Single Board Computer With Wireless Connectivity Such As WiFi, Bluetooth Incl. BLE, Xbee Cellular

Posted by Industry News on Jul 25th 2017

Digi International's ConnectCore i.MX6UL SBC Pro is a powerful, secure, pre-certified, and connected Single Board Computer in a standard form factor with complete design flexibility.

The ConnectCore i.MX6UL SBC Pro offers pre-certified wireless connectivity options such as 802.11a/b/g/n/ac Wi-Fi® and Bluetooth® 4.2, including Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE). Out-of-box cellular integration options using the pre-certified Digi XBee® Cellular modem or a third party PCI Express Mini Card modem allows you to integrate cellular connectivity without the usual cost and complexity.

The ConnectCore i.MX6UL SBC Pro also integrates an on-board dual-band antenna option, USB connectivity, Grove sensor connectors, and an expansion connector for unique integration flexibility into a wide range of industrial applications.

The ConnectCore i.MX6UL SBC Pro boasts complete Linux support, including the built-in Digi TrustFence™ device security framework with support for secure boot, encrypted filesystems, protected ports, and more.

Features

Powerful and flexible off-the-shelf solution in Pico-ITX form factor
Production-ready with minimal hardware design effort
Rugged design with industrial operating temperature range
Pre-certified dual-band 802.11ac Wi-Fi connectivity
Bluetooth 4.2, with Bluetooth Low Energy support
Out-of-box support for cellular connectivity
On-board NFC Forum Type 2 compliant tag
Dual 10/100Mbit Ethernet networking
Integrated display and camera capabilities
Rich interface and peripheral support
Complete Yocto Project Linux BSP with source code
NAND and USB boot source configuration
Digi TrustFence™ device security framework
I/O expander to allow advanced power-management functionality over the carrier board
Compact 100mm x 72mm Pico-ITX form factor

Resources

With Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE), smart devices are about to become even smarter.

This practical guide demonstrates how this exciting wireless technology helps developers build mobile apps that share data with external hardware, and how hardware engineers can gain easy and reliable access to mobile operating systems.

This book provides a solid, high-level overview of how devices use BLE to communicate with each other.

You will learn useful low-cost tools for developing and testing BLE-enabled mobile apps and embedded firmware and get examples using various development platforms, including iOS and Android for app developers and embedded platforms for product designers and hardware engineers.

Understand how data is organized and transferred by BLE devices
Explore BLE's concepts, key limitations, and network topology
Dig into the protocol stack to grasp how and why BLE operates
Learn how BLE devices discover each other and establish secure connections
Set up the tools and infrastructure for BLE application development
Get examples for connecting BLE to iPhones, iPads, Android devices, and sensors
Develop code for a simple device that transmits heart rate data to a mobile device

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