Edge Compute Devices

Edge Compute Devices are a special class of device that are capable of running the Gateway Edge Agent and executing Edge Workflows.

In addition, Edge Compute Devices can also behave similarly to Gateway Devices, in that they may report state on behalf of Peripheral Devices.

Creating a Device

You can create an Edge Compute Device through the same flow that all devices are created. Just choose “Edge Compute” from the device creation screen.

Add Edge Compute Device

Once created, make note of the Device ID at the top right of the device page. To finish the setup, you’ll need to configure and run the Gateway Edge Agent (GEA). You can read more about the GEA here, and read about detailed setup/usage instructions here.

Qualified Gateways

The following gateways have been tested and are known to successfully run the Gateway Edge Agent. This is not a comprehensive list and the GEA will run on many other gateways. Review the system requirements section for details.

Every gateway listed below supports every GEA industrial adapter: Modbus RTU/TCP, OPC UA, Allen-Bradley (EtherNet/IP), Siemens S7, BACnet, SNMP, Serial, UDP, HTTP, and MQTT.

Evaluation and Proof of Concept

The following gateways are ideal for proof of concept and evaluation. They are low-cost with large online communities to help with troubleshooting during early development.

  • Raspberry Pi 4B Photo

    Raspberry Pi 4BTop Pick

    1.8GHz 64-bit quad-core ARM
    1GB - 8GB memory
    Storage based on size of SD card
    WiFi, BLE, Ethernet
    More details
  • Raspberry Pi 3B+ Photo

    Raspberry Pi 3B+

    1.4GHz 64-bit quad-core ARM
    1GB memory
    Storage based on size of SD card
    WiFi, BLE, Ethernet
    More details
  • Arduino Portenta X8 Photo

    Arduino Portenta X8

    1.8GHz 64-bit quad-core ARM
    2GB memory
    16GB storage
    WiFi, BLE, Ethernet, Serial
    Note: Recommend prototyping with the Portenta Breakout Board
    More details
  • Fielded Equipment and Smart Connected Products

    The following gateways are ideal for organizations that are retrofitting existing equipment and transforming them into smart connected products. These gateways are small, low cost, rugged, and offer cellular connectivity.

  • Advantech UNO-2271G Photo

    Advantech UNO-2271GTop Pick

    1.46GHz 64-bit single-core Intel ATOM
    4GB memory
    32GB storage
    Ethernet, Serial/Cellular (via iDoor modules)
    More details
  • Vantron G335 Photo

    Vantron G335

    1GHz 32-bit single-core ARM
    512MB memory
    8GB storage (+SD card slot)
    WiFi, Ethernet, BLE, Serial, Cellular, LoRa/ZigBEE (optional)
    Note: This gateway has very low system specs. See here for more information.
    More details
  • Smart Building and Factory Floor

    The following gateways are ideal for use cases where one gateway will be communicating with many devices on the same network. These gateways are generally more powerful or have features specific to smart building or factor floor environments.

  • Lanner 7242D Photo

    Lanner 7242DTop Pick

    1.6GHz 64-bit quad-core Intel ATOM
    4GB memory
    64GB storage
    Ethernet, Serial, WiFi or Cellular
    More details
  • Revolution Pi Core S Photo

    Revolution Pi Core S

    1.5GHz 64-bit quad-core ARM
    1GB memory
    8GB - 32GB storage
    Ethernet
    More details
  • Advantech UNO-2484G Photo

    Advantech UNO-2484G

    2.4GHz 64-bit dual-core Intel Core i5
    8GB memory
    2x HDD / SSD slot for configurable storage
    Ethernet, Serial
    More details
  • Multitech Conduit 300 Photo

    Multitech Conduit 300

    1GHz 32-bit single-core ARM
    2GB memory
    8GB storage (+SD card slot)
    WiFi, Ethernet, Cellular, Serial, LoRa
    More details
  • MiTAC MB1-10AP Photo

    MiTAC MB1-10AP

    1.1GHz 64-bit dual-core Intel Celeron
    8GB memory
    HDD / SSD slot for configurable storage
    Ethernet, Serial
    More details

System Requirements

The Gateway Edge Agent must be running on your device and connected to Losant. It runs as a Docker container and expects some amount of memory to be allocated for it. Suggested system specs are listed below.

Minimum Recommended
Storage 8GB 8GB
Memory 512MB 1GB
CPU 1GHz Single-core 1GHz Dual-core
Architecture x86_64, ARM, ARM64 x86_64, ARM64

Devices with Minimum specs are recommended only for non-data-intensive use cases and where the GEA is the only edge software required. While it may be possible to run the agent with lower specs, Losant considers this the bare minimum for a successful deployment and continued use.

For most use cases, we suggest using devices with Recommended specs.

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