Cypress and Arrow collaborate on IoT development kit
The Quicksilver kit features Cypress Semiconductor’s Wireless Connectivity for Embedded Devices (WICED) platform and its CYW43907 802.11n Wi-Fi microcontroller (MCU). Distributor Arrrow Electronics will hold a series of workshops centred on Quicksilver and the WICED portfolio.
The WICED-based Quicksilver kit provides customers with the flexibility to build quickly now and streamline design enhancements later, says Cypress. Customers can quickly get to market with a certified module that provides turnkey cloud connectivity software and then migrate to cost- or performance-driven production, while maintaining hardware and software compatibility.
The kit is slated for release this month, and a second Quicksilver kit with 802.11ac Wi-Fi for high-data-rate and media-rich internet of things (IoT) development will be released in Q4 2017.
The first Quicksilver kit will provide users with design capabilities to implement the WICED Studio software development kit and features Arduino-compatible headers for expansion capability. The kit includes temperature, humidity and three-axis motion sensors to design an IoT edge device for use in markets as diverse as factory automation, lighting, smart irrigation, home appliances and home automation.
“Together, Arrow and Cypress will help customers solve power, range and reliability problems in IoT applications,” said Aiden Mitchell, vice president of IoT global solutions at Arrow. “Quicksilver allows our customers access to a great development experience.”
“Developers are looking for an easy way to add robust Wi-Fi connectivity to their products. The Quicksilver development platform backed by Arrow’s support provides them with a straightforward path,” said Andrew Hunter, senior director of marketing for the IoT business unit at Cypress. “We will expand the platform to include 802.11ac high-performance Wi-Fi and Bluetooth, addressing the trend toward integrating both with robust connectivity and multi-protocol coexistence.”
Arrow will be conducting a series of global workshops centred on Quicksilver and the WICED portfolio.
Arrow Electronics provides products and services to industrial and commercial users of electronic components and enterprise computing. Arrow serves as a supply channel partner for more than 125,000 original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), contract manufacturers and commercial customers.
Cypress Semiconductor’s programmable systems on chip (SoCs), general-purpose microcontrollers, analogue ICs, wireless and USB-based connectivity solutions and memories help engineers design differentiated products and get them to market first.
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