LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND: Astrocast, a number one global nanosatellite IoT community operator, and Avirtech, a number one supplier of plantation administration systems that monitor site conditions to reduce operational prices and increase yields, introduced a smart farming partnership.
Astrocast is offering Avirtech with Satellite IoT (SatIoT) connectivity options for its BIOTA clever farm administration system. This includes integrating its technology into Avirtech’s Avirlink S1 Communication Nodes – this enables plantation owners to make legacy sensors smart by recording and controlling information remotely over lengthy distances.
This partnership and technology integration provides Avirtech the functionality to supply clients connectivity in areas with restricted or no terrestrial/cellular connectivity, such as mountainous areas. Access to SatIoT connectivity in these sorts of areas permits plantation owners to higher track and perceive plantation health.
Using sensors that are connected to the cloud, and IoT-based digital agriculture, helps customers develop a connected plantation that’s led by data-driven farming – monitoring factors like weather, temperature, humidity, rainfall data, water level, water high quality and soil moisture.
“Many plantations are in distant areas the place fixed line, terrestrial and mobile connectivity is not ubiquitous. This is not ideal for farmers and plantation owners – who’re attempting to undertake Agriculture 4.0 and develop digital agriculture ecosystems that make use of IoT (internet of things) and analytics from field-based, built-in sensor solutions,” says Rendy Ferixsen, CEO, Avirtech.
He adds, “Access to Astrocast’s SatIoT connectivity, and integrating its communication modules into our devices, is enabling us to present clients with the connectivity choices required in these sorts of difficult regions. It now means that plantation owners can remotely measure an area’s microclimate, for example, and collect correct sensor-led information that informs predictions and forecasts about potential upcoming changes to plantations. With this, plantation owners could make smarter administration decisions and take extra administration of their crops and yield.”
In any distant IoT deployment, device size, energy consumption and reliability are precedence concerns. Astrocast’s small-sized devices offer low energy consumption and lengthy battery life (up to 10 years). These considerations become vital as organisations like Avirtech embark upon deploying strategic SatIoT initiatives for clients. Further, by combining good-quality battery technology with an clever approach to data transmission, the lifecycle of IoT options can be considerably extended.
Rendy Ferixsen, CEO, Avirtech says, “After testing a number of different satellite tv for pc solutions, Avirtech chosen Astrocast since it outperformed the competitors on energy consumption, antenna size and cost.”
Bidirectional IoT has a vital role to play right here too. The ability to ship instructions again to assets, rather than simply obtain data, is powerful. It enables an array of new use cases, together with distant administration of equipment. Farmers can command silos to launch food, open gates or handle irrigation systems, with none want for costly and often hard-to-source human interaction. With information seamlessly built-in with existing analytics, AI, or machine studying solutions, organisations have the energy to make use of this data to enhance understanding, and direct actions of distant assets.
“Only 15% of the world has entry to terrestrial networks. This collaboration between Astrocast and Avirtech permits its agricultural clients and plantation owners to entry to digital ecosystems in distant farming areas, utilizing sensors to monitor and administration plantations. By deploying Avirtech’s technology, enabled with SatIoT connectivity, plantation owners can enhance the effectivity of their farms, increase output, increase productiveness and enhance sustainable development goals,” said Fabien Jordan, CEO and Co-Founder, Astrocast. “Traditionally, a lack of weather-based information, informing smart nursery plantation management, has made it difficult for farmers and plantation owners to maintain their operations. Agriculture-based IoT options from firms, like Avirtech, can simplify processes and ship the data and transformation wanted by this vital industry to chop costs, cut waste and enhance sustainability – all whereas improving manufacturing returns.”