Mouser Electronics is now shipping the new Wireless xG28 Explorer Kit for Amazon Sidewalk from Silicon Labs.
The xG28 Wireless Explorer Kit offers a small form factor, low-cost evaluation platform to demonstrate and rapidly prototype wireless sensor and IoT applications for Amazon Sidewalk. This secure, low-bandwidth, long-range wireless network uses Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) and sub-GHz bandwidth to create shared wireless networks connecting IoT devices at home and beyond.
The Silicon Labs Wireless xG28 Explorer Kit for Amazon Sidewalk, available from Mouser, is based on the Silicon Labs EFR32SG28 dual-band wireless SoC, used for battery-operated end devices in energy-efficient connected IoT applications utilising the Amazon Sidewalk ecosystem. The high-performance, dual-band SoC’s single-die, multi-core solution supports multiple Sidewalk PHYs, including 2.4GHz Bluetooth Low Energy for in-home connectivity and sub-GHz FSK for ‘beyond the fence’ and Neighbourhood Area Networks. The EFR32SG28’s large memory footprint, AI/ML hardware accelerator, and integrated power amplifiers enable the next level of secure connectivity with Secure Vault, and up to 49 GPIO with low power consumption and fast wakeup times for Amazon Sidewalk devices.
The xG28 Explorer Kit arrives programmed with Silicon Labs’ Simplicity Studio, which enables users to start running code on their project in less than a minute, allowing demonstration of uplink/downlink over the Amazon Sidewalk network between the end device and the cloud. The xG28 Explorer Kit features a USB interface, an on-board SEGGER J-Link debugger, two user-LEDs/buttons, with support for hardware add-on boards via a mikroBUS socket and a Qwiic connector, allowing developers to build and prototype applications employing a virtually endless combination of off-the-shelf boards from MikroE, SparkFun, Adafruit, and Seeed Studios.
To learn more about the xG28 Explorer Kit, visit https://eu.mouser.com/new/silicon-labs/silabs-xg28-amazon-sidewalk-explorer-kit/
