The Digi XBee Sensor Lab demo gets beyond the basics and showcases eight use cases, including connected agriculture, access control, and asset tracking, leveraging Qwiic sensors and Digi Remote Manager.
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February 15, 2024 4:05 pm UTC
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At CES, Digi International® revealed the Digi XBee Sensor Lab to demonstrate the power of the Digi XBee® 3 Low-Power LTE-M/NB-IoT Global modem paired with the SparkFun® Digi XBee Development Board, Qwiic® ecosystem parts, and Digi Remote Manager®.
The Digi XBee Sensor Lab is a comprehensive demonstration of how to go from sensor to Cloud with Digi XBee 3. The video below walks through each part of the demo, hilighting eight potential applications/use cases including:
Noise monitoring and predictive maintenance
Actuating
Connected agriculture/monitoring irrigation
Weight measurement
Access control/identification with RFID
Asset tracking
SMS texting
Heart rate monitoring
The last couple minutes of the video walks through how this sensor-to-cloud demo actually works.
Rob Faludi walks through the Digi XBee Sensor Lab Demo at CES
Products Used in the Demo
Here are some of the products used in the video:
Digi Module and Development Board
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WRL-21636
The SparkFun Digi XBee® Dev Board breaks out all the functionality of your Digi XBee module, with the ability to connect to …
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WRL-22329
The Digi XBee 3 global cellular module is a cutting-edge, compact module engineered for rapid integration of cellular IoT cap…
Qwiic Ecosystem
For this demo, Digi leveraged just a handful of the Qwiic sensors from SparkFun's Qwiic ecosystem, which uses 4-pin JST connectors to quickly interface development boards with sensors, LCDs, relays and more - prototyping with I2C has never been easier.
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SEN-15242
The SparkFun Qwiic Scale - NAU7802 is a small breakout board for the NAU7802 that allows you to easily read load cells to mea…
10
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COM-15093
The SparkFun Qwiic Single Relay provides you with the easiest to use relay yet, handling up to 5.5A at 240VAC for long period…
3
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SEN-16474
The SparkFun Photodetector Breakout is an updated version of the Particle Sensor Breakout including the MAX30101, a highly se…
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SEN-18345
The SparkFun SGP40 Air Quality Sensor provides a measurement of the quality of the air in your room or house.
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KIT-15209
The SparkFun RFID Qwiic Kit is a simple, yet all-in-one I2C based RFID starting point for the ID-3LA, ID-12LA, and ID-20LA re…
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SEN-15191
The SparkFun RFID Qwiic Reader is a simple I2C based RFID breakout board for the ID-3LA, ID-12LA, and ID-20LA readers.
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SEN-17731
A simple breakout for measuring the moisture in soil and similar materials. The exposed pads function together acting as a va…
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COM-16917
The blue SparkFun Qwiic Alphanumeric Display allows you to display all sorts of numbers, characters, and symbols. With Qwiic,…
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Digi International's Line of Products at SparkFun
SparkFun and Digi International have been working together for well over a decade. To see the entire line up of Digi's XBee line at SparkFun, please visit the XBee category page.
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