Video Demo: Eight Use Cases for Cellular IoT Using Digi XBee 3 and the SparkFun Digi XBee Development Board

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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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

    SparkFun Digi XBee® Development Board

    SparkFun Digi XBee® Development Board

    WRL-21636
    $19.95
    Digi XBee® 3 Low-Power LTE-M/NB-IoT, GNSS, no SIM

    Digi XBee® 3 Low-Power LTE-M/NB-IoT, GNSS, no SIM

    WRL-22329
    $75.95

    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.

    SparkFun Qwiic Scale - NAU7802

    SparkFun Qwiic Scale - NAU7802

    SEN-15242
    $16.50
    10
    SparkFun Qwiic Single Relay

    SparkFun Qwiic Single Relay

    COM-15093
    $13.95
    3
    SparkFun Photodetector Breakout - MAX30101 (Qwiic)

    SparkFun Photodetector Breakout - MAX30101 (Qwiic)

    SEN-16474
    $22.50
    1
    SparkFun RFID Qwiic Kit

    SparkFun RFID Qwiic Kit

    KIT-15209
    $48.50
    3
    SparkFun Air Quality Sensor - SGP40 (Qwiic)

    SparkFun Air Quality Sensor - SGP40 (Qwiic)

    SEN-18345
    $18.50
    1
    SparkFun RFID Qwiic Reader

    SparkFun RFID Qwiic Reader

    SEN-15191
    $21.50
    SparkFun Qwiic Alphanumeric Display - Blue

    SparkFun Qwiic Alphanumeric Display - Blue

    COM-16917
    $9.95
    1
    SparkFun Qwiic Soil Moisture Sensor

    SparkFun Qwiic Soil Moisture Sensor

    SEN-17731
    $19.95
    3


    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.


    Let us know how you are using or plan to use cellular in your product or project!


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