SparkFun Electronics and Digi International ® announced the launch of a collaborative new development board, the SparkFun IoT Node for LoRaWAN®, as well as two kits, one each for North America and Europe, the SparkFun Digi X-ON? Kit for LoRaWAN®. Aimed at accelerating end-node creation, these products are designed to simplify the use of IoT devices via a LoRaWAN® network for developers and professionals, and are perfect for applications that require reliable communication in challenging environments.

The kits enable users to quickly collect and send sensor data over a LoRaWAN® network. The kits include an HX15 Gateway from Digi, the new SparkFun IoT Node for LoRaWAN®, and SparkFun's dual-action ENS160/BME280 (Qwiic) Environmental Combo Board. The kits also include a free 30-day subscription to Digi X-ON device management platform, free cellular connectivity, and is available in two versions, one for North America and one for Europe.

The two kits are priced at USD 395.00, bringing the total price under what customers could typically expect to pay for the gateway alone. At the heart of the kit is the SparkFun IoT Node board. Key features of the development board include: The Digi XBee® LR module for LoRaWAN®, which uses LoRa?

modulation for Non-Line-of-Sight (NLOS) two-way communications for long-range and high-noise RF environments and comes pre-activated on Digi's X-ON cloud platform. Plug-and-Play Functionality: Preinstalled firmware automatically connects to Digi X-ON, detects an attached sensor, and publishes data to the X-ON cloud. For the kits, the installed firmware connects and posts data from the Digi HX15 Gateway for LoRaWAN® to DiGi X-ON.

A SparkFun Qwiic connector enables quick, solderless integration with SparkFun's extensive range of Qwiic-enabled sensors and products, perfect for rapid prototyping and developing proof-of-concepts. An RP2350 microprocessor from Raspberry Pi, which supports many development environments, including Arduino, micropython, and the Raspberry Pi pico SDK, and comes with 16 MB of flash and 8 MB of PSRAM. Economical Pricing: SparkFun and Digi have worked together to make these products as affordable as possible and to enable widespread adoption, offering an introductory pricing model for the IoT Node for LoRaWAN® at USD 49.95 for the first 250 units, which will increase to 99.95 soon.