Semtech and Oxit will collaborate to build a multi-connectivity module that can connect to both Amazon Web Services (AWS) internet of things (IoT) core for Amazon Sidewalk and to long range wide area networks (LoRaWANs) in and outside the U.S. on a single device.
The collaboration will give users a single IoT cloud endpoint, AWS IoT core, on one device with the ability to choose the best network based on coverage and enhanced connectivity regardless of public or private networks. This will allow users to connect billions of IoT devices and route trillions of messages to AWS without managing infrastructure.
The module is based on Semtech’s SX1262 and SiLabs EFR32MG24 chipsets and is combined with Oxit SW stack for both Sidewalk and LoRaWAN.
What is Amazon Sidewalk?
Sidewalk is Amazon’s platform for connecting billions of IoT devices to a long-range, low bandwidth secure network in communities. The network has coverage to more than 90% of the U.S. population.
Using Sidewalk Bridges, select Echo and Ring devices provide cloud connectivity to IoT devices. The endpoint for third-party devices connecting to Amazon Sidewalk network is AWS IoT Core.
The single device collaboration will use Oxit’s Oxtech multi-connectivity module that connects devices to Amazon Sidewalk or LoRaWAN and integrates all the hardware and firmware materials required. Both integration methods are independent of one another allowing users to develop the same hardware for Amazon Sidewalk and LoRaWAN networks.
“Original Equipment Manufacturers wanting to build a single hardware device for both Amazon Sidewalk and AWS IoT Core for LoRaWAN, are now able to thanks to the OxTech Multi-Connectivity Module,” said Josh Cox, CEO of Oxit. “Customers can now not only use the same module for connecting devices to both networks with an integrated network stack, but they can also write their own applications directly on the module, simplifying deployment and speeding time to market.”
