Breaking Ground in Smart Agriculture

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Breaking Ground in Smart Agriculture

Synapse Wireless

Applicable Industries	Equipment & Machinery
Applicable Functions	Maintenance
Use Cases	Process Control & Optimization Log in to view content
Challenge	Semios Technologies decided to create a product that radically changes how orchard growers handle pest control. The key to the product is the use of new pesticide-free pheromones. To turn this idea into reality, they needed to create a system that could sense where the pests were breeding and automatically dispense the pheromone-based pest control in response. Semios realized their largest challenge would be getting a system that worked in an environment with no dedicated power and where wireless signals needed to travel through the hundreds of acres of dense foliage. That is where SNAP-based technology from Synapse provided the answer. Read More
Customer	Semios Technologies Read More
Solution	Semios decided to use SNAP-based RF modules and gateways as the foundation of their product. The SNAP-based RF modules gave Semios the ability to collect and transmit data using batteries to power their devices and without needing the batteries replaced for over a year. Semios discovered they could leverage the mesh networking capabilities of the SNAP-based RF modules to relay signals from their devices to SNAP-based Gateways. This allowed them to deploy thousands of devices over hundreds of acres without having to rely on longer-range devices that weren’t capable of sending large amounts of data. Read More Log in to view content
Data Collected	Battery Charge Level, Insect Pest Read More Log in to view content
Solution Type	M2M Read More Log in to view content
Solution Maturity	Mature (technology has been on the market for > 5 years) Read More Log in to view content
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Applicable Industries

Equipment & Machinery

Applicable Functions

Maintenance

Use Cases

Challenge

Semios Technologies decided to create a product that radically changes how orchard growers handle pest control. The key to the product is the use of new pesticide-free pheromones. To turn this idea into reality, they needed to create a system that could sense where the pests were breeding and automatically dispense the pheromone-based pest control in response. Semios realized their largest challenge would be getting a system that worked in an environment with no dedicated power and where wireless signals needed to travel through the hundreds of acres of dense foliage. That is where SNAP-based technology from Synapse provided the answer.

Customer

Semios Technologies

Solution

Semios decided to use SNAP-based RF modules and gateways as the foundation of their product. The SNAP-based RF modules gave Semios the ability to collect and transmit data using batteries to power their devices and without needing the batteries replaced for over a year. Semios discovered they could leverage the mesh networking capabilities of the SNAP-based RF modules to relay signals from their devices to SNAP-based Gateways. This allowed them to deploy thousands of devices over hundreds of acres without having to rely on longer-range devices that weren’t capable of sending large amounts of data.

Data Collected

Battery Charge Level, Insect Pest

Solution Type

M2M

Solution Maturity

Mature (technology has been on the market for > 5 years)

Impact #1	[Cost Reduction - Maintenance] Controlled pest populations
Impact #2	[Product Improvement - Market Opportunities] Expanded product offering

Impact #1

[Cost Reduction - Maintenance]
Controlled pest populations

Impact #2

[Product Improvement - Market Opportunities]
Expanded product offering

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Breaking Ground in Smart Agriculture

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