Charlie Evaluation Kit for Cellular LPWA

Charlie is a tool for quick and easy evaluation of our modules and resources, ideal for building a working proof of concept for your IoT device idea.

Charlie is compatible with the Arduino MKR form factor board, combining a low-power ARM® Cortex®-M0 32-bit SAMD21 microprocessor with our ME310 cellular module, which provides global cellular narrowband connectivity with a high-performance GNSS receiver.

The kit includes a Bosch Sensortec high-performance motion smart sensor chip and an embedded GNSS antenna, making Charlie a complete yet extremely compact IoT development platform.

Charlie can be used either alone or expanded with compatible shields. The Charlie kit provides the most commonly needed building blocks to develop, prototype and deploy IoT applications.

Key Features

• designed for makers, programmers and developers
• dasy to use, ideal for rapid IoT application design
• compatible with Arduino MKR form factor and with the open-source software (IDE)
• ME310G1-WW module-based with LTE Cat M1/NB2 and 2G global connectivity and GNSS receiver
• high-performance, low-power Bosch Sensortec motion sensor
• built-in high-performance GNSS antenna with low-noise amplifier, SMA connector for external cellular antenna
• high-efficiency battery charging circuit
• programmable LED and pushbutton for user application
• can be expanded using MKR standard shields
• programmable CPU