Avnet Introduces Agate IoT Solution in the Americas
February 01 2016 - 7:00AM
Business Wire
Avnet, Inc. (NYSE: AVT), a leading global technology
distributor, today introduced the Agate™ IoT Solution, a family of
integrated kits designed to lower the cost of long-life connected
gateway and network edge device development for OEMs. The Agate IoT
Solution brings together the hardware, software and services
required for next-generation IoT applications.
The Agate IoT Solution consists of the Agate LS1021A Gateway
Kit, which combines the purpose-built LS1021A-IoT gateway hardware
platform from NXP® Semiconductors, featuring the QorIQ® LS1021A
communications processor. The platform comes pre-packaged with Wind
River® Pulsar™ Linux, a small, high-performance, secure, and
manageable Linux distribution designed by Wind River, a leading
vendor of Linux platform solutions for the IoT, to simplify and
speed software development. Pulsar is configured to access the Wind
River public repository for the most critical Linux updates. In
addition, Wind River offers an update service providing regular bug
and security fixes for the Pulsar system. Customers can easily add
WAN connectivity using the Agate Cellular Connectivity Kit, which
enables the HSPA+ (3G) cellular modem from MultiTech Systems and
cellular SIM from Aeris to facilitate communications between
wireless networks.
“Avnet’s Agate IoT Solution empowers customers by leveraging
Avnet’s diverse ecosystem of suppliers with best-in-class hardware,
software and service offerings to create a fully integrated
connected gateway development solution,” said John Salemme, vice
president and general manager of Avnet Embedded. “And the multiple
I/O options give customers peace of mind knowing they will have the
compute performance they need today, and for years to come, even if
unexpected application workloads are added.”
“Customers need a complete solution to get to market as fast as
possible,” said Nikolay Guenov, director of marketing for NXP’s
Digital Networking business unit. “The Agate LS1021A Gateway Kit
provides a robust, application-ready software platform to help
customers take advantage of the rich I/O and power-efficient
computing of our QorIQ LS1021A processor.”
“Developers need a reliable platform that leverages the best
open source software technologies and is easy to deploy,” said
Dinyar Dastoor, vice president and general manager of operating
system platforms at Wind River. “Pre-packaging powerful,
purpose-built hardware with highly customized and maintainable
software puts focus on developers’ value-added applications.”
The Agate LS1021A Gateway Kit includes:
- NXP LS1021A-IOTB featuring the QorIQ
LS1021A processor
- Board, enclosure and power supply
- Wind River Pulsar Linux distribution
including IoT security profile and Web-based management
interface
- Free 90-day evaluation of Wind River
Workbench
- Trial access to Wind River Helix™ App
Cloud and Wind River Helix Device Cloud development
environments
The Agate Cellular Connectivity Kit includes:
- HSPA+ cellular modem from MultiTech
Systems with pre-integrated Aeris SIM
- Pentaband cellular antenna and
cable
- 90-day M2M cellular service
demonstration plan from Aeris
“Reliable, scalable and cost-effective data delivery for IoT
devices is instrumental to ensuring a successful IoT program.
That’s why we welcome programs such as Avnet’s Agate IoT Solution,
which helps speed the process of IoT innovation,” said Janet A.
Jaiswal, vice president of marketing at Aeris.
“By developing this reference platform, Avnet is taking the hard
work out of sourcing, testing and integrating the building blocks
of IoT for their customers,” said Rick Nozel, vice president of
sales and marketing, MultiTech Systems. “As a result, customers can
easily test and prove their IoT application ideas and bring them to
market faster.”
For more information or to purchase the Agate IoT Solution,
please click here.
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