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May 26, 2011
FreeWave Technologies: Wireless Water Article in CropLife Magazine
Wireless Water – By Dan Steele, FreeWave Technologies
Wireless networking and remote sensor monitoring are significantly improving the way irrigation data is collected and managed.
As the automation of both private and corporate farms is embraced, we see the use of sophisticated pivot irrigation systems and smart agriculture practices due to new technologies. The human imagination continues to create new ways to use this technology and push those technology providers for more powerful tools.
Ten to 15 years ago, even the most advanced automated pivot systems seldom used telemetry. If they did, the data throughput was extremely slow and seldom provided coverage to all the pivot irrigation sites. Some of the wireless technology also was expensive. Therefore, the telemetry technology was difficult to use effectively because only some sites could be remotely monitored or where farms were paying by the data byte or monthly usage fees to the technology provider.
With many new telemetry technologies available today, it is common to have 100% communication to all farm pivot locations and see data throughput from pivot sites of 19.2 kbps up to 115.2 kbps. High speed backbone telemetry is available with both serial and Ethernet connectivity with speeds ranging close to a megabit per second. Hybrid wireless systems can be utilized where needed to combine different wireless technologies over large geographic areas or remote locations. This can include both cellular, satellite and microwave products that can be deployed for remote areas, or if a higher speed backhaul of data is required.
To continue reading the full article, please visit: http://www.croplife.com/clmag/?storyid=3327
If you would like to learn more about FreeWave Technologies, please contact Christin Jeffers at 303-581-7760 ext. 19 or at cjeffers@catapultpr-ir.com.
