With the potential of billions of new connected things bringing a tidal wave of new data, businesses want a better grasp of expected ROI, cost, and scalability, while IT managers struggle with integration, interoperability, and management concerns. Digi-Key’s objective is to provide its engineering community and suppliers a path to their solutions.
IoT is a mega technology trend that will not only be an endurance test for legacy systems but will also shape the fate of companies large and small in many different industries. Estimates are for 50 billion IoT connected devices by 2020 and 100 billion by 2025.
There are a multitude of companies and proposed network solutions. Digi-Key are committed to helping its customers navigate the plethora of choices and find the best solutions for their applications or use cases.
In an effort to accelerate IoT adoption by its customers, Digi-Key offers the latest and greatest IoT-relevant products and services in its Internet of Things (IoT) Resource Center. IoT products span many different categories, including hardware, software and cloud and connectivity services. Digi-Key are working hard to bring together and bundle these products and services in meaningful ways that integrate into more complete solutions.
Integrated solutions for Utilities
- Electricity, gas and water metering
- Smart grid
With utility service areas continually growing, the utility industry is turning to intelligent ways for operation and business process management. One of the technologies they implemented is wireless communications. This allows for instant communications which streamlines operations, infrastructure and customer equipment repair, and emergency response. Wireless communication combined with smart meters also allows for analysis of customer usage statistics, system load, and other data.
Additionally, radio frequency identifier (RFID) tags are being used to monitor utility distribution network and intermediate equipment status. Embedded in the distribution infrastructure, RFID tags send information on the status, safety, and wear or damage of cables, transformers, pipes, pipelines, tanks, etc. All of this allows utilities to take proactive measures to minimise potentially expensive maintenance and repair.
Market ready solutions
B+B SmartWorx Energy Monitoring Kit The Wzzard Energy Monitoring Application makes it simple to see the real time and historical electrical consumption of any individual machine or panel. Data can be exported to Dropbox for further analysis. Email or text message alerts can be sent when user-configured high or low limits are exceeded in critical applications.
B+B SmartWorx Energy Monitoring Bundle Wzzard is ready to go right out of the box. Connect your sensors to your wireless Wzzard Intelligent Edge Nodes, mount your nodes wherever it’s convenient, configure your nodes via Bluetooth LE, and turn on your Spectre Network Gateway. There is no need for a site study, no need for any complicated integration, and no need for expensive installations or cabling. You can install a Wzzard sensor network virtually anywhere, and at a moment’s notice.
Industrial IoT Kit Voltage Pro Ethernet The Smart.Hub Pro is a versatile and reliable IOT gateway device for use in industrial applications. Smart.Hub products are gateways used to move data from Whisker.Block sensor blocks and end user customised Whisker.Engine-based sensor nodes to theWhisker.io cloud platform.