software technologies and is easy to deploy,” said Dinyar Dastoor, vice
president and general manager of operating system platforms at Wind
River. “Pre-packaging powerful, purpose-built hardware with highly
customized and maintainable software puts focus on developers’
value-added applications.”
The Agate LS1021A Gateway Kit includes:
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NXP LS1021A-IOTB featuring the QorIQ LS1021A processor
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Board, enclosure and power supply
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Wind River Pulsar Linux distribution including IoT security profile
and Web-based management interface
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Free 90-day evaluation of Wind River Workbench
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Trial access to Wind River Helix™ App Cloud and Wind River
Helix Device Cloud development environments
The Agate Cellular Connectivity Kit includes:
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HSPA+ cellular modem from MultiTech Systems with pre-integrated Aeris
SIM
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Pentaband cellular antenna and cable
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90-day M2M cellular service demonstration plan from Aeris
“Reliable, scalable and cost-effective data delivery for IoT devices is
instrumental to ensuring a successful IoT program. That’s why we welcome
programs such as Avnet’s Agate IoT Solution, which helps speed the
process of IoT innovation,” said Janet A. Jaiswal, vice president of
marketing at Aeris.
“By developing this reference platform, Avnet is taking the hard work
out of sourcing, testing and integrating the building blocks of IoT for
their customers,” said Rick Nozel, vice president of sales and
marketing, MultiTech Systems. “As a result, customers can easily test
and prove their IoT application ideas and bring them to market faster.”
For more information or to purchase the Agate IoT Solution, please click here.
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Avnet Electronics Marketing
Heidi Elliott, 480-643-7584
Senior Director, Marketing Programs
Heidi.Elliott@avnet.com