{"id":15308,"date":"2025-02-18T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-02-18T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dmcinfo.com\/our-work\/amazon-sidewalk-evaluation-board\/"},"modified":"2025-09-05T13:16:28","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T18:16:28","slug":"amazon-sidewalk-evaluation-board","status":"publish","type":"our_work","link":"https:\/\/www.dmcinfo.com\/our-work\/amazon-sidewalk-evaluation-board\/","title":{"rendered":"Amazon Sidewalk Evaluation Board"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>DMC\u2019s custom evaluation board combines the Quectel KG100S module, GPS, and multiple sensors, along with storage and interface expansions, into a single compact platform. The firmware leverages standard Amazon Sidewalk examples for sub-GHz connectivity, augmented by DMC\u2019s custom drivers for sensor acquisition, GPS data parsing, and data compression. \u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Provisioning each device securely registers it on the Sidewalk network, a process fully automated in the Docker-based build system. \u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>By buffering sensor readings locally and transmitting only essential, compressed data, the solution optimizes bandwidth usage while delivering extended battery life\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>A custom Amazon AWS-based application was also developed to ingest and visualize the data received from the sensors.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Overall, this evaluation system demonstrates the practicality of low-power, long-range IoT devices using Amazon Sidewalk. \u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"amazon sidewalk board\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.dmcinfo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/27165405\/amazon-sidewalk-board-1-1.jpg\"  \/><\/figure>\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"amazon sidewalk board\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.dmcinfo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/27165404\/amazon-sidewalk-board-3-1.jpg\"  \/><\/figure>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Learn more about DMC\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dmcinfo.com\/services\/application-development\/iot-solutions\">IoT<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dmcinfo.com\/services\/embedded-development-and-embedded-programming\/amazon-sidewalk-engineering\">Amazon Sidewalk<\/a> expertise and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dmcinfo.com\/contact\">contact us<\/a> for your next project.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DMC\u2019s custom evaluation board combines the Quectel KG100S module, GPS, and multiple sensors, along with storage and interface expansions, into a single compact platform. The firmware leverages standard Amazon Sidewalk examples for sub-GHz connectivity, augmented by DMC\u2019s custom drivers for sensor acquisition, GPS data parsing, and data compression. \u00a0 Provisioning each device securely registers it [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":15305,"template":"","meta":{"customer":"DMC Internal Project","summary":"<p>DMC undertook an internal R&amp;D project to explore the capabilities of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dmcinfo.com\/services\/embedded-development-and-embedded-programming\/amazon-sidewalk-engineering\">Amazon Sidewalk<\/a> using Quectel&rsquo;s KG100S module.&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Amazon Sidewalk is a secure, community-based network that leverages devices like Echo and Ring to extend wireless coverage beyond typical home Wi-Fi ranges. 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