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Green Technology Applications and IoT Solutions

From wind, solar, hydro power and electric vehicles to environmental monitoring, green tech appears in a vast range of initiatives today aimed at a more sustainable world

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Smart, cost-effective connectivity is at the heart of green technology

At its core, Green Tech is driven by wireless communications. Solar panels, precision agriculture applications and smart city systems like street lighting and wastewater management systems all require connectivity – for monitoring, management, automation and data insights. Electric vehicles connect to find charging stations. Environmental monitoring systems require connectivity to monitor industrial tank levels and check for water leaks and chemical emissions. Behind it all, Digi wireless connectivity and cellular solutions enable fast, reliable and secure communications and data routing.

The right data at the right time

When the environment is at stake, robust connectivity is mission critical – supporting processes, automation, and timely decision making. Today, green energy, smart cities and environmental monitoring applications are turning to the fast, reliable and secure communications of Digi RF and cellular radio modules, system-on-modules, industrial gateways and cellular routers.

Everything you need in one place

The planning, development and deployment of Green Tech solutions is a complex process. Multiple vendor systems must interoperate. Applications must connect and run seamlessly, from your data center to the edge of the network. Digi provides an end-to-end solution offering – design services, deployment services, cybersecurity, and a complete suite of IoT and IT products to help you build and deploy fast.

A single point of command

No environmental solution is complete without the tools to monitor, manage and update your deployed device network. Digi Remote Manager® provides a single point of command and control to gain insights into your deployed devices and get alerts for defined parameters. What’s more, Digi RM monitors your device configurations for tampering to thwart unauthorized access – so you can have peace of mind.

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Digi XBee Cellular Modules

Robust, reliable cellular connectivity

  • Integrated MicroPython
  • CE/RED certified
  • Application examples:
    • Water monitoring and treatment
    • Wind farms
    • EV charging stations

Digi RF Short-Range Modules

Flexible RF communications

  • Peer-to-peer and mesh networking
  • 2.4 GHz for global deployment
  • Integrated MicroPython and BLE
  • Application examples:
    • Solar farms
    • Rooftop solar
    • Smart buildings

Digi Long-Range Modules

Industrial and enterprise connectivity

  • Advanced sleep modes
  • Over-the-air updates
  • Battery optimization
  • Application examples:
    • Smart irrigation
    • Agricultural drones
    • Industrial monitoring

Digi ConnectCore SOMs

Integrated system-on-modules

  • High-performance processing
  • Android and Linux
  • Product line scalability
  • Digi TrustFence security
  • Application examples:
    • Smart meters
    • Electric vehicles
    • EV charging stations
Digi RM
 

Digi Remote Manager

Drop-in deployment with simple,
secure remote control

Best-in-class monitoring and management ensures you can scale your deployment to a fleet of any size. Digi Remote Manager® gives you a single, secure platform to access data and manage devices from anywhere. Simple, secure control keeps your deployments on track – edit configurations, update firmware, monitor, schedule and automate tasks – all from your desktop or tablet.

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Design and build robust Green Tech solutions quickly – with Digi building blocks

Digi embedded solutions are designed for fast development and long service life. Rapidly develop robust, secure, reliable applications with modular components designed to perform in challenging conditions.

Developer Tools for Fast Time-to-Market

When you have a product to design and build, time is of the essence. Digi embedded solutions are supported with tools, code libraries and documentation to support your time-to-market goals. Digi ConnectCore® SOM solutions come with open-source embedded software development tools. And Digi XBee® modules are supported by Digi XBee Tools. See Digi XBee Tools

Digi TrustFence Security®

Digital signage demands reliable security to keep your content and your brand protected, and your network safe at all times. The Digi TrustFence® security framework simplifies the process of securing your connected signage against new and evolving threats. See how TrustFence works

Technology supports a vast range of vertical sectors that are going green, from municipalities that strive to become smart cities to organizations and enterprises that are adopting “net zero” goals to reduce their carbon footprint. The industry is already well over $1 trillion in the U.S. alone, and is projected to grow to a $12 trillion global industry by 2030. Watch the video to learn how Green Tech connects.

Digi Support for Green Tech

Developer Products and Tools

Digi offers a complete suite of embedded development solutions, including the Digi ConnectCore® line of highly integrated system-on-modules (SOMs), as well as Digi XBee® cellular and RF wireless communication modules. Additionally, Digi SOMs and communication modules are supported by a full set of developer tools, code libraries, BSPs and more to help expedite the development process and get to market faster.

Pre-certification for Global Distribution

Digi's embedded systems provide the tested and pre-certified building blocks developers need to rapidly build products for multi-regional or worldwide rollout. These include Digi XBee cellular modules and Digi ConnectCore SOMs with Wi-Fi and Bluetooth support.

Design and Build Services

Digi Wireless Design Services can support your development and time-to-market goals. Prototyping, testing and building applications that perform optimally with as few board spins as possible requires engineering expertise. Turn to Digi WDS to augment your team and get assistance for any aspect of your development process — so your team can focus on your core business.

Robust Reliability for Any Environment

Whether you are designing indoor products for HVACs and elevators, or applications that will be subject to varying temperatures and conditions, Digi embedded solutions perform. They undergo intense environmental testing to ensure they can handle rigorous industrial use cases.

Digi Cellular Extenders

Enterprise-class routing

  • LTE Cat 4 to Gigabit Ethernet speeds
  • Digi CORE® modular LTE plug-in modems
  • Dual SIMs for carrier failover
  • Application examples:
    • Building monitoring
    • Building automation systems
    • Smart manufacturing

Digi Industrial Cellular Routers

Industrial-class routing

  • LTE Cat 4
  • Dual SIMs + Digi SureLink® for redundancy
  • Single SKU supporting global bands
  • Application examples:
    • Industrial monitoring
    • Water/wastewater management
    • Smart grid applications

Digi Transportation Cellular Routers

Smart traffic/smart transit applications

  • LTE Cat 11 to 5G speeds
  • Zero touch configuration
  • Global models available
  • Application examples:
    • Smart traffic management
    • Smart bus transit
    • Light rail systems

Digi Connect Sensor+

Industrial cellular sensor gateway

  • Battery-powered
  • Weatherproof
  • Global cellular coverage
  • Application examples:
    • Industrial tank monitoring
    • Environmental monitoring
    • Leak detection
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Digi Remote Manager

Drop-in deployment with simple,
secure remote control

Best-in-class monitoring and management ensures you can scale your deployment to a fleet of any size. Digi Remote Manager® gives you a single, secure platform to access data and manage devices from anywhere. Simple, secure control keeps your deployments on track – edit configurations, update firmware, monitor, schedule and automate tasks – all from your desktop or tablet.

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Digi solutions provide reliable connectivity for Green Tech

With Digi cellular solutions, you can deploy anywhere – in protected indoor environments, in demanding outdoor conditions and in remote installations – and get the critical connectivity and data insights you need, 24/7/365. And with Digi you can expect long product lifecycles for a lower total cost of ownership.

Digi SureLink®

Persistent connectivity is absolutely essential to keep your signs shining bright and your customers engaged. Digi SureLink’s “keep-alive” function makes sure that connections to your digital signage network will be there when they’re needed – all the time, every time. Read about Digi SureLink

Digi TrustFence Security®

Digital signage demands reliable security to keep your content and your brand protected, and your network safe at all times. The Digi TrustFence® security framework simplifies the process of securing your connected signage against new and evolving threats. See how TrustFence works

Technology supports a vast range of vertical sectors that are going green, from municipalities that strive to become smart cities to organizations and enterprises that are adopting “net zero” goals to reduce their carbon footprint. The industry is already well over $1 trillion in the U.S. alone, and is projected to grow to a $12 trillion global industry by 2030. Watch the video to learn how Green Tech connects.

Digi Support for Green Tech

Purpose-built Solutions for Every Application

Whether you are deploying connectivity in a manufacturing facility, an office building, a traffic intersection or an industrial site, Digi has the right solution to meet your requirements. Digi Enterprise-class cellular extenders support indoor facilities. Digi Industrial routers support demanding outdoor applications. Digi Transportation routers are designed for traffic and transit applications. And Digi Connect Sensor+ is built for the full range of industrial monitoring applications.

Robust Reliability

Digi cellular solutions are built to meet the demands of IoT applications – whether deployed in protected environments or in the rugged conditions of industrial tanks, solar farms, smart transit systems and other demanding applications. With Digi cellular routers and gateways, enterprises deploying Green Tech solutions can expect high reliability, long lifecycles and robust performance.

Digi and Third-party Devices

Digi Remote Manager® provides the centralized command and control administrative teams need to monitor device installations, update firmware and get notified of issues – whether those devices amount to a few dozen or thousands. What’s more, Digi RM has a console terminal that provides secure VPN access not only to Digi devices but to third party serial devices, for troubleshooting, rebooting and other administrative tasks.

Deployment Services

IoT applications today can be complex, requiring site surveys, extensive planning, coordination of multiple vendor services, application development and more – all before the project can be deployed. Digi Professional Services provides a full range of services to support your project deployment, from planning to mobile app development, scripting, provisioning and even product training.