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Editor's Choice Arduino Primo Board Features Nordic Semiconductor Bluetooth Low Energy Wireless Connectivity and NFC Nordic Semiconductor has announced that Arduino has specified the Nordic Semiconductor nRF52832 Bluetoothlow energy (previously known as Bluetooth Smart) System-onChip (SoC) at the heart of its latest product: a low cost IoTtargeted programmable single board computer (or 'base board') called the 'Arduino Primo'. Volume 16, Issue 2 Editor & Publisher, David Webster Director of Content, Nick Depperschmidt Senior Editor, Shannon M. Given Associate Editor, Heather Williams Manager of Administration & Customer Service, Marsha Grillo The Arduino Primo base board features native Bluetooth low energy wireless connectivity and also includes Near Field Communication (NFC), Wi-Fi and infrared (IR) technologies. Previously users were required to add shields - plug-in daughter boards offering additional functionality - to the base board to upgrade to Bluetooth low energy wireless connectivity. Fulfillment Services & Circulation Marc Vang, Ross Webster In addition to being able to wirelessly connect to a wide array of Bluetooth low energy sensors, the Arduino Primo can act as a fully-functional TCP / IP Internet client and server over Wi-Fi; uses the Nordic nRF52832 SoC's integrated NFC for secure authentication and 'Touch-to-Pair' (a simple Bluetooth low energy pairing function requiring no user interaction), and has embedded IR for traditional remote control. Production Julie Hammond, Production Manager The Nordic Semiconductor nRF52832 features a 64 MHz, 32-bit ARM CortexM4F processor which delivers up to 60 percent more generic processing power compared to competing solutions, while offering ten times the Floating Point and twice the Digital Signal Processing (DSP) performance. The nRF52832′s 2.4 GHz multiprotocol radio is also fully compatible with the Bluetooth 4.2 specification and features -96 dB RX sensitivity and 5.5 mA peak RX/TX currents. The nRF52832 also features 512 kB Flash memory and 64 kB RAM, plus a fully-automatic power management system to optimize power consumption. In addition to controlling the Bluetooth low energy RF protocol software ("stack") and application code, the Nordic nRF52832 SoC's ARM processor has ample computational overhead to supervise and control the Arduino Primo's on-board accelerometer, temperature, humidity, and pressure sensors. For all but the most advanced projects, programming will be done via the established Arduino Integrated Development Environment (IDE) programming interface that Arduino says is designed to make electronics design easy for everyone regardless of experience, technical knowledge, and age. Professional developers and Makers who want to access the most advanced features and functionality the Arduino Primo has to offer will also be able to use any Nordic nRF52 Series-compatible Software Development Kit (SDK) or programming tools. For example, the nRF5 SDK for IoT allows more experienced users to develop IPv6 over Bluetooth low energy applications on the nRF52832 SoC, enabling the Arduino Primo to communicate with other Internet-connected "things" without requiring the resources of a complex and expensive gateway such as a Wi-Fi router or smartphone. Advertising, Sales & Marketing Scott Webster, Sue Hannebrink, Robert Schaudt, Cindy Mason REMOTE SITE & EQUIPMENT MANAGEMENT magazine (ISSN #1535-0347) is a publication of Webcom Communications Corp. Subscription price for one year (six issues) is free for qualified subscribers, $44 in the US for non-qualified subscribers; $60 in all other countries. Single copies are $20 each. Back issues are available. Payment must be made in US funds in order to process the order. Direct all subscription inquiries, orders and address changes to Fulfillment Services. Photocopy Rights: Permission to photocopy for internal or personal use, or the internal or personal use of specific clients is granted by REMOTE SITE & EQUIPMENT MANAGEMENT for users through Copyright Clearance Center, provided that the base fee of $2.50 per copy of the article, plus $1.00 per page is paid directly to the Copyright Clearance Center, 222 Rosewood Drive, Danvers, MA 01923 USA (508) 750-8400. For government and/ or classroom use, the Copyright Clearance Center should be contacted. The rate for this is 3 cents per page. Please specify ISSN # 1535-0347. Reprints: For reprint requests contact Webcom Communications at 800-803-9488 x.111 or Nickd@webcomcommunications.com © Copyright 2016 Webcom Communications Corp. Material in this publication may not be reproduced in any form without written permission. Requests for permission should be directed to the customer service manager. www.RemoteMagazine.com 4 www.RemoteMagazine.com http://www.RemoteMagazine.com http://www.RemoteMagazine.com

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Remote Site & Equipment Management 2016

Editor's Choice
Integrating Local HMI with the Cloud
Managing Distributed Energy Resources with IoT and Cloud Technologies
Three Considerations for M2M/IoT Connectivity
Creating Value from IIoT Data
Wireless Sensor Networks - Applications in Oil & Gas
Applying Remote Monitoring & Predictive Analytics to Satisfy Customers While Keeping Costs Down
M2M & IoT Products
Industry News

Remote Site & Equipment Management 2016