Synapse Wireless Case Studies Breaking Ground in Smart Agriculture

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Breaking Ground in Smart Agriculture

Synapse Wireless

Technology Category	Functional Applications - Remote Monitoring & Control Systems Networks & Connectivity - RF Transceivers Networks & Connectivity - RFID
Applicable Industries	Agriculture
Applicable Functions	Business Operation
Use Cases	Remote Asset Management
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
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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
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Technology Category

Functional Applications - Remote Monitoring & Control Systems

Networks & Connectivity - RF Transceivers

Networks & Connectivity - RFID

Applicable Industries

Agriculture

Applicable Functions

Business Operation

Use Cases

Remote Asset Management

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.

About Customer

Customer Name

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

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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