Thank you very much for your response. Great info here. The system you mention for $500, is that off the shelf or a DIY job? I'm trying to figure out what do non-tech farmers use. How much would the annual data package and cloud solution typical cost (maybe tricky to put a value on this I guess).
Seems that power is still the issue but a lot of progress here.
Thanks for the great response. When I say wireless I'm was thinking aspects of cellular and 802.11 but whatever is best. from you response, it is clear that power is a big issue so maybe something like Zigbee or SIGFOX used for IoT would be a better fit to reduce power consumption. But I guess you still have the issue of maintaining the batteries...
The watering idea is interesting, watering at night as I assume the rates are cheaper?
I would be interested in hearing of any off the shelf products or service companies and also interested to see why people don't use wireless solution more.
Comments
Any more info on Smart farming?
Hi RSiegfried,
Thank you very much for your response. Great info here. The system you mention for $500, is that off the shelf or a DIY job? I'm trying to figure out what do non-tech farmers use. How much would the annual data package and cloud solution typical cost (maybe tricky to put a value on this I guess).
Seems that power is still the issue but a lot of progress here.
Donal.
Thanks for response
Hi Bruce,
Thanks for the great response. When I say wireless I'm was thinking aspects of cellular and 802.11 but whatever is best. from you response, it is clear that power is a big issue so maybe something like Zigbee or SIGFOX used for IoT would be a better fit to reduce power consumption. But I guess you still have the issue of maintaining the batteries...
The watering idea is interesting, watering at night as I assume the rates are cheaper?
I would be interested in hearing of any off the shelf products or service companies and also interested to see why people don't use wireless solution more.
Thanks again,
Donal.