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  • Avnet SmartEdge IoT Gateway: No Longer Manufactured?

    Hi, on some EU Farnell's websites ( Italy , France , UK ) I read this alert: On US Newark and Avnet pages the alert only says "Out of stock". Is the SmartEdge no longer manufactured? Is there a new product that will replace it? Is it possible to have…
  • Smartedge IIOT Gateway ATTiny use

    I was looking at Smartedge IIOT Gateway programmer's reference manual and it talks about an ATTiny. Looking at the PCB, I was able to find an ATTiny88 (U49) close to the watchdog enable jumper (J33). I guess that this ATTiny handles the watchdog, but…
  • Help: Encountering CAN Bus Problem on SmartEdge IIoT Gateway

    Hi All, I was wondering if anyone has had any experience using the CAN Controller on the SmartEdge IoT Gateway The box has a Built-in MCP2515 CAN Controller on board, which is great & why I selected it for a project that requires CAN For the most part…
  • Avnet SmartEdge IoT Gateway - Raspberry Pi - saving/loading OS

    Has anyone had success following the User Guide instructions for downloading a new image onto the device. Specifically, I followed the directions here: https://github.com/Avnet/smartedge-iiot-gateway-custom/tree/master/rpiboot rpiboot builds fine Then…
  • Connect to AVNET iotconnect.io with Node-RED - part 3: set up the thing and its interface in the cloud

    AVNET's iotconnect.io cloud platform is an online service that you can use to send data to, and then show it on a dashboard*. In this blog series I'm learning how to talk to it with Node-RED. In this post: set up the device, rules, capabilities and security…
  • AVNET SmartEdge IIOT Gateway: the 2020 Linux Image and IoTConnect Scripts

    AVNET published an updated image for the SmartEdge IIOT Gateway SmartEdge IIOT Gateway . Not a huge leap. It's still Raspbian GNU/Linux 9 (Stretch). There are some improvements and changes worth updating for. The most important reason is the improved…
  • CAN programming in C on Linux: Filter and Mask

    Linux supports CAN networks. I'm using a CAN-enabled Raspberry Pi to test some examples. Design and code are not my own. This exercise is to investigate the Linux way of doing CAN. The code I'm using is Craig Peacock's CAN example . For the hardware,…
  • Prototyping on a Pi and Deploying to Industry: Considerations for IIoT

    Sensors and actuators are essential elements of industrial systems, instrumental to any application that requires automated control, or real-time monitoring. Sensors measure changes in the environment, while actuators control physical changes. Both devices…