Digi International and Wind River have collaborated to deliver a new family of cloud-connected wireless machine-to-machine (M2M) solutions. The M2M Solution Builder kits will include a combination of hardware, software, cloud connectivity and access to tailored M2M development services. This complete end-to-end solution, tailored for performance- and connectivity-driven applications, simplifies the creation of an M2M solution.

From real-time traffic data communicated to a vehicle’s GPS, to remote health monitoring systems transmitting data to a doctor's computer, to smart meters transmitting data on utility usage, the spectrum of ways in which intelligence from remote machines can and will be used is vast.

The M2M Solution Builder kit will integrate performance and connectivity in a fanless and compact form factor. It will feature:

• Intel Atom processor E6204.
• Wind River Linux environment with an M2M software development kit (SDK).
• iDigi Connector integration, which allows any device to integrate easily with the iDigi Device Cloud, a cloud infrastructure for remote device management and cloud-based information exchange.
• Wind River Workbench, a collection of tools based on the Eclipse framework.
• A host of connectivity options, including certification to 2G/3G cellular, dual-stream 802.11a/b/g/n Wi-Fi, Gigabit Ethernet, 802.15.4, dual HDMI, audio, USB 2.0, internal MicroSD card slot, up to four internal PCI Express Mini Card slots, and an integrated low-power three-axis accelerometer.

As part of the kit user experience, customers will be able to exercise complete iDigi Manager Pro remote management capabilities and cloud-based desktop and mobile web dashboard applications out of the box. The M2M Solution Builder kit is expected to be available in June.

Richard Nass