The first third-party Amazon Sidewalk products based on LoRa technology are available from Browan, Deviceroy, HSB’s Meshify and New Cosmos.

Browan’s motion and carbon dioxide sensors, Deviceroy’s smart modem for solar installations, HSB’s Meshify water sensor, and New Cosmos DeNova Detect natural gas alarm are some of the first Sidewalk-qualified products to be part of the secure, shared network that helps devices work better around the home and in the community.

LoRa technology, with its long range, low power and secure communication capabilities, has emerged as a leading technology for LPWAN IoT applications. Amazon Sidewalk will leverage LoRa technology as one of the foundational technologies to connect a wide range of devices, from security monitoring to pet trackers, providing a low cost, low power and secure communication infrastructure for consumer IoT.

Amazon Sidewalk is a shared community network powered by participating Sidewalk bridges that keeps smart devices connected beyond the home and enables new IoT services for consumers and businesses. LoRa technology has proven to be a reliable and efficient way to transmit data over hard to reach locations inside the home and over long distances, making it one of the core technologies for Amazon Sidewalk.

Semtech also announced availability of the first LoRa-enabled development kits and modules from its partners, that will enable device makers and developers to create new Amazon Sidewalk devices.

Silicon Labs announced an Amazon Sidewalk development platform, the Pro Kit for Amazon Sidewalk, at its annual Works With Developers conference, helping some devices get to market faster.

Semtech collaborated with Nordic Semiconductor for seamless and persistent connectivity to Amazon Sidewalk. Nordic’s nRF52840 multiprotocol SoC and nRF Connect SDK provide Bluetooth LE communication and LoRa support for Amazon Sidewalk devices to connect to the network. Semtech’s LoRa Connect SX1262, with the nRF52840 DK, is a starting point for Amazon Sidewalk development.  

Semtech also collaborated with Quectel on the Quectel KG100S module to make it easier for developers to integrate LoRa technology into new and existing devices and services. In addition, Oxit, an alpha design partner, is also announcing the availability of its OxTech Sidewalk module, which enables developers to use the same hardware for both AWS IoT Core for Sidewalk and AWS IoT Core for LoRaWan.

“We are excited to see the Amazon Sidewalk community network has crossed this significant milestone of broad, nationwide coverage and is now ready to support developers to create innovative new IoT devices and IoT services,” said Mohan Maheswaran, CEO of California-based Semtech. “With its ultra-low power and long-range profile, LoRa technology is the key enabling technology empowering a new era of Sidewalk-based IoT use cases. Our partnership with Amazon is just the latest example of the strong global adoption of LoRa and why LoRa is the leading technology enabling a smarter, more connected and sustainable world.”

Daniel Newman, CEO of the Futurum Group, added: “LoRa has broadened IoT adoption by enabling communication over long ranges while using very little power. Today’s announcement by Amazon Sidewalk, showing broad availability of Amazon Sidewalk LoRa connectivity, demonstrates the confidence Amazon has in the capability and the potential of LoRa technology. With more than 300 million devices currently based on LoRa technology in the market today, the new Amazon Sidewalk growth initiative is well positioned to deliver more innovation, devices and IoT use cases in communities and in the home.”