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

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 Photodetector Breakout - MAX30101 (Qwiic)

SparkFun Photodetector Breakout - MAX30101 (Qwiic)

SEN-16474
$22.50
1
SparkFun Qwiic Single Relay

SparkFun Qwiic Single Relay

COM-15093
$13.95
3
SparkFun Air Quality Sensor - SGP40 (Qwiic)

SparkFun Air Quality Sensor - SGP40 (Qwiic)

SEN-18345
$18.50
SparkFun RFID Qwiic Kit

SparkFun RFID Qwiic Kit

KIT-15209
$48.50
3
Load Cell - 10kg, Straight Bar with Hook

Load Cell - 10kg, Straight Bar with Hook

SEN-21669
$12.95
SparkFun Qwiic Button - Green LED

SparkFun Qwiic Button - Green LED

BOB-16842
$4.50
3
SparkFun RFID Qwiic Reader

SparkFun RFID Qwiic Reader

SEN-15191
$21.50
SparkFun Qwiic Soil Moisture Sensor

SparkFun Qwiic Soil Moisture Sensor

SEN-17731
$19.95
2
SparkFun Qwiic Alphanumeric Display - Blue

SparkFun Qwiic Alphanumeric Display - Blue

COM-16917
$9.95
1
Zio Qwiic Loudness Sensor

Zio Qwiic Loudness Sensor

SEN-15892
4 Retired

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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