Digi-Key at embedded world 2023 with Arduino

Arduino was eager to showcase what they had on offer at embedded world 2023, with both existing and upcoming products and solutions on display. Beyond just this, Arduino also displayed its passion for the programming environment it desires to create.

With ready-to-use solutions such as the Opta, and other component devices such as the new Portena C33, Arduino offers a wide array of IoT system devices and components.

The Portena C33

The biggest part of Arduino’s showcase at embedded world 2023 was its new Portena C33 IoT System-on-Module component.

Portenta C33 is the latest addition to Arduino's Portenta family, which is specifically designed to provide a complete and scalable platform for IoT edge devices. Portenta C33 offers a powerful microcontroller, connectivity, and security at a convenient price point, making it ideal for a vast range of applications, such as Edge AI devices, IoT gateways, remote control systems, fleet management, and process tracking.

Portenta C33 provides professional developers with a production ready IoT platform combining the familiar Arduino environment with other high-level languages like MicroPython. The module integrates Wi-Fi and Bluetooth Low Energy connectivity alongside with a wide variety of peripheral interfaces, including CAN, SAI, SPI, and I2C. Furthermore, the RA6M5’s integrated Secure Crypto Engine 9 (SCE9) with secure key storage ensures industrial-grade security at the hardware level and the ability to perform over-the-air firmware updates with Arduino IoT Cloud or other third-party services.

Portenta C33 can be at the heart of industrial IoT gateways, connecting devices, machines, and sensors to collect operation data in real-time, and display them on a custom Arduino IoT Cloud dashboard or third-party cloud platforms with end-to-end secure data encryption. This is also offered by the embedded RA6M5 with Arm TrustZone and Renesas’ certified SCE9. For example, data on overall equipment efficiency (OEE) and overall process effectiveness (OPE) can be tracked, monitored and processed; or smart systems can detect anomalies, alert operators about unplanned downtimes, or provide the information for predictive maintenance that ultimately improves production rates. Portenta C33 can also be easily paired with Nicla modules’ smart sensors, to carry out quality assurance controls right on the production line, catching any defects as early as possible.