Laird Sentrius MG100, Getting Started Manual

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The Sentrius
™ MG100 uses the Zephyr RTOS as its operating system. You can use various IDEs, but the widely recommend
setup is with Microsoft’s VS Code and the PlatformIO plugin. These are available on Windows, MacOS, and Linux. Follow the
link below for a guide on how to set up an IDE.
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https://www.zephyrproject.org/developing-zephyr-rtos-embedded-applications-on-platformio-and-simulating-on-antmicro-
renode/
To get the remaining necessary tools to develop, bu
ild, and flash a Zephyr application you’ll want to follow the latest Getting
Started Guide on the official Zephyr project.
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https://docs.zephyrproject.org/latest/getting_started/index.html#
Other prerequisites for software are as follows.
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mcumgr CLI (cross platform)
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Sentrius MG100 device running AWS OOB demo firmware v3.x or greater
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Terminal program: PuTTY (Windows, Linux, macOS), Teraterm (Windows), Serial (macOS)
You can find additional software information for the firmware and the out of box demo at the following locations on GitHub.
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https://github.com/LairdCP/Pinnacle-100-Firmware
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https://github.com/LairdCP/Pinnacle_100_oob_demo
The Sentrius MG100 has the hardware features depicted below.