PRESS RELEASE: NeoMesh wireless sensor networks enable easy monitoring of remote Australian farm assets
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NeoMesh wireless sensor networks enable easy monitoring of remote Australian farm assets
August 12, 2024 – NeoCortec is working with Australian company farmIT to enable easy monitoring of remote farm assets such as livestock water troughs, boundary gates, water tanks, diesel tanks and rainfall. NeoMesh’s ultra-low power, scalable and easy-to-install wireless mesh networking simplifies deployment and reduces operational costs dramatically for large Australian farms.
farmIT explained that manually checking livestock water supplies and other farm assets is labor intensive and expensive, while NeoMesh provides a low-power and cost-effective solution suited to the scale of Australian farming operations.
The solution uses NeoCortec long-range radio modules integrated with sensors at each watering point and routes data to a central hub, which then forwards it to the cloud using an existing internet connection. The sensors can run for up to five years on two AA batteries, and the mesh-network topology means the coverage distance is effectively unlimited, with relay stations able to extend range where needed.
In addition to livestock water troughs, the farmIT solution can monitor boundary gates, water tanks, diesel tanks, rainfall, soil temperature and more.
About NeoCortec
NeoCortec was founded in 2007 with the aim of developing and patenting several innovations related to Wireless Sensor Networks. The main product is NeoMesh. NeoMesh is a wireless communication protocol to be embedded in smart devices to enable communication between the devices as well as to the cloud. NeoMesh is built completely from scratch to overcome some of the limitations that e.g. Zigbee, Z-Wave, Bluetooth and Thread have: scalability in number of devices, range and power consumption. At NeoCortec, we aim towards making non-smart and large buildings smarter by using NeoMesh. Easy upgrade without cabling. NeoMesh is available on ultra-low-power bi-directional wireless mesh network communication modules as well as on a license basis on many various chipsets.
