From Dev Kit to Deployment: IoT Best Practices for Everything from Sensors to Edge AI

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Will your device behave the same way in the field as it does on your bench? How much data will it really send once edge processing or AI is involved? Will your hardware and connectivity still fit when you scale?

The choices you make early, from the radio to the hardware, decide how much time and money the project costs later.

Join Anthony Protopsaltis, Co-founder and CTO at Velocity IoT, and Josh Mickolio, Technical Marketing Manager at DigiKey, as they walk through the decisions that matter most, using examples from environmental monitoring, predictive maintenance and video analytics. Practical lessons and insights from experience, plus a quick look at how DigiKey and Velocity IoT can help you get started at the end.
Bring your own project questions for live Q&A with the speakers.

Thursday, November 19, 2026 · 2:00 PM ET / 11:00 AM PT

What You'll Learn

• Know what your application really needs. Data volume, reporting frequency, power, and peak traffic from firmware and AI model updates, before choosing technology.

• Choose the right technology and hardware. Matching LTE-M, NB-IoT, Cat 1 bis or 5G, and the right modules and evaluation kits, to your application and where it will be deployed.

• Decide where data should be processed. How edge and cloud processing, including AI, can reduce or increase data traffic, illustrated with application examples.

• Move from evaluation to production. Practical ways to start testing on real networks and carry that into production.

Built for the people building the device

For embedded developers, hardware and firmware engineers, and technical founders building or evaluating cellular IoT devices. Whether you're starting your first prototype or adding cellular to an existing product, come away with clearer questions to ask before committing to hardware and connectivity.

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