IoT Hardware

Raspberry Pi 4 vs NVIDIA Jetson Nano Developer Kit

by Chris Pietschmann | Jun 24, 2019

There are tons of IoT devices available for prototyping and building Internet of Things (IoT) solutions. The Raspberry Pi 4 was recently released...

ESP32-Azure IoT Kit Development Board from Espressif (ESP32-WROVER-B)

by Chris Pietschmann | May 15, 2019

Espressif There are certainly lots of different boards that can be used for building and prototyping Internet of Things (IoT) solutions. I've posted...

Azure IoT DevKit Simulator (MXChip AZ3166)

by Chris Pietschmann | May 6, 2019

The Azure IoT DevKit (MXChip AZ3166) is a really cool board for prototyping Azure IoT solutions. However, it's a physical board and having the board...

Raspberry Pi GPIO Pin Reference

by Chris Pietschmann | Aug 8, 2018

Microsoft Azure IoT Suite can be used to build extremely scalable Internet of Things (IoT) solutions. With any IoT solution the cloud platform is...

Azure IoT DevKit: Upgrade Firmware – MXChip, AZ3166

by Chris Pietschmann | Nov 8, 2017

The Microsoft Azure IoT Developer Kit (AZ3166) board is built for prototyping Internet of Things (IoT) solutions and getting started quickly and...

Azure IoT DevKit: Configure Wifi Connectivity – No Wifi?

by Chris Pietschmann | Nov 7, 2017

The Azure IoT Developer Kit (AZ3166) board is a great prototyping board that is easy to get started with and use. Setting up and configuring the...

Order Azure IoT Developer Kit (AZ3166) on Amazon with FREE Shipping

by Chris Pietschmann | Oct 5, 2017

The Azure IoT Developer Kit (AZ3166) is a really amazing little IoT (Internet of Things) prototyping board with lots of sensors, buttons, OLED...

Azure IoT Developer Kits (AZ3166) Have Arrived

by Chris Pietschmann | Oct 4, 2017

The Azure IoT Developer Kit is an Arduino compatible Internet of Things (IoT) board with quite a few sensors, buttons, and display all built-in. The...

Azure IoT Developer Kit (AZ3166) Manufacturing Delayed, Shipping pushed to Sept 21

by Chris Pietschmann | Sep 8, 2017

The new Azure IoT Developer Kit is a pretty nice IoT prototyping board with tons of sensors and things built-in. On Aug 11, 2017, Microsoft, MXChip...

Azure IoT Developer Kit Ready for Pre-Order

by Chris Pietschmann | Aug 11, 2017

The new Microsoft Azure IoT Developer Kit board is pretty amazing! It is Arduino compatible and includes many sensors, buttons, and an OLED display...

Azure IoT Developer Kit: Sensor Overview

by Chris Pietschmann | Aug 8, 2017

The Microsoft Azure IoT Developer Kit is an Arduino compatible board built for helping with prototyping Internet of Things (IoT) solutions. The key...

Raspberry Pi Device Simulator for Azure IoT

by Chris Pietschmann | Aug 2, 2017

One of the long time frustrations with Raspberry Pi development is that you needed a physical device and hardware (sensors, buttons, etc) to fully...

Azure IoT Developer Kit Preview Started Shipping

by Chris Pietschmann | Jul 25, 2017

A couple months ago Microsoft announced the availability of the new Azure IoT Developer Kit Board. This is a board that has integrated sensors,...

Azure IoT DevKit Preview built with Arduino and VSCode

by Chris Pietschmann | May 19, 2017

There have been a number of Azure IoT Starter Kits available for some time now. I've written about the Starter Kits in the past. Some of these...

Grove IoT Commercial Gateway Kit from Seeed

by Chris Pietschmann | Apr 26, 2017

The Grove IoT Commercial Gateway Kit from Seeed is the result of a partnership between Microsoft and Intel to create a starter kit for rapidly...

AT&T IoT Starter Kit with Azure IoT Suite Support

by Chris Pietschmann | Sep 15, 2016

It seems that pretty much everyone is getting in on the IoT Game these days. There is a plethora of IoT boards, devices, sensors and other...

Windows 10 IoT Core Compatible Boards

by Chris Pietschmann | Sep 7, 2016

There are many IoT hardware boards on the market today. Windows 10 IoT Core has some very specific hardware requirements, so only a few of the...

GrovePi+ Plug-n-Play IoT Platform

by Chris Pietschmann | Sep 2, 2016

Traditionally building Internet of Things (IoT) devices using a platform such as the Raspberry Pi required you to know a little about electronics....

Intel Joule is an IoT Powerhouse

by Chris Pietschmann | Aug 30, 2016

The Internet of Things hardware landscape is heating up. There's tons of devices available with many new devices being released every few...

Microsoft IoT Grove Kit for Raspberry Pi

by Chris Pietschmann | Aug 27, 2016

The IoT hardware landscape is ever changing from the new Raspberry Pi 3 to various Arduino boards. One thing Raspberry Pi has offered that Arduino...