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Cellular IoT guides

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Software and Protocols: Monitoring nRF9160 data usage with connectivity statistics

Markus Tacker (he/him)

This blog posts explains how to use the nRF9160 connectivity statistics to monitor data usage
- 9 Sep 2020
Getting started: nRF9160 Developing for Production

Akash Patel

Last updated on 02/25/2021, see changelog at the end for more details This guide is written for those who are working on the nRF9160 and are starting their firmware design soon or for those who have already started. I have collected some tips from my...
- 10 Jul 2020
Hardware design, RF test and coverage: iBasis eSIM International Coverage Update

Brian Kim

Since Nordic Semiconductor announced that it has partnered with one of the world’s largest international cellular carriers, iBASIS, to use nRF9160 System-in-Package (SiP) module and to include an iBasis simcard on each of the nRF9160 Developmen...
- 4 Jun 2020
Getting started: Getting NB-IoT Demo running on Thingy:91

Christian Kurz

The Nordic Thingy:91 is a cellular IoT prototyping platform. It is based on the nRF9160 System-in-Package (SiP). The nRF9160 has an integrated modem that supports both LTE-M and NB-IoT. The factory programmed firmware on Thingy:91 covers LTE-M only. ...
- 29 May 2020
Software and Protocols: Enabling and testing TLS in mqtt_simple

Daniel Veilleux

The MQ Telemetry Transport (MQTT) protocol is hugely popular in IoT because it is lightweight and versatile. In this post we will enable Transport Layer Security (TLS) in the mqtt_simple sample from the nRF Connect SDK (NCS) and then connect it to a ...
- 4 Feb 2020