AWS IoT Core for Amazon Sidewalk

AWS IoT Core for Amazon Sidewalk provides the cloud services that you can use to connect your Sidewalk end devices to the AWS Cloud and use other AWS services.

Amazon Sidewalk is a secure, shared network that enables devices in your community to get connected and stay connected. Amazon Sidewalk transfers data between Sidewalk end devices and Sidewalk gateways, and between Sidewalk gateways and the Sidewalk cloud.

Accessing AWS IoT Core for Amazon Sidewalk

You can onboard your Sidewalk end devices to AWS IoT by using the console or the AWS IoT Wireless API operations. After your devices are onboarded, their messages are sent to AWS IoT Core. You can then start developing your business applications on the AWS Cloud, which uses the data from your Amazon Sidewalk end devices.

Using the console

To onboard your Sidewalk end devices, sign in to the AWS Management Console and navigate to the Devices page on the AWS IoT console. After your devices are onboarded, you can view and manage them on this page of the IoT console.

Using the API or CLI

You can onboard both Sidewalk and LoRaWAN devices by using the AWS IoT Wireless API operations. The AWS IoT Wireless API that AWS IoT Core is built on is supported by the AWS SDK. For more information, see AWS SDKs and Toolkits.

You can use the AWS CLI to run commands for onboarding and managing your Sidewalk end devices. For more information, see AWS IoT Wireless CLI reference.

AWS IoT Core for Amazon Sidewalk Regions and endpoints

Amazon Sidewalk is only available in the us-east-1 AWS Region. AWS IoT Core for Amazon Sidewalk provides support for control plane and data plane API endpoints in this Region. The data plane API endpoints are specific to your AWS account. For more information, see see AWS IoT Wireless Service endpoints in the AWS General Reference.

AWS IoT Core for Amazon Sidewalk has quotas that apply to device data that is transmitted between the device and the AWS Cloud, and the maximum TPS for the AWS IoT Wireless API operations. For more information, see AWS IoT Wireless quotas in the AWS General Reference.

AWS IoT Core for Amazon Sidewalk pricing

When you sign up for AWS, you can get started with AWS IoT Core for Amazon Sidewalk for no charge by using the AWS Free Tier.

For more information about general product overview and pricing, see AWS IoT Core pricing.