Extensible edge device for Industry 4.0, smart city, e‑metering, and agricultural applications. It connects sensors, actuators, PLC controllers, and other devices to the internet. Flexible power supply and LPWAN communication technologies enable reliable connectivity from distant and deep indoor places.
WIRELESS CONNECTIVITY
LONG BATTERY LIFESPAN
RICH SET OF EXTENSIONS
Application elasticity
One modular device covering a wide spectrum of IoT projects
Open source SDK
Ability to create your applications or update the existing ones
LPWAN connectivity
Communication to the internet from the most distant places
Low-power design
Reliable operation from a primary cell battery for several years
IP67 protection
Enclosure to withstand harsh environmental conditions
Custom branding
Full OEM branding service, including custom color printing
Bluetooth Low Energy
For diagnostics, parametrization, and device firmware upgrades
The CHESTER platform goes far beyond one specific application use case. The system design, integrated hardware technologies, firmware architecture, and the ecosystem of tools scale well to a wide range of applications, from Industry 4.0, smart city, e-metering, and environmental monitoring to some very special verticals such as digital retail and agriculture.
CHESTER connects to the internet via LPWAN communication technologies (NB‑IoT, LTE‑M, and LoRaWAN are supported). For any of those options, choose the built‑in internal antenna or connect an external antenna. For diagnostics, parametrization, and device firmware upgrades, CHESTER comes with a Bluetooth Low Energy interface available in modern smart devices and notebooks.
CHESTER has been designed from the ground up as a low‑power device and provides years of operation from the primary lithium cells. Another way to power the device is to use a rechargeable battery backup module with the optional solar photovoltaic panel input. For applications where batteries are not applicable, it is possible to energize the device from a standard 24 V DC line power or 230 V AC line.
With CHESTER expansion modules, you can easily expand or transform the functionality of your device. By adding up to two X‑modules you can utilize Battery Charger, 4‑Channel input, Step‑Down and much more. The modules are small and fit seamlessly on the back of the CHESTER mainboard.
Environmental sensor that samples, aggregates, and reports temperature and humidity.
Measure water flow, led blinking or anything that sends regular pulses with sensors connected to the CHESTER
Measure current of up to 4 devices thanks to non‑invasive probes connected directly to the CHESTER.
Measure up to 4 digital or analog inputs. Detect triggers on the digital inputs.
Enviromental sensor that samples, aggregates, and reports temperature, humidity, rain and wind speed.
Get up to 4 unique notifications based on the physical button presses.
Seamless management of your devices, user‑defined Callbacks and REST API. Our Cloud serves as a middleware between our physical devices and the software of your choosing. We provide manuals for integration of CHESTER with Microsoft, Ubidots, Blynk or you can access the data into your own system.
Use the Microsoft Azure IoT services to collect data and visualize them using the Power Apps/Office 365 tools.
Create stunning dashboards with rich set of widgets. The Datacake platform provides a powerful scripting.
Easy to use IoT application platform for dashboards and notifications. You can share its data via link in the QR code.
You can connect CHESTER device to your cloud service and/or to your dashboard with a business logic behind it.
HARDWARIO Manager is the easiest way to configure and manage your CHESTER devices in the field without the use of a computer. Available both on iOS and Android, just connect to the CHESTER via Bluetooth. You can also easily flash a new firmware to the device with the use of this application.
Build your own application on top of SDK with the underlying Zephyr RTOS. With embedded C as a primary programming language and support for Visual Studio Code as the development IDE you can use Windows, macOS or Linux development environments.
Thermometer measurement range
-20 to +80 °C
Thermometer accuracy
± 0.2 °C (from 0 to 65 °C)
Hygrometer measurement range
0 to 100%
Hygrometer accuracy
± 2% (from 10 to 90%)
Nominal battery voltage
3.6 V
Nominal battery capacity
7 700 mAh
Operating voltage range
2.0 V to 5.0 V
Idle power consumption
< 180 μA
Peak power consumption
< 250 mA
Operating temperature range
-30 to +70 °C
Storage temperature range
-40 to +85 °C
Dimensions
130×175×45 mm
Understand CHESTER better with our open documentation. It doesn’t matter if you are an avid developer or just a beginner, it is made to be accessible to anyone.
Choose one of the catalog applications for immediate deployment, or contact us with your specific needs. Get in touch with us to learn more and build IoT projects for your customers today, together.
