AWS IoT Core Getting Started

29 Jun.,2023

 

AWS Management Console

The AWS Management Console is a web-based interface for accessing and managing your AWS IoT Core resources. You can easily and securely create a thing, associate certificate, publish messages and define actions using the AWS Management Console.

AWS SDK

The AWS SDK helps take the complexity out of coding by providing APIs for many AWS services including AWS IoT Core. All AWS SDKs are enabled for IoT Core. The single, downloadable package includes the code library, code samples, and documentation.

AWS IoT Device SDK

The AWS IoT Device SDK helps you to easily and quickly connect your hardware device or your mobile device to AWS IoT Core. It offers enhanced features so that you can seamlessly interact with the device gateway and the device shadow that will enable you to quick start your development. The Device SDK supports a variety types of devices, from basic to industrial hardware devices.

AWS IoT Device Client

The AWS IoT Device Client is a free, open-source, and modular device-side reference implementation. It allows you to easily connect your devices to AWS IoT Core, and access AWS IoT Device Management and AWS IoT Device Defender features by default. It is written in C++ and can be compiled and installed on Embedded Linux-based IoT devices.

To get started on your device, download the AWS IoT Device Client source code from GitHub and learn more using the readme.

Device Advisor (Preview)

Device Advisor is a fully managed cloud-based test capability for validating IoT devices during development. Device Advisor makes it easy for you to test your IoT devices for reliable and secure connectivity with AWS IoT Core. It provides pre-built tests to help you validate your IoT devices. You can discover commonly observed device software issues and fix them before deploying devices at scale. To learn more, see the Device Advisor user guide.

AWS Partner Device Catalog

The AWS Partner Device Catalog lists IoT devices that work with AWS IoT services. It allows you to select development kits and embedded systems to build new devices, as well as off-the-shelf-devices such as gateways, edge servers, sensors, and cameras for IoT project integration.

Choosing AWS enabled hardware from the Partner Device Catalog can help make the rollout of your IoT projects easier by allowing you to build on the expertise of APN hardware partners. You can buy devices from partners for evaluation, prototyping, or proof-of-concepts.

Discover IoT devices that work with AWS IoT Core in the AWS Partner Device Catalog.

Learn more about how partners can qualify IoT hardware for AWS IoT Core as per AWS IoT Core Device Qualification Program using Device Advisor to qualify and list your IoT devices to the AWS Partner Device Catalog in self-service manner.

Alexa Voice Service (AVS) Integration

The Alexa Voice Service Integration for AWS IoT Core helps you quickly and cost-effectively produce Alexa Built-in devices. The AVS Integration reduces the hardware requirements of integrating AVS on a device which allows device makers to integrate Alexa Voice on new categories of resource constrained, low-cost devices.

Development kits launched by our partners make it easy to get started: NXP i.MX RT 106 A and Qualcomm Home Hub 100 Development Kit for Amazon AVS are the first two available kits on the market and can be found on the Development Kits for AVS web page. The kits include out-of-the box connectivity to AWS IoT Core, AVS qualified Audio Algorithms for Far-Field voice pickup, Echo Cancellation, and Alexa Wake Word, and AVS for AWS IoT application code. Using the feature application code, you can quickly prototype a device and, when you’re ready, port the implementation to your chosen MCU design for testing and device production.

Learn how to create low-cost Alexa Built-in devices with the AVS Integration for AWS IoT Core Getting Started Guide.

AWS IoT Core for LoRaWAN

To get started with AWS IoT Core for LoRaWAN, customers can source AWS qualified LoRaWAN gateways from the Amazon Partner Device Catalog and select LoRaWAN qualified devices from the LoRa Alliance website. AWS Qualified gateways are pre-provisioned, with security credentials embedded and ready to connect with AWS IoT Core.

With a single step in the AWS Management Console, customers can register these gateways with AWS IoT Core by providing gateway’s unique identifier (provided by the gateway vendor) and selecting LoRa radio frequency. For registering devices, customers can input device credentials (identifiers and security keys provided by the device vendor) on the console and follow guided defaults for specifying device configuration.

Learn how to connect and manage LoRaWAN gateways and devices with the AWS IoT Core for LoRaWAN User Guide.

LoRaWAN is a mark used under license from the LoRa Alliance.

AWS IoT Core for Amazon Sidewalk

To get started building a prototype Sidewalk-enabled device, you can buy a qualified hardware development kit and download the SDK. Review the technical documentation for more details. These development kits come pre-provisioned with security certificates required to establish an encrypted connection with AWS IoT Core so that you can further develop your business application(s) using AWS services.