{"id":19327,"date":"2019-01-04T11:38:02","date_gmt":"2019-01-04T03:38:02","guid":{"rendered":"\/blog\/?p=19327"},"modified":"2019-01-04T11:38:04","modified_gmt":"2019-01-04T03:38:04","slug":"pioneer-nb-iot-with-twilios-alfa-development-kit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.seeedstudio.com\/blog\/2019\/01\/04\/pioneer-nb-iot-with-twilios-alfa-development-kit\/","title":{"rendered":"Pioneer NB-IoT with Twilio\u2019s Alfa Development Kit"},"content":{"rendered":"
If you were an attendee of Twilio\u2019s SIGNAL 2018 in San Francisco last October, you probably got a sneak peek at the Twilio\u2019s Narrowband Developers Platform. We\u2019re super happy to join this partnership as the hardware enabler of the Twilio Alfa Development Kit. Today, we’ll share a detailed tutorial by Twilio IoT Developer Evangelist\u00a0Christopher Konopka<\/a>,\u00a0 which demonstrates how to connect to T-Mobile\u2019s NB-IoT network using Twilio\u2019s Developer Kit<\/a>.<\/div>\n
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A Huge thank you to Christopher for sharing this informative tutorial with us!??? Enjoy the bbrand new year, and reading the following tutorial as well.<\/div>\n
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NB-IoT<\/a><\/em>,\u00a0<\/em>also known as\u00a0Narrowband-IoT<\/em>,\u00a0is a new cellular technology that promises low cost, low power consumption, wide area coverage and long battery life. These characteristics help make \u201csmart devices<\/a>\u201d a reality.<\/p>\n

T-Mobile<\/a>\u00a0has deployed\u00a0NB-IoT<\/a>\u00a0coverage<\/a>\u00a0in the United States and Twilio is the first company to provide a NB-IoT developer kit.\u00a0Twilio\u2019s<\/a>\u00a0Alfa Developer Kit<\/a>\u00a0features a development board\u00a0created in collaboration with\u00a0Seeed Studio<\/a>. The development board can access the T-Mobile NB-IoT network using a\u00a0Twilio Narrowband SIM<\/a>\u00a0(which comes in the kit). Once on the network,\u00a0developers can exchange data between multiple NB-IoT kits\u00a0using the\u00a0Twilio Breakout SDK<\/a>.<\/p>\n

This post demonstrates how to connect to T-Mobile\u2019s NB-IoT network using Twilio\u2019s Developer Kit. Once connected,\u00a0we\u2019ll\u00a0send a \u201chello world\u201d message over the network using the Breakout SDK. You can also find the the completed project on\u00a0GitHub<\/a>\u00a0under\u00a0TwilioIoT<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Ready to say \u201chello?\u201d. Let\u2019s\u00a0connect!<\/p>\n

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Prerequisites to Connecting to Narrowband<\/h2>\n

Before you begin, you\u2019ll need to either create a new Twilio account or log in to an existing account. You can\u00a0sign up for a new account for free<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Beyond a Twilio account, here is all of the hardware and software you\u2019ll need to put in place to get connected.<\/p>\n

Hardware Requirements<\/h3>\n
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