Simple, Secure Connectivity for any Hardware Platform

IoT developers have been asking us for the ability to use our managed, low power wireless network infrastructure with a wider range of hardware. So today we’re announcing the availability of the Helium Atom dual-band certified wireless module for use with nearly any existing hardware platform. The Helium Atom is available in either a surface-mount form for production use, or in a small XBee form-factor for prototyping with Raspberry Pi, mBed, Arduino and many more. We’ll also be releasing an open source C/C++ client library that makes it extraordinarily easy to send and receive encrypted sensor data wirelessly — just a few lines of code has you sending data with almost no setup required.

We believe that our fully-managed low power wireless solution, built on top of the 802.15.4 IEEE standard, is the best solution available for battery-powered devices. There is no other wireless solution available that offers the following feature set:

Hardware-based root of trust

Long range (up to 10 miles)

Dynamic dual-band 802.15.4 wireless

Bi-directional data link (up to 160 Kbits/second)

Zero configuration for device on-boarding and deployment

Exceptional battery life (over 3 years on 2 AA batteries)

Support for over-the-air updates out of the box

Self-deployment and dynamic growth of network coverage as needed

And the Helium Atom Module is FCC, ETSI and IC certified to make life as easy as possible for people building their own products. We’re really excited to see what people are going to do with it now that it can be used on a wider range of hardware.

We believe that our fully-managed low power wireless solution, built on top of the 802.15.4 IEEE standard, is the best solution available for battery-powered devices.

Your Sensor Data, Your Cloud

The other side of the equation is sensor data, and we’re making some significant changes here, too. Our previous product provided a robust data store, scripting engine, and API as an integral part of the platform. While that was convenient and valuable to a certain group of people, the reality is that most users already have either an approved cloud platform of choice, or their own infrastructure they would prefer to use.