Hi there and welcome to Blues Wireless DevNews!

While July hasn’t been declared “Cellular IoT Month” (yet), here at Blues Wireless we are just going to pretend that it is. In this issue we have community projects to share, a new product announcement(!), and a gentle reminder to update your Notecard firmware.

Remote Monitoring FTW

📫 Monitor your mailbox by receiving Twilio text alerts when you’ve got mail!

🔋 Power-conscious RPi users should check out Optimizing a Raspberry Pi for Off-Grid Power Consumption.

📊 Monitoring analog gauges has never been easier thanks to this Hackster tutorial.

Update to 1.5.5

A new developer firmware release for the Notecard has landed! Update to 1.5.5 using the instructions provided on the forum. You can use the cloud DFU capabilities of Notehub.io OR manually update over USB.

New: Mobile Tracker Hat

Want concurrent cellular and GPS, plus lightning-fast satellite acquisition? Check out the new Mobile Tracker Hat! This hat fits on an existing Notecarrier-A and provides access to an external Quectel L86 GNSS module. Pricing and availability coming soon, but we provided an early look during a webinar last week.

Upcoming Blues Events

• Tomorrow, Brandon Satrom will be at IoT Evolution Expo presenting Making Cities Smarter with tinyML & Cellular IoT
• Be on the lookout for Blues Wireless at IoT Happy Hour later in July

ICYMI

• Watch a replay of How to Create Remote Monitoring IoT Applications with Drag-and-Drop Tooling
• Check out a 5 minute tinyML ⚡️ talk on Remote Birding with Tensorflow Lite and Raspberry Pi

How Can We Help?

• Reach out to us via the Blues Wireless Developer Forum.
• Visit Platform Status to view incidents and maintenance windows.
• Interested in a 1:1 demo? Let us know!