The Notecarrier F
Designed for drop-in development with any Adafruit Feather-compatible MCU, the Notecarrier F includes two female pin headers for directly plugging in a Feather board.
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Notecarrier F (Feather)
- M.2. Key E edge connector and screw-down port for Notecard
- Nano-SIM slot for (optional) additional carrier connectivity
- Qwiic I2C ports for attaching external peripherals
- JST connectors for LiPo battery and solar panel
- Micro-USB to power device and provide USB interface to Notecard
- This product requires a Notecard
Best Notecarrier For Adafruit Feather-Compatible MCUs
Works with a variety of cellular and active or passive GPS/GNSS antennas
Two Qwiic I2C ports for external peripherals
Powered by USB, LiPo battery, or solar panel
Supports Notecard Outboard Firmware Update
Which Notecarrier is right for me?
Discover the right Notecarrier for your host, power supply, and deployment stage.
Notecarrier F
Best when using Feather-compatible MCU
103mm x 51mm
Adafruit Feather-compatible
Bring Your Own Antenna
Two Qwiic I2C Ports
LiPo/Solar/V+
Micro USB
External Nano-SIM Socket for Additional Carriers
Notecarrier Pi
Best when using a Raspberry Pi-compatible SBC
56mm x 65mm
Raspberry Pi
External Cellular/Wi-Fi Antenna
One Grove I2C Port
Pi HAT
Micro USB
External Nano-SIM Socket for Additional Carriers
Notecarrier A
Best when prototyping with any other MCU
68mm x 75mm
Any MCU
Embedded Antennas
Two Qwiic I2C Ports
LiPo/Solar/V+
Micro USB
External Nano-SIM Socket for Additional Carriers
Notecarrier B
Best for small form factor deployments
52mm x 46mm
Any MCU
Bring Your Own Antenna
One Qwiic I2C Port
2.5V-5.5V to V+
Micro USB
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Frequently Asked Questions
The Blues Wireless Notecard and its companion Notecarrier-Pi HAT support virtually any Raspberry Pi-compatible single-board computer (SBC) with a 40-pin male header connector. Some examples of compatible SBCs include the balenaFin, Banana Pi, and the ROCK Pi.
Note that due to the power requirements of the Notecard, some Raspberry Pi 2 and 3 models include a current-limiting fuse that will power-cycle the device when the Notecard’s modem is on and transmitting. To avoid these issues, we recommend using Raspberry Pi 4 devices with the Notecard and Notecarrier Pi HAT.
The Blues Wireless Notecard, combined with the Notecarrier-F, is the easiest way to add cellular connectivity to your MCU-based IoT project. Blues Wireless provides a Feather Starter Kit that includes a Blues Wireless Swan feather-compatible MCU to get you started as quickly as possible. Alternatively, if you are invested in the Raspberry Pi platform, you can get started with the Raspberry Pi Starter Kit.
No! The Blues Wireless Notecard is a small 30mm x 35mm system on module (SoM) that is able to be embedded in any IoT project on its own via its M.2 edge connector.
However, Blues Wireless provides a variety of Notecarrier host boards for easily adding cellular connectivity to a new or existing IoT solution for prototyping purposes. The Notecarrier also provides antennae for both the GPS and cellular capabilities of the Cellular Notecard (and the cellular antenna is also compatible with the Wi-Fi Notecard).
- Notecard: SoM peripheral with a cellular modem, IMU sensor, GPS modem, with an M.2 edge connector.
- Notecarrier: A prototyping board with cellular/Wi-Fi and GPS antennae, used to breakout the pins on the Notecard’s M.2 connector.
- Notehub: A cloud service, used as a backend to connect with the Notecard. Notehub.io securely receives all data and communications created by the Notecard. In turn, Notehub.io can securely sync encrypted data with the cloud application of your choice using VPN tunnels which eliminates the need for traffic to traverse the public Internet.
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