With the potential of billions of new connected things bringing a tidal wave of new data, businesses want a better grasp of expected ROI, cost, and scalability, while IT managers struggle with integration, interoperability, and management concerns. Digi-Key’s objective is to provide its engineering community and suppliers a path to their solutions.
IoT is a mega technology trend that will not only be an endurance test for legacy systems but will also shape the fate of companies large and small in many different industries. Estimates are for 50 billion IoT connected devices by 2020 and 100 billion by 2025.
There are a multitude of companies and proposed network solutions. Digi-Key are committed to helping its customers navigate the plethora of choices and find the best solutions for their applications or use cases.
In an effort to accelerate IoT adoption by its customers, Digi-Key offers the latest and greatest IoT-relevant products and services in its Internet of Things (IoT) Resource Center. IoT products span many different categories, including hardware, software and cloud and connectivity services. Digi-Key are working hard to bring together and bundle these products and services in meaningful ways that integrate into more complete solutions.
Integrated solutions for Agriculture & Environment
- Livestock tracking
- Autonomous vehicles
- Soil monitoring
- Irrigation control
- Weather conditions
- Air pollution
The world’s population is continually growing. To be able to provide food for this increasing population, production must increase proportionally. That’s where the integration of sensors and the Internet of Things (IoT) can help. Smart sensors embedded in the soil can signal irrigation systems to provide the right amount of water when needed. Other sensors in agricultural storage buildings can provide alerts when conditions such as temperature or humidity exceed desirable ranges.
Movement of livestock can be tracked remotely. Crop health can be monitored with images provided by drones that can be analysed by the cloud. These are just a few examples of where agriculture and technology are starting to merge. With all of this data becoming available, farmers can now use mobile applications to remotely manage and track yields, expenses, and other significant farm details.
Market ready solutions
Agriculture Kit Wouldn’t it be great to have a deep understanding of the environmental conditions affecting your yields, so you can prevent problems before they happen? Plants require proper, often very specific conditions for optimal growth and health. The Monnit Remote Monitoring system allows you to track the temperature, humidity, light, and CO around your plants. Our automated system will then alert you if any conditions fall out of optimal ranges, so you can maximise your crops yield.
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