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The Notecard is a device-to-cloud data pump that reduces the complexity of building connected solutions with secure, reliable cellular. As an embeddable system on module (SoM), the Notecard can be used with any microcontroller for both greenfield and retrofit projects using your own design, or one of our custom designed Notecarriers.
With just two lines of code you can send data to the cloud in minutes, with no complex device registration or provisioning required. With a powerful JSON-based API, you can program the Notecard over USB, or control it from your preferred microcontroller or single-board computer using one of our open-source firmware libraries. Connect from your preferred host to the Notecard using Serial or I2C.
The Notecard is designed to work with a cloud service for ingesting and processing device data. Notehub provides secure device connectivity, project and fleet management, and simple routing to 3rd party cloud services.
The Notecard is meant to be used with a Notecarrier. The Notecard Cellular is compatible with all available Notecarriers. See the Notecarriers section for more details or get started with a Blues Starter Kit.
Available Variations
- Wideband (LTE Cat 1)
- LTE Cat-1 for North America (Datasheet and Country Coverage)
- LTE Cat-1 for EMEA (Datasheet and Country Coverage)
- Narrowband (LTE Cat M, NB-IoT)
- LTE-M, NB-IoT for North America (Datasheet and Country Coverage)
- LTE-M, NB-IoT for Global Use (Datasheet and Country Coverage)
Key Notecard Cellular Specs
- Includes a secure element with a factory-installed ECC P-384 certificate, provisioned at chip manufacture.
- Integrated GPS and accelerometer.
- Designed to operate on battery power, be "always-on" to maintain time and location, while typically drawing less than 8µA@5V, when idle.
- Bundled with 10 years of service and 500MB of cellular data.
- No cellular subscriptions, SIM fees, or monthly minimums apply.
- PTCRB Certified Module.
Additional Resources
The Notecard is a device-to-cloud data pump that reduces the complexity of building connected solutions with LoRa/LoRaWAN. As an embeddable system on module (SoM), the Notecard can be used with any microcontroller for both greenfield and retrofit projects using your own design, or one of our custom designed Notecarriers.
The Notecard for LoRa is a lower-cost version of the cellular-based Notecards for LoRa only, and is API-compatible with the cellular- and WiFi-based Notecards (with some exceptions). The Notecard for LoRa supports The Things Network gateways. Included is a flexible Molex 211140 antenna that supports both 868 MHz (Europe) and 915 MHz (United States) frequencies.
With just two lines of code you can send data to the cloud in minutes, no complex device registration or provisioning required. With a powerful JSON-based API, you can program the Notecard over USB, or control it from your preferred microcontroller or single-board computer using one of our open-source firmware libraries. Connect from your preferred host to the Notecard using Serial or I2C.
The Notecard is designed to work with a cloud service for ingesting and processing device data. Notehub provides secure device connectivity, project and fleet management, and simple routing to 3rd party cloud services.
The Notecard is meant to be used with a Notecarrier. The Notecard for LoRa is compatible with all Notecarriers except the Notecarrier XS. See the Notecarriers section for more details or get started with a Blues Starter Kit.
Available Variations
Key Notecard Specs
- Onboard ultra-low-power STM32WL LoRa MCU.
- Compatible with LoRaWAN and The Things Network.
Additional Resources
The Notecard Cell+WiFI (MB) adds an LTE Cat 1 bis Notecard to complement our existing Notecard SKUs. This new, “Midband” Notecard provides a step-up in performance from 2G/3G, Cat-M, and NB-IoT without a big step-up in price.
The Notecard is a device-to-cloud data pump that reduces the complexity of building connected solutions with secure, reliable cellular and Wi-Fi. As an embeddable system on module (SoM), the Notecard can be used with any microcontroller for both greenfield and retrofit projects using your own design, or one of our custom designed Notecarriers.
The Notecard Cell+WiFi allows for dynamic fallback from Wi-Fi to cellular and indoor location tracking via Wi-Fi Triangulation.
With just two lines of code you can send data to the cloud in minutes, with no complex device registration or provisioning required. With a powerful JSON-based API, you can program the Notecard over USB, or control it from your preferred microcontroller or single-board computer using one of our open-source firmware libraries. Connect from your preferred host to the Notecard using Serial or I2C.
The Notecard is designed to work with a cloud service for ingesting and processing device data. Notehub provides secure device connectivity, project and fleet management, and simple routing to 3rd party cloud services.
The Notecard is meant to be used with a Notecarrier. The Notecard Cell+WiFi is compatible with all Notecarriers except the Notecarrier A. See the Notecarriers section for more details or get started with a Blues Starter Kit.
Available Variations
- Wideband (LTE Cat 1)
- LTE Cat 1 and 2.4 GHz Wi-Fi for Global Use (Datasheet and Country Coverage)
- LTE Cat 1 and 2.4 GHz Wi-Fi for North America (Datasheet and Country Coverage)
- LTE Cat 1 and 2.4 GHz Wi-Fi for EMEA (Datasheet and Country Coverage)
- Midband (LTE Cat 1 bis)
- LTE Cat 1 bis and 2.4 GHz Wi-Fi for Global Use (Datasheet and Country Coverage)
- LTE Cat 1 bis and 2.4 GHz Wi-Fi for North America (Datasheet and Country Coverage)
- Narrowband (LTE Cat M, NB-IoT)
- LTE Cat M, NB-IoT, and 2.4 GHz Wi-Fi for Global Use (Datasheet and Country Coverage)
- LTE Cat M, NB-IoT, and 2.4 GHz Wi-Fi for North America (Datasheet and Country Coverage)
Key Notecard Cell+WiFi Specs
- Includes a secure element with a factory-installed ECC P-384 certificate, provisioned at chip manufacture.
- Integrated GPS and accelerometer.
- Designed to operate on battery power, be "always-on" to maintain time and location, while typically drawing less than 18µA@5V, when idle.
- Bundled with 10 years of service and 500MB of cellular data.
- No cellular subscriptions, SIM fees, or monthly minimums apply.
- PTCRB Certified Module.
- Includes a 2.4 GHz Wi-Fi module with Wi-Fi to Cellular fallback capabilities.
Additional Resources
Add satellite failover to any cellular or Wi-Fi Notecard-based solution for $49 with data and no monthly fees.
Starnote is an affordable satellite IoT backup device that, much like the Notecard does with cellular, includes satellite uplink and downlink data with the cost of the device, in partnership with Skylo. Starnote offers a JSON-based programing interface consistent with the Notecard, providing developers with access to yet another major Radio Access Technology (RAT) using straightforward, accessible semantics.
Starnote is a Notecard accessory that is intended to disrupt the conventional wisdom that using satellite requires a high hardware investment (in the hundreds of dollars), and monthly device fees even when devices aren’t communicating with satellites.
As an accessory, Starnote is not a Notecard. It is meant to be used with the Notecard, and works with Cellular, Cell+WiFi, and WiFi. From a developer’s point of view, Starnote operates as an additional available RAT for the Notecard. A developer uses the Notecard API to specify in the Notecard’s mode of operations when to fallback to Satellite and the Notecard handles communications between itself and Starnote.
Available Variations
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Onboard Satellite and GPS Antennas
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u.FL Connectors with Provided External Antennas
Key Starnote Specs
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JSON-based API for configuration and communication with the Notecard
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M.2 Key E connector for board-to-board usage and a six-pin JST for wire-to-board applications
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Available with onboard satellite and GPS antennas or external via u.FL connectors
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NTN-capable satellite modem with zero-touch configuration.
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Bundled with 18KB of satellite data from Skylo.
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No satellite provider subscriptions, fees, or monthly minimums apply.
Additional Resources
The Blues WisGate Edge Lite 2 powered by RAKWireless™ is an 8-channel indoor gateway with full LoRaWAN Stack Support (v1.0.3), built-in Ethernet, and Wi-Fi connectivity. The gateways are pre-provisioned on the Blues Things Stack Tenant to enable out-of-the-box connectivity for Notecard LoRa. This product is also available as part of the Blues LoRaWAN Starter Kit.
The gateway offers low-touch configuration with Notecard LoRa, an enclosure designed for efficient cooling, optional DIN rail mounting, and an intuitive out-of-the-box user experience for easy setup and diagnostics. Consult the tutorials and technical documentation from Blues and RAKWireless™ for additional information.
Key Specs
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Full LoRaWAN Stack support (v1.0.3) with Semtech SX1302
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Supports 2.4 GHz Wi-Fi AP for configuration
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100M Base-T Ethernet with PoE
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Multi back-haul with Ethernet and Wi-Fi
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OpenWRT software supports Web UI for easy configuration and monitoring
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Pre-configured on the Blues Things Stack tenant for easy out-of-the-box configuration
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TF card for log backup and LoRa frame buffering (in case of backhaul failover)
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Built-in Network Server for easy deployment of applications and integration of gateways
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Featuring an improved STM32 MCU, an onboard dual SIM capability, and an improved Low IQ power supply, the new Notecard Cellular is a drop-in functional replacement for original “Green” Notecard at a lower price.
The Notecard is a device-to-cloud data pump that reduces the complexity of building connected solutions with secure, reliable cellular. As an embeddable system on module (SoM), the Notecard can be used with any microcontroller for both greenfield and retrofit projects using your own design, or one of our custom designed Notecarriers.
With just two lines of code you can send data to the cloud in minutes, with no complex device registration or provisioning required. With a powerful JSON-based API, you can program the Notecard over USB, or control it from your preferred microcontroller or single-board computer using one of our open-source firmware libraries. Connect from your preferred host to the Notecard using Serial or I2C.
The Notecard is designed to work with a cloud service for ingesting and processing device data. Notehub provides secure device connectivity, project and fleet management, and simple routing to 3rd party cloud services.
The Notecard is meant to be used with a Notecarrier. The Notecard Cellular is compatible with all available Notecarriers. See the Notecarriers section for more details or get started with a Blues Starter Kit.
Available Variations
- Wideband (LTE Cat 1)
- LTE Cat-1 for North America (Datasheet and Country Coverage)
- LTE Cat-1 for EMEA (Datasheet and Country Coverage)
- Midband (LTE Cat 1 bis)
- LTE Cat-1 bis for North America (Datasheet and Country Coverage)
- LTE Cat-1 bis for Global (Datasheet and Country Coverage)
- Narrowband (LTE Cat M, NB-IoT)
- LTE-M, NB-IoT for North America (Datasheet and Country Coverage)
- LTE-M, NB-IoT for Global Use (Datasheet and Country Coverage)
Key Notecard Cellular Specs
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Includes a secure element with a factory-installed ECC P-384 certificate, provisioned at chip manufacture.
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Integrated GPS and accelerometer.
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Designed to operate on battery power, be "always-on" to maintain time and location, while typically drawing less than 8µA@5V, when idle.
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Bundled with 10 years of service and 500MB of cellular data.
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No cellular subscriptions, SIM fees, or monthly minimums apply.
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PTCRB Certified Module.
Additional Resources