MFX-1 IoT EDGE COMPUTING GATEWAY

DEDEVELOPED TO MEET INDUSTRIAL
AND THE B2B MARKET DEMANDS


MFX-1 IoT Edge Gateway is edge computing solution based
on on Mainflux open source IoT Platform providing
high performance, security, and robust device
for faster deployment of IoT solutions

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Mainflux iot edge gateway MFX-1 is perfect solution for edge computing
Mainflux is member of the Linux Foundation Edgex Foundry project, in which it has leadership role.Edgex Foundry develops edge computing solution.
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Mainflux founder Draško Drašković received two awards from the community and Governing board: Community Contribution Award for Exemplary Leadership and Innovation Award for Extensive Technical Contribution
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Mainflux is member of The Science technology park Belgrade
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The Government of Serbia Innovation Fund, supported by European Union and World Bank technology innovation programs, has awarded Mainflux a significant funding grant for the continued development of its two main systems,the core IoT Platform and the EdgeX Gateway.
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SERBIAN INNOVATION FUND

MAINFLUX MFX-1 IoT EDGE GATEWAY

MFX-1 IoT Edge Computing Gateway based on Mainflux IoT platform is developed on the optimized hardware,
the SolidSense N6 Industrial Internet of Things gateway designed for servicing a local network of IoT devices
satisfying market demands and unique requirements of industrial M2M IoT solutions for a high performance,
secure, robust and overall compliant device.

Mainflux IoT Platform implemented on the optimized Edge Gateway hardware, creates with a
centralized Mainflux IoT instance in the cloud an unified comprehensive full turn-key IoT system.

photo shows mainflux iot edge gateway, complete solution for edge computing

MAINFLUX - MFX-1 IoT EDGE GATEWAY

MFX-1 SOFTWARE PLATFORM


  • All features of the Mainflux IoT Platform

    Secure - Mutual TLS Authentication (mTLS) using X.509 certificates

    Protocol and Device Agnostic - multi-protocol support and hardware agnostic

    Scalable - allow services to scale up and down to highly-constrained devices, based on device capability and use case


  • Performant thanks to Golang language, which is lightweight, statically compiled, making memory footprint small with fast execution


  • Remote IoT Devices & Gateways Management - Ensures the secure and proper functioning of multiple IoT devices


  • Unified Cloud/Edge Computing System provides remote device and gateway management and comprehensive spectrum of scalable capabilities and functionalities for development of the most demanding and complex IoT solutions, projects and products


HARDWARE PLATFORM

Mainflux - MFX-1 IoT Gateway implemented on Solid Run HummingBoard-Edge hardware platform includes a whole set of features:

  • Low memory footprint (RAM)

  • Small size binaries

  • Low Latency

  • Hi Performance

  • Modular add-on card with a variety of features

  • Based on the modular i.MX6 Arm Cortex A9 SOMs

  • Optimal IoT platform

  • Optional AI accelerator, and TPM 2.0 security chip

  • Industrial Temp. (-25° to 65° C)

  • Ethernet, WiFi, Bluetooth, GPS and LTE options

  • Up to two LTE modems (Dual-SIM or Dual Modem)


HARDWARE PLATFORM

SolidRun N6 Industrial Gateway - NXP i.MX6 based Industrial IoT gateway

image of hardware board of edge computing gateway
System Specification
N6 Industrial
SOM Model NXP i.MX6 based Solo to Quad Core SOM
Processor i.MX6 single to quad core Arm® Cortex® A9 (800 MHz)
Memory and Storage Up to 2GB DDR3
eMMC (8GB by default))*
Network 2 x Ethernet RJ45 10/100/1000
WiFi (2.4 GHz)
Bluetooth Low Energy 5.0 (nRF52840 - software defined radio based on Nordic Semiconductor)
LTE Cat 4 EU + GPS (with fallback on 3G/2G)
LTE Cat M1 EU/US + GPS (with fallback on 3G)
Additional mPCIe slot available for networking options
Connectivity 2 x USB 2.0 type A
HDMI
MicroSD
2 x Physical uSIM
Development & Debug Interfaces Console port (UART)
Certifications CE, FCC/CSA
Power 7V to 36V with reverse polarity protection (battery backup)
PoE 802.3at PD for external peripheral
Environment Ambient temperature: -25°C to 65°C
Max CPU die temperature: 105°C
Humidity (non-condensing): 10% - 90%
Dimensions (WxL) 132.5 x 144 x 40.5mm
Enclosure Extruded Aluminum (IP32), 8 x SMA Optional DIN rail mounting
UNIFIED IoT CLOUD/EDGE COMPUTING SYSTEM

Considering that the same codebase is deployed on the edge gateway and in the cloud,
Mainflux Labs unifies the IoT platform implementation over edge-fog-cloud continuum.

Deploying, managing and maintaining a unified platform is much easier, than
keeping track of several different platforms (one for gateway, one for fog datacenter,
one for cloud) that together make an IoT system.

For the full functionality, special middleware connectors are created both on
the IoT Platform and IoT Edge Gateway side and additional original application
with user-interface for the control and management of the whole IIoT System.

architecture of Mainflux IoT system, which consist of IoT Platform and IoT edge computing gateway

Mainflux IoT Platform acts as remote control of the IoT Edge Gateway, management, storage,
advanced, analytics and learning, acting as meta-instance of more immediate processing data needs.

Deployed on a gateway, Mainflux is used to accept various end device connections that talk different
protocols (devices connected to a gateway), authenticate and authorize them, encrypt the communication,
distribute messages furtheror even store them locally on the gateway in dedicated lightweight databases.

MAINFLUX LABS CONTRIBUTION TO LINUX FOUNDATION
EDGEX FOUNDRY PROJECT

Due to the leading edge design of the Mainflux open-source IoT Cloud platform, Linux Foundation invited Mainflux Labs
in 2017 to participate as a member of its EdgeX Foundry Project and later LF Edge organization with companies
including AT&T, Dell, Baidu, HP, Ericsson, Huawei, NOKIA, Red Hat, Samsung, Intel and IBM.

Considering our contribution to the EdgeX, Mainflux Labs received two awards from the community of 80 companies:
Contribution Award for Exemplary Leadership and Innovation Award for Extensive Technical Contribution

LINUX FOUNDATION EDGEX FOUNDRY

Over 80 member companies across the IoT space including Dell, AMD, Toshiba, Analog Devices, and Samsung.

Objective: Build a vendor-neutral, flexible, highly-scalable and industrial-grade open source edge software platform supported by a rich ecosystem of plug-and-play components that unifies the marketplace and accelerates the deployment of IoT solutions.



MAINFLUX LABS AT EDGEX FOUNDRY

Chairs the Application Workgroup in Technical Steering Committee.

Member at large Technical Steering Committee.

Community Contribution Award for Exemplary Leadership Innovation Award for Extensive Technical Contribution.


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