BCM introduces its BI255-1900J-IoT-DEV development kit providing VARs and OEMs a proven building block foundation to an Intel® based Gateway Solution for the Internet of Things (IoT)
What is BCM’s IoT Gateway Solution Development Kit?
The BI255-1900J-IoT-DEV, an integrated intelligent system incorporating BCM’s MX1900J long-life industrial motherboard, is an Intel® Gateway Solution for IoT. The solution includes a software stack comprised of a Wind River® Linux operating system along with Wind River cloud connectivity and manageability software capable of interfacing I/O, cellular, and Wi-Fi communications down to sensors and controllers and up to data centers and the cloud. The software stack also includes enterprise-grade security solutions from McAfee®. The BI255-1900J-IoT-DEV IoT Gateway development kit provides VARs, system integrators, and software application providers the ideal embedded building block solution to serve as a stable and validated platform to build upon and speeding time to market and greatly reducing development costs.
The BCM BI255-1900J-IoT-DEV IoT Gateway Development Kit meets the requirements of an Intel® Gateway Solution for the IoT
The BCM BI255-1900J-IoT-DEV IoT Gateway development kit is BCM’s first Intel® Gateway Solution for the IoT. The BI255-1900J-IoT system has been pre-validated by Intel® to be compatible with its IoT Gateway software solution comprised of a security element through Intel’s McAfee Security Embedded Control software and a Wind River based Linux operating system plus cloud connectivity and manageability element through its Wind River Linux (Host), Wind River Intelligent Device Platform XT, and Wind River Workbench. This development kit offers customers a launch pad to speed time to market, reduce engineering costs, and leverage a proven platform qualified by Intel® as a gateway solution for IoT.
Measuring 8 x 7.1 x 2.5 inches and operated by 12V DC power, the BI255-1900J-IoT-DEV delivers high performance and low power through Intel® Celeron® J1900 quad core processor, codenamed Intel® BayTrail-D and uses the same architecture as the 4th generation Intel® Atom™ E3800 platform which is three times faster than its predecessors and offers enhanced power efficiency.
For connectivity, the BI255-1900J-IoT-DEV provides rich I/O interfaces for accessing sensor streams of the IoT applications such as online status, temperature, location, speed, humidity, and service sensors. The I/O includes four USB 3.0 ports, dual gigabit LAN ports, one COM port, Line-out, Mic-in, one DisplayPort and one DB-15 VGA. In addition, this IoT development kit provides one full size mini-PCIe socket with mSATA support and one half size mini-PCIe socket for supporting WiFi and 2G/3G/4G networks with Wind River BSP support for pre-validated modules.
The system provides two 204-pin SODIMM sockets support up to 8 GB DDR3L 1333 MHz system memory. It also provides one 2.5” HDD drive bay for storage.
What’s Included in the BCM BI255-1900J-IoT-DEV IoT Gateway Development Kit
The development kit includes one 32 GB mSATA SSD, 4 GB DDR3L memory module, an Intel® WiFi Module and antenna, a power supply, and of course a download authorization key and instructions on how to download and register the Intel® Gateway Solutions for the Internet of Things software stack (SDK) and documentation from the Intel® website. This system provides everything you need to the test drive the gateway solution for the IoT and provides an excellent building block platform to launch your own intelligent IoT device.
Availability
The BI255-1900J-IoT-DEV will be available starting in September 2014. For customers who are interested in purchasing a BI255-1900J-IoT-DEV development kit or would like more information regarding this kit please contact your BCM representative or email us atBCMSales@bcmcom.com. Please visit our website at www.bcmcom.com for more information on custom designs using our IoT gateway solutions.
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