Use of wireless IoT networks to deliver value
for precision agriculture
Dr Mark Begbie
Firstly, what is IoT?
Well, not this …
More this …
Low Power Wide Area Network
(LPWAN)
Low
Cost
Devices &
Infrastructure
Low
Power
Long
Range
3-5 year
battery life
Approx. 3km
in urban areas
Where does LPWAN fit?
Licensed exempt ISM bands globally
•
868MHz EU, 915MHz USA, ASIA 470MHz
Sub 1GHz has exceptional RF
characteristics
•
Ideal for connecting sensors in:
Remote locations, long range >10Km
Deep inside buildings or underground
Satellite
WAN
IoT
LPWAN
GSM – LTE
Cellular
2G, 3G. 4G
Designed for small IoT data packets
•
•
Less than 1000 bytes a day (typical)
Long Battery life – up to 10 years
Simple network infrastructure
•
>10K end devices per base station/gateway
Low cost Capex and Opex
Essential for a heterogeneous IoT
network
•
Up to 75% of IoT connections are predicted to
be viable for LPWAN in 2022
ZigBee
WiFi
LAN
Bluetooth
RFID
NFC
0.01
Data rate (Mbps)
100
Our LoRa Networks – to date
ORKNEY
INVERNESS
ABERDEEN
DUNDEE
GLASGOW
RENFREW
POWER
CONTROL
MANAGE
Applications/
Software
Analysis &
Post Processing
Product evolution demands
connected sensing
Data Repository
The value of sensor and
imaging systems is in
transforming raw data into
meaningful information
Communications
& Networking
This enables
businesses to:
Devices/
Hardware
Sensor Element
Precision Agriculture & IoT
Livestock
Agriculture
Equipment
Monitoring
Applications
for IoT
Aquaculture
Arable
LoRaWAN Agricultural
Solutions
• System checks soil temperature/moisture and alerts farmer: system starts water pump or checks pump usage time to ensure enough water
is being delivered.
• Additional weather monitoring (humidity, temp., barometer sensor) can be integrated so microclimate effects can be considered when
planning water usage.
• Optimum water usage + optimum power consumption = increased harvest
• Operations performed with Skysens LoRaWAN network from 15km away (battery life of up to 10 years)
End Devices
Power
Consumption
Monitoring And
Control
Soil
Temperature
and Moisture
Sensor
Gateway
Skysens
LoRaWAN
Gateway
LoRaWAN Network
Software
Core LoRaWAN
Network
Software
05.2017 Burak Polat - [email protected] - www.skysens.io
User Interface
User interface can
be modified
according to use
cases
Soil and water level monitoring solutions
Soil moisture
Water potential
Temperature
Electrical conductivity
Water/tank level
Water/tank temperature
05.2017 Reinhard Bischoff
-
[email protected]
-
www.decentlab.com
Smart Strawberries: Increasing
quality and reducing time from
farm to market
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Environment
monitoring using a
wireless system
based in Waspmote
Plug & Sense
Smart Agriculture to
get data to optimise
strawberry crops
Emilia Romagna, Italy
Cloud
partner
Esri
Comms
protocol
3G/GPRS
ROI in a couple of years
• Saves time, money and energy
• Decrease product losses
• High and constant quality standards
05.2017 Lara Zapata
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[email protected]
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www.libelium.com
IoT Centre
SME challenges in development
of IoT products or services
Demo space, drop in centre,
seminars, mentoring
Engineering support
Access to tools and software
Developed with support from:
Taking off 1 June …
@CENSIS121
censis.org.uk