{"id":7085,"date":"2017-03-02T11:25:05","date_gmt":"2017-03-02T10:25:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gsm-modem.de\/M2M\/?p=7085"},"modified":"2017-03-06T07:46:41","modified_gmt":"2017-03-06T06:46:41","slug":"nb-iot-shield-arduino","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gsm-modem.de\/M2M\/iot-m2m-tools\/nb-iot-shield-arduino\/","title":{"rendered":"NB-IoT shield with Arduino header renamed to akorIoT"},"content":{"rendered":"

The idea for the NB-IoT shield with Arduino header was conceived in summer 2016. We then produced the first version of the NB-IoT shield at the M2M Summit in September 2016. The second generation was shown to readers of my IoT\/M2M\u00a0Cookbook in our end of the year mailing and it has proved extremely popular; we are continually receiving requests for evaluation kits!<\/p>\n

My goal is always to always to over-deliver – in my books, service or applications and I will always strive to offer something new and special. And so in September 2016, the world’s first NB-IoT adapter with Arduino header was born. To be the first is already\u00a0unique and special but it was also the first multi-cellular shield with Arduino header in the world as well. The shield accepts over 10 different pin-compatible radios from Quadband GSM to UMTS\/HSPA and right up to LTE-Cat1. Furthermore, an LTE-CatM1\/NB1 module is supported as well; not just the first NB-IoT shield but the world’s first shield with\u00a0LTE-CatM1\/NB1\u00a0module too.<\/p>\n
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NB-IoT shield with Arduino header<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n



The core philosophy behind this project was to design open and free out-of-the-box IoT hardware and not just one more cellular adapter with an Arduino header. The realisation of this philosophy was shown to the IoT\/M2M Cookbook community and my IoT\u00a0customers across the world. I invited my readers and customers to contribute by suggesting the new name for\u00a0HARduino<\/i>. I predictably received many recommendations like \u201cOpenIoT\u201d, \u201cFreeIoT” or similar and based on these suggestions I searched\u00a0for an equivalent word in an obscure language. In the end we opted for Proto-Celtic – I think you\u2019ll agree that we ticked the \u2018obscure\u2019 box! If you\u2019re sufficiently interested you can find out more about the language here:\u00a0https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Proto-Celtic_language<\/a>.

\u201cakor\u201d is the Proto-Celtic word for \u201copen\u201d and so\u00a0akorIoT<\/b>\u00a0is the new name for HARduino! Thank you to everyone who offered suggestions and being part of the process!

akorIoT<\/b>\u00a0is the world\u2019s first IoT platform where virtually all options are open.\u00a0akorIoT<\/b>\u00a0CX radio shields enable designers to easily develop and prototype cellular connected IoT devices using a 2G, 3G, 4G or 5G network.\u00a0akorIoT<\/b>\u00a0includes all the\u00a0components required to collect sensor data or sense position by GNSS as well as enabling data upload via a cellular network. You can select any cloud service you like for the management, storage and analysis of the data from your IoT device.

Interested in an offer on the\u00a0akorIoT<\/b>\u00a0radio adapter? Great – drop me an email –\u00a0harald.naumann (at) gsm – modem. de
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