Digi-Key partners with Atmosphere to deliver low-code software development platform to IoT solution builders



Archived, News | November 13th, 2018

Munich, Germany – At Electronica, the world’s leading trade fair and conference for electronics, Digi-Key Electronics and Atmosphere IoT Corp. jointly announced a multi-year commercial agreement to deliver the DK IoT Studio, available immediately to Digi-Key’s 700,000 – strong global customer base.

A new cloud-based services offering, the DK IoT Studio complements Digi-Key’s offering of processors, wireless modules, gateways, sensors and cellular data plans, furthering the company’s initiative of being a one-stop-shop for Internet of Things (IoT) resources, products, and solutions.

DK IoT Studio is a custom, branded version of the Atmosphere IoT Platform, an innovative, low-code software platform for rapid application development and deployment of sensor-to-cloud IoT solutions. Anyone registered as a user at www.digikey.com can gain quick access to the DK IoT Studio by visiting www.digikey.com/iotstudio. The DK IoT Studio, which masks the complexity behind numerous vendors’ SDKs, APIs and drivers, is integrated into Digi-Key’s familiar shopping cart e-commerce system and chat-based customer support tools. Using an intuitive, drag-and-drop user interface, IoT developers can quickly generate device firmware, a mobile app and web application in minutes, with little or no manual coding required.

“We are thrilled with this partnership and what it means for the Digi-Key community,” said Jeff Liebl, CEO of Atmosphere IoT Corp. “Together, we are reducing the complexity involved in translating a smart, connected product concept into an actual working system.”

“Our goal is to provide our users a path to create end-to-end IoT solutions by using a single, fully integrated IDE, and a huge selection of IoT building blocks that can all be tied together seamlessly,” said Robbie Paul, Strategic Program Development Director – IoT at Digi-Key. “Digi-Key is committed to helping customers reduce their time to market regardless of their application or use case.”

Digi-Key Electronics, headquartered in Thief River Falls, Minn., USA, is an authorized global, full-service distributor of electronic components, offering more than 8.3 million products, with over 1.5 million in stock and available for immediate shipment, from over 750 quality name-brand manufacturers. Digi-Key also offers a wide variety of online resources such as EDA and design tools, datasheets, reference designs, instructional articles and videos, multimedia libraries, and much more. Technical support is available 24/7 via email, phone and webchat. Additional information and access to Digi-Key’s broad product offering can be found by visiting www.digikey.com.