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Software Solution
With Apogee-Sparkster Smart Agriculture Xtreme kit you can build apps to monitor quality of water, monitor the risk of pests in your farm and more. Reduce ambience impact, irrigation costs and insurance premiums. Our innovative technology will empower your team, since solutions can be built visually, using plain English and single-click deployment. No techie know-how or jargon is required, so middle management can improve business processes autonomously, bringing meaningful, positive impact to your organization and improving efficiency in the process.
More information about Sparkster:
Sparkster offers a 6 months free trial account
Rates after Free trial:
Individual - Non commercial use
- Build & Share
- FREE Forever
- 50 FREE Transactions / month
- No Credit Card Required
- Community Support
Price: $0
Small Team - up to 3 users.
- Shared Data Between Users
- FREE for 90 Days
- 100 FREE Transactions / month
- No Credit Card Required
- Ticketed Support
Price: $19 a month
Enterprise - Unlimited Users
- Private, Auto Scaling Environment
- FREE for 30 Days
- 250 Rollover Transactions / month*
- Billed Annually
- Instant Livechat Support
Price: $99 a month
Contact information: hello@sparkster.me
Hardware Solution
Apogee Instruments develops and manufactures innovative environmental instrumentation for horticulture, meteorology, sustainable food production, and renewable research applications. The Logan, UT based company was founded in 1996 by Dr. Bruce Bugbee, a professor of crop physiology at Utah State University, with the focus of providing high-quality, cost-effective instrumentation for research and commercial applications.
More information about Apogee:
Infrared Radiometer Sensors
“High accuracy, non-contact surface temperature measurement in harsh environmental conditions.”
Ultraviolet Sensors
“Measure total radiation from 250 to 400 nm”
Quantum Sensors
“Accurate and cost-effective measurement of photosynthetically active radiation (PAR) from all light sources used to grow plants and corals.”
Pyranometers Sensors
“Accurate and stable global shortwave radiation measurement in W m-2.”
Application examples
Smart Agriculture
Case Studies
Hardware Components
| Item | Qty |
|---|---|
| Meshlium 4G 868/900 AP | 1 |
| Plug & Sense! SA-XTR | 1 |
| Leaf and flower bud temperature SF-421 Probe | 1 |
| Ultraviolet radiation SU-100 Probe | 1 |
| Non-contact surface temperature measurement SI-411 Probe | 1 |
| Item | Qty |
|---|---|
| Soil oxygen level SO-411 Probe | 1 |
| Solar radiation (PAR) SQ-110 Probe | 1 |
| Outdoors USB cable | 1 |
| International adapter | 2 |
| External solar panel 7V - 500mA (power accessory for P&S!) | 1 |
Hardware Documentation
Read the Quick Start Guide to get information about kit components,
how to install and configure them and how to connect the
kit with the software services provider platform.
Plug & Sense! Documentation
- 11 models and more than 150 sensor probes available (gases monitoring, water quality, Smart Cities, Smart Parking, etc)
- Radio technologies: 802.15.4, 868, 900, WiFi, 4G, Sigfox and LoRaWAN
- Industrial Protocols: RS-485, 4-20 mA, Modbus, CAN Bus
- GPS receiver
- Robust waterproof IP65 enclosure
- Solar powered with external panel option
- Open Source SDK and API
- Over the air programming (OTAP)
- Special holders and brackets ready for installation in street lights and building fronts
- Graphical and intuitive programming interface: Programming Cloud Service
- External SIM socket for 4G models
- Minimum maintenance costs: Add or change a sensor probe in seconds
- Fully certified for the main markets: CE (Europe) / FCC (US) / IC (Canada) / ANATEL (Brazil) / RCM (Australia) / PTCRB (US) / AT&T (US)
Meshlium Documentation
- Multiprotocol IoT gateway. Use up to 4 radios at the same time
- Connectivity: Ethernet, WiFi, 4G, 802.15.4, RF 868/900
- 8GB of internal storage
- MySQL database up and running off-the-shelf
- Web manager interface
- Secure protocols (WPA-PSK / HTTPS)
- Robust aluminium case (IP65)
- Special holders and brackets ready for installation in street lights and building fronts
- External SIM socket
- GPS receiver
- 4 versions: Europe (EU), USA & Canada (US), Australia (AU), Brazil (BR)
- Fully certified for the main markets: CE (Europe) / FCC (US) / IC (Canada) / ANATEL (Brazil) / RCM (Australia) / PTCRB (US) / AT&T (US)
Hardware Support
Technical Service (2 hours included)
- Arranged in 1 hour time-slot.
- Online: text, screen share, mic and webcam. Interactive.
- Useful for:
- Solve urgent questions that cannot wait forum timelines debug your code.
- Guide you step by step.
- Help you to design a system architecture.
- Improve your program to reduce power consumption, make it more efficient, etc
Programming Service
The Plug & Sense! nodes come ready to be used. Our engineers create complete codes for that specific devices. Codes are uploaded and tested one by one, so the user just needs to switch the nodes on.
