Microchip AVR-IoT Cellular Mini Dev Board for LTE-M and NB-IOT Prepaid SIM

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Description

The AVR-IoT Cellular Mini development board is a hardware platform to evaluate and develop IoT solutions with the Microchip AVR128DB48 AVR® microcontroller, ATECC608B secure element, and the Sequans Monarch 2 GM02S cellular module. Included with the development board is a SIM card from Truphone with 150 MB data ready for activation.

The Sequans Monarch 2 GM02S requires a connection to a LTE-M or NB-IoT capable cellular network. With a connection to a capable cellular network the ATECC608B can be used to authenticate the hardware with the cloud to uniquely identify every board.

Out of the box, the MCU come preloaded with a firmware image that enables you to quickly connect and send data to the Microchip Sandbox in AWS using the on-board temperature and color sensors. Once you are ready to build your own custom design, you can easily get started with development using the Arduino. The AVR-IoT Cellular Mini has full Arduino support through a library build on top of the open-source DxCore.

Features

• AVR128DB48 AVR® Microcontroller
• ATECC608B CryptoAuthentication Device
• 25CSM04 Serial EEPROM - 4 Mb
• Sequans Monarch 2 GM02S Cellular Module
• 824MHz-2170MHz Cellular Flexible Antenna
• Prepaid SIM card from Truphone - 150 MB data included
• Nano SIM Card Holder
• eSIM Footprint
• Five User LEDs
• Two Mechanical Buttons
• VMK3-9002 32.768 kHz Crystal
• VEML3328 Color Sensor
• MCP9808 Temperature Sensor
• Adafruit Feather compatible edge connector
• Qwiic® I2C connector
• On-board Debugger

• Board identification in Microchip Studio and Microchip MPLAB® X
• One green power and status LED
• Virtual serial port (USB CDC)
• Two logic analyzer channels (debug GPIO)
• Arduino compatible with its own Cellular Arduino Library
• USB, Battery, and external-input power options
• MCP73830 Li-Ion/LiPo Battery Charger, with charge status LED
• Two fixed power domains, 1.8V and 3.3V

Contents

• AVR-IoT Cellular Mini
• Two 100 mil pin header strips, 1x16 pin and 1x12 pin
• Prepaid SIM card
• Cellular Antenna

Coverage

Truphone Things LTE-M Global Coverage

UK Coverage: For UK the country is split between O2 and Voda with each only covering a % of the total UK area hence everyone in the cellular services world struggles. UK coverage here : Low Power IoT | LTE-M Solutions & Coverage | O2 Business

India Coverage: For India there is only one network available “Jio” offering low power and Truphone does not have access today.

Deployment Map: https://www.gsma.com/iot/deployment-map/

Additional Information

Hardware User Guide

Microchip IOT Documentation

Download AVR-IoT Cellular Mini Schematics

Download AVR-IoT Cellular Mini Altium Project

Download AVR-IoT Cellular Mini Design Documentation

AVR-IoT Cellular Arduino Library

IoT Provisioning Tool Binary Releases

Important Dates 

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Roadtesters

• funkyg123 (due date Oct 16 2022)
• VWeaver (due date Oct 16 2022)
• brianchilders (due date Oct 16 2022)
• Gough Lui (due date Oct 16 2022)
• aaryan2134 (due date Oct 16 2022)
• redcharly (due date Oct 16 2022)
• stevotech (due date Oct 16 2022)
• janholtzhausen (due date Oct 16 2022)
• gillianAV due date suspended temporarily (RS 4/12/2023)
• ischonfeld (due date)Dec 10 2022)
• catalogomty (due date Dec 16 2022)

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