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New Partnership: LORIOT

Global long-range specialist IoT company, Loriot AG (‘LORIOT’), and franchised distributor, Solid State Supplies Ltd (‘Solid State Supplies’), have announced their newly agreed partnership to provide IoT solutions to their customers.

LORIOT is a revolutionary software and network provider based on the LoRa infrastructure; providing powerful IoT solutions by setting up, maintaining and operating secure networks tailored to a business’ needs.

‘Solid State Supplies Ltd understands the needs of customers, with a realistic focus on ensuring the successful delivery of IoT projects and provides the highest standards. Their expertise with hardware, electronic design and integrating the IoT stack combined our LoRaWAN Network Server will ensure best-in-class services at every stage.’ Added, Julian Studer, CEO at LORIOT.

Solid State Supplies is a franchised distributor of electronic components; they have a team of experts who specialise in the design and delivery of complete IoT solutions, utilising their strategic partnerships with different companies across the IoT spectrum to apply their ‘5 Stage IoT Framework’.

The decision of the partnership was confirmed almost immediately after understanding each other’s mutual strategy and parallel industry relationships. By forming this partnership, both companies are able to offer customers a more integral solution, maximising customers’ IoT potential within cost parameters.

Scott A. Brenton, IoT Technology Director at Solid State Supplies said ‘as IoT is made up of many technologies, it is important that we can discuss all options with customers, to offer suitable solutions that are available – including LoRa. Some customers will need a LoRa network server, and with our new partnership with LORIOT, we can offer an end-to-end solution; whether that may be custom-built or ‘off-the-shelf’. The synergy between LORIOT’s service and our hardware made it the obvious choice to move forward with our partnership.’

For more information about LORIOT, please speak to Scott A. Brenton at Solid State Supplies.

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New Partnership: IoT Think Solutions

A specialist IoT software company, IoThink Solutions (‘IoThink’), and franchised distributor, Solid State Supplies Ltd (‘Solid State Supplies’), have announced their new strategic partnership to strengthen their IoT solution offerings to their customers. IoThink will be a highly complementary service to the hardware and support that Solid State Supplies offers.

IoThink Solutions provides a complete suite of IoT software using the Kheiron IoT Suite. Customers can create and customise their own IoT platform quickly and easily, adapting to their specific needs. ‘Our partnership with Solid State Supplies Ltd is a real opportunity for us to expand in the UK, and among others within the electronics OEM community which is one of our core targets. We particularly appreciate the technical expertise of their teams and their outstanding customer service as well as their flexibility which allows us to address a plurality of markets.’

Solid State Supplies is a franchised distributor for some of the world’s leading electronic manufacturers – including communication devices, modules, and silicon – where traditionally, the primary business has been hardware design or integration. Today, these customers are now looking towards digital representation of their assets.

The IoT Technology Director, Scott A. Brenton, at Solid State Supplies said ‘we are very excited to be partnering with IoThink Solutions as we see them as the perfect fit for our IoT strategy.  IoT project success is built on collaboration and utilising the expertise available.   We are extremely proud of the support we can offer though our hardware suppliers, who we consider to be the best in the world.  Complementing this with IoThink’s ability to help our customers monitor, analyse and control their equipment through their software (SaaS), we can extend further support and expertise to our customers to help them make a success of their IoT projects.  Simply put, this makes Solid State Supplies the IoT distributor of choice for both hardware and software.’

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Digi June Webinar Series

Digi is hosting a series of four free webinars in June covering Embedded, RF, Cellular and Infrastructure Management.

Promotional Draw

Each webinar features a promotional draw for attendees to be in a chance to WIN Digi products.*

  • Digi XBee RF Development Kit
  • EX15 Cellular Extender with Wi-Fi
  • ConnectCore 6UL Development Kit – i.MX6UL-based
  • AnywhereUSB Plus 2-Port Hub

*Promotional draw is not open to Digi employees or distributors

Tuesday 16th June @ 09:00am

Accelerating Wireless Development with the Digi XBee RF Ecosystem

Attend the webinar to enter our prize draw to win a Digi XBee RF Development Kit

Wednesday 17th June @ 09:00am

Connectivity Solutions for Enterprise, Industrial and Transit Applications

Attend the webinar to enter our prize draw to win a Digi EX15 Cellular Extender w/ Wi-Fi

Thursday 18th June @ 09:00am

Simplify and Accelerate Your Development with Digi ConnectCore i.MX-based SOMs

Attend the webinar to enter our prize drawing to win a ConnectCore 6UL Development Kit – i.MX6UL-based

Friday 19th June @ 09:00am

Solutions for Infrastructure Management: From Serial-to-Ethernet to USB-over-Ethernet and More

Attend the webinar to enter our prize draw to win an AnywhereUSB Plus 2-Port Hub

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IoT Solutions with Built-In Security from Digi

Digi IoT products

In the last decade, the IoT evolution has seen an ever-increasing number of embedded systems – large and small being connecting to the internet – ranging from wearables, smart home devices, automotive, transportation, security, medical, industrial to smart city control systems.

Billions of devices are connected to the internet and a majority are being designed to be remotely managed or field-upgradable from the cloud. This presents a huge landscape for cyber-attacks; from malicious firmware uploads to corrupt the functionality of the device, IP theft within the device or to hijack the device to gain access to the wider network it happens to be connected to. 

To counter such threats in your design, the embedded designer now has to consider all aspects in the design that are prone to these types of attack. Typically, a full understanding from the cloud layer down to the gateway, the protocols, types of embedded hardware and memory used is required. For those who are not security experts, this could be a daunting task. 

Thankfully, technology companies have not stood still on this subject and have developed robust solutions to help embedded designers on this subject by offering embedded technologies with security built in. 

Digi International provides a suite of products which all incorporate their Trustfence® security framework designed to run on the Digi range of embedded products. From the XBee3® wireless control modules, to high performance ConnectCore® CC6UL and CC8x NXP iMX based processor SoMs, Digi industrial cellular gateways.

In conjunction with Trustfence®, there is Digi Remote Manager® (DRM®): a cloud management layer that can be integrated to a variety of cloud platforms e.g. AWS, Azure, Google. By using DRM®, the end products can be deployed, remotely managed and upgraded with a high level of confidence that the network of edge devices remain secure. Preconfigured APIs are available for customers to tailor their DRM® solution for deployment, remote access and management of the assets. A mobile app is also available for DRM®. 

For more information, please use the form below to get in touch.

Author: Jason Good, Business Development Engineer

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    Robustel Device Management Platform: RCMS

    Robustel is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of industrial quality solutions for the IoT and M2M market, and are recognised for their portfolio of wireless modems, routers and gateways in forms of IoT solutions. Part of what makes their portfolio successful is the Robustel Cloud Manager Service (RCMS). RCMS was designed to provide rapid device deployment and extensive management through clear user interface and on-boarding processes, making it a flexible, secure and cost-effective way to collect, store and distribute device data.

    RCMS is available as a hosted Cloud service or as a locally installed (Stack) service.


    Features

    Management Dashboard
    Central dashboard provides a clear, visual overview of all your connected devices’ statuses in one place including device data usage, performance and cost.

    Zero-Touch Deployment
    Remotely deploy and manage your Robust devices through templates and profiles instantly without user intervention

    Device Monitoring
    Understand your environment by identifying/preventing problems through historical/current data on individual/group devices. Get reports and alerts on network connectivity, signal quality, data usage, packet loss, and more.

    SIM Card Integration
    Integrate with leading SIM providers to control and monitor your SIMs from a single interface through power API integrations

    Remote Management
    Monitor, diagnose and fix remote devices through an online interface. You can also remotely configure and perform firmware updates on individual or bulk devices in seconds.

    RobustVPN
    RCMS brings next generation hardware defined VPN solution to your fleet – RobustVPN makes creating and monitoring VPN connections simple and can integrate with popular protocols like OpenVPN.


    Download the RCMS brochureDownload

    For more information, please contact us using the form below

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      Introducing IQRF UK

      A Message From Our Technical Director

      In the ever-growing world of the Internet of Things (IoT), Solid State Supplies are continuously building relationships with new IoT experts to strengthen our offering of IoT solutions. We have now partnered with IQRF UK – for smarter, mesh networks.


      A message from our Technical Director, Richard Bethell:


      “IQRF’s Easy Radio Solutions from Solid State Supplies.

      I was recently introduced to the ISM band transceiver module range from IQRF as I’ve spent a great deal of my career in the RF Communications module business. At first, I thought that was just a run of the mill style module but after further investigation I was pleasantly surprised. IQRF have done a really neat job with this module in terms of its format and usability. Measuring 31.5mm x 14.9mm the TR72-DA on-board antenna version (also available with U.FL connector for external antenna) the module has variants that slot into a full size SIM holder or solder down onto the PCB, they also have a vertical mounting version that’s very popular in the lighting industry. Features include Spirit1 based 868/915 MHz RF Transceiver, receiver sensitivity of -101dBm and transmit power of 10dBm (10mW) with integrated PIC MCU, offering 6 programmable I/O pins, versions with or without Ultra Low Power CMOS LDO, and on-board status LED’s.

      Operating current is low Deep Sleep 1.7uA, RF Ready 2.8mA, TX current 8.3 to 25mA depending of the transmit level set.

      Operating Voltage with on-board LDO is 3.1 to 5.3v with an operating temperature range of -40 to 85degC.

      These modules can operate in various modes, point to point, point to multipoint or wireless mesh and all these modes support FOTA (firmware over the air updates) or programming via their SPI port.

      The module has a very complete development kit that comes in two boxes; Box 1 includes 3 USB boards, one for programming and two rechargeable battery powered boards as external nodes plus three TR72DA modules with integrated antennas, a USB charger / programming cable and USB Key with documentation. Box 2 includes I/O adaptor modules one with Potentiometer, LDR, Temp sensor and the second relay adaptor module, both of these connect via a strip of pins to the Box 1 RF modules. Box 2 also contains a 3rd rechargeable battery powered remote node that can be used in a point to multipoint or mesh configuration.

      The Dev Kit is also supported by a very comprehensive IDE with an easy to use GUI interface.

      We have tested these modules with external antennas and achieved a communication distance of 672m LOS with 10mW transmit power into two Stealth Blade Antennas. They also worked extremely well around an old building through multiple very thick brick walls.”


      Target applications: Smart City, Building Management Systems, Street Lighting / Street Equipment, Smart Agriculture and many more.


      If you would like to find out more about IQRF UK, please get in touch using the form below.

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        Solid State Supplies IoT Framework Proves Success

        At Solid State Supplies, our team always strives to deliver a very high level of service excellence to both our customers and suppliers alike. Following the explosion in demand for the Internet of Things (IoT), we have developed a new strategy to provide customers with an end-to-end IoT solution. Forming new partnerships and strengthening existing relationships with leading IoT experts, we are able to offer both hardware and software IoT solutions to enable customers to deploy and return their maximum IoT potential. 


        As part of this new IoT strategy, we have utilised the ‘Solid State Supplies 5 Stage IoT Framework’:

        1. Thing
        2. Connect
        3. Collect
        4. Learn
        5. Do

        In January 2020 this was recognised by Robustel, as we received their award for ‘Outstanding Growth for the Year 2019’. Robustel has become a highly effective cornerstone for the ‘Connect’ element of our IoT Framework. The award was presented by David Evans, Robustel Country Manager UK and Ireland, at Solid State Supplies’ head office in Redditch, UK.


        “Solid State Supplies have achieved remarkable growth, despite financial uncertainty of Brexit. Their sales team have been quick to grasp the “how-to-use” points and the innovation available from the Robustel product line.”


        Success has been derived from a number of different applications including, a significant win with a high street Retail chain for a large roll out of 4G routers, an automatic number plate recognition camera manufacturer, and an industrial automation giant in the Food and Beverage industry. Continued success will be driven from the strong pipeline for 2020 and beyond, led by our IoT Technology Director, Scott A Brenton.

        If you would like to find out what IoT can mean for your business, please use the contact form below to get in touch.


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          IoT & Food Waste Management: REAMIT 2020

          It was reported in 2018 that approximately 10 million tonnes of food is either lost or wasted annually. Other than the obvious loss in revenue from agricultural and food production companies, wasting food also causes considerable problems on the environment.


          With the ongoing development of technologies, connecting ‘smart’ sensors can help reduce food waste through:

          • Food safety monitoring
          • Freshness monitoring
          • Food spoilage monitoring

          For example, minor temperature variances of just a few degrees can decrease shelf life of perishable goods, such as a bag of salad losing several days, so it is vital to monitor the temperature of their environment frequently and precisely to prevent food from being wasted. Traditionally, this would be done with the temperature being taken manually with a thermometer and logged by pen or entered onto a computer. This can be a time-consuming processes.


          However, with developing technology solutions (such as Digi), hardware, wireless sensors, gateways and cloud applications can be installed to automate this process so that temperature readings happened more regularly, consistently and accurately.


          This can be used as an automated reporting tool to help companies comply with food safety regulations and allowing data to be viewed in real-time, and receive alerts via emails and SMS messages. It can also be used in applications such as monitoring and controlling temperature to prevent under/over-chilling products to preserve their shelf life for longer.


          REAMIT 9/1/2020: Improving Resource Efficiency of Agribusiness supply chains by Minimizing waste using Big data and IoT sensors

          Nottingham Trent University have organised the REAMIT symposium on 9th Jan 2020 focusing on minimising food waste in agribusiness supply chains, across North West Europe. This Symposium is aimed at Agribusiness stakeholders, IoT practitioners, Academics and those from the Agri-food supply chains and is organised as part of the large European project (www.reamit.eu) funded by the Interreg NWE programme. Admission for this event is free.


          In short, IoT technology can be implemented into any stage of the food supply chain of your current infrastructure network – come visit our stand to see what options are available for you to explore to help benefit your business.

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          The IoT UK Event 2019

          Solid State Supplies are proud sponsors of the IoT UK Event,
          held at the Advanced Manufacturing Technology Centre in
          Coventry on Wednesday 6th November 2019.


          Official full length video of the IoT UK Event 2019


          Official photos of the IoT UK Event 2019

          A huge thank you to our speakers and exhibitors of the day: Amazon Web Services, Digi International, LoRa Alliance, Microchip Technology, Pacer, Robustel, Silicon Labs, Vodafone, WND Group and 2J Antennas, and to all of the attendees.

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          Introducing Microchip’s NOR Flash Memory Devices with Embedded MAC Address



          Introducing Microchip’s new family of low-power, high-performance memory devices: Microchip NOR Flash Memory devices that are pre-programmed with MAC addresses to reduce production costs and time to market, available to businesses of all sizes.


          In the growing world of Internet of Things (IoT), embedded system designers must currently source, program and serialise Media Access Control (MAC) addresses from the IEEE-Registration Authority (RA) for all connected products. Small to medium-sized businesses have to pay higher costs for low-volume services, sold from the IEEE-RA in blocks ranging from 4000 to 16 million; the new Microchip NOR Flash Memory devices do not have a minimum order requirement. By eliminating the need to self-procure and manage unique identifiers from the IEEE-Registration Authority (RA), Microchip will help designers save time and costs, whilst accelerating time to market. This makes it ideal for low to mid-sized volume production.


          These devices are suitable for cloud-connected applications, such as smart hubs for homes, smart home appliances, building control equipment, factory automation, security and surveillance equipment, and many more.


          The Microchip SST26VF Serial Quad I/O™ (SQI™) 3V Flash family is the industry’s first NOR Flash device that offers integrated MAC address options; Microchip’s latest NOR Flash devices can be pre-programmed with EUI-48™ and EUI-64™ addresses, making it a cost-effective, plug-and-play solution for connect applications that use Ethernet, Bluetooth®, Wi-Fi®, IEEE 802.15.4 and FireWire®.


          The SST26VF064BEUI, SST26VF032BEUI and SST26VF016BEUI are low-power, high-performance devices in a low pin-count package, featuring a six-wire, 4-bit I/O interface.



          These are available in 8-pin SOIC and 8-contact WSON packages, occupying less board space and lowering overall system costs. Microchip’s pre-programmed SST26VF family of devices are flexible MAC address chips that come with uniquely pre-programmed EUI- 48 addresses and compatible EUI-64 addresses. MAC address options are available at Flash densities of 16 megabit (Mb), 32Mb and 64Mb. They feature rich SQI flash, with flexible write-protected functionality to eliminate accidental over-writing or erasure. Both the EUI-48 and EUI-64 node addresses consist of an Organizational Unique Identifier (OUI) and an Extension Identifier (EI). While the OUI is purchased from the IEEE by individual companies, the EI is assigned and managed through each company by building a unique EI into every product, thereby ensuring a globally unique Extended Unique Identifier (EUI) node address for every device used or shipped.


          Overall, with the Microchip SST26VF Serial Quad I/O™ (SQI™) 3V Flash family:

          • You don’t need to buy MAC addresses
          • You don’t have to manage MAC addresses
          • You don’t need to program MAC addresses

          For more information, please call +44 (0)1527 830800 or use the contact form below.