Seeed Studio’s New Wio Tracker Now Supports Amazon Sidewalk

Seed Studio has upgraded its Wio Tracker with support for Amazon’s Sidewalk IoT Network. Based on the established Wio Tracker 1110 model it’s now offering Amazon Sidewalk (LPWAN) IoT connectivity in the US.

Amazon Sidewalk is a secure community network that connects IoT devices via Amazon Sidewalk Gateways, like certain Echo and Ring devices, using long-range, low-bandwidth connectivity. Covering over 90% of the U.S., it combines Bluetooth Low Energy(BLE) and radio protocols like LoRa for efficient, wide-range communication without relying on cellular data or Wi-Fi.

Kezang Loday, from Seed Studio, recently shared insights that caught my attention:

At Seeed Studio, we’re always on a mission to make cutting-edge technologies easier and more accessible. That’s why we’re excited to introduce this LPWAN Asset Tracker Dev Kit for Amazon Sidewalk based on our Wio Tracker 1110, designed to simplify how you build indoor and outdoor tracking solutions on the emerging Amazon Sidewalk network.

The WM1110 LPWAN Asset Tracker Dev Kit offers geolocation with GNSS, Wi-Fi Sniffer, and Bluetooth Scanning for versatile indoor/outdoor tracking. It includes a temperature/humidity sensor (SHT41), and 3-axis accelerometer (LIS3DHTR), and supports ADC/UART and IIC protocols, compatible with 300+ Grove modules.

Learn to build an asset tracker with Amazon Sidewalk and AWS IoT Core using the LPWAN Asset Tracker Dev kit. At AWS re: Invent 2023, over 200 developers attended the IOT303 Asset Tracking Workshop, creating solutions with the kit, Amazon Sidewalk, AWS IoT Core, and Amazon Location Service.

The development board, based on Seeed Studio’s Wio Tracker 1100, features a Semtech LR1110 transceiver and a Nordic Semiconductor nRF52840 system-on-chip. It supports Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) and LoRa/FSK for Amazon Sidewalk network connectivity.

Specifications and Features of the Wio Tracker 1110 Dev Board:

• LoRa and Positioning (Semtech LR1110):
  • Frequency Plan: 863~928MHz
  • Sensitivity: -125dBm @125K/SF7, -141dBm @125K/SF12
  • Output Power: 20dBm max @LoRa®
  • Positioning Technology: GNSS (GPS/BeiDou), WiFi Sniffer
  • Range: 2~10km (depends on antenna and environment)
• Bluetooth (Nordic nRF52840):
  • Bluetooth Version: Bluetooth 5.3
  • Flash Memory: 1MB
  • RAM: 256KB
  • Protocol: Bluetooth LE, Bluetooth mesh, Thread, Zigbee, 802.15.4, ANT, 2.4 GHz proprietary stacks
  • Output Power: 6dBm max @Bluetooth
• Onboard Sensors:
  • TH Sensor (SHT41):
    • Temperature Range: -40~125°C (Accuracy ± 0.2°C)
    • Humidity Range: 0~100%RH (Accuracy ±1.8%RH)
  • 3-Axis Accelerometer (LIS3DHTR):
    • Range: ±2g, 4g, 8g, 16g
    • Bandwidth: 0.5Hz ~ 625Hz
    • Sensitivity (LSB/g): 1000 (±2g) ~ 83 (±16g)
• General:
  • Voltage Supply: 5V (USB 2.0 Type-C)
  • Battery Connector: 4.5V
  • Interface:
    • RFIO
    • GNSS Antenna Connector x 1
    • LoRa Antenna Connector x 1
    • USB Type-C x 1
    • Grove Interface: ADC x 1, I2C x 1, UART x 1, Digital x 3
  • Buttons: USER (configurable), RESET
  • External FLASH Memory: 2M

The Wio Tracker 1110 Dev Kit includes the Dev Board itself, a 3.7V-1000mAh Lithium-ion Battery, 3M thick bubble cotton double-sided adhesive, and is packaged in a plastic box.

The development board is available for $30.90 on Seeed Studio’s web store. As of now, Amazon’s Sidewalk network is limited to the US.

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