Integrated Soil Moisture Monitoring Station - IC-SNiP-EP8-SL
The SNiP-EP4 is a 'Sensor Node Integrated Package' for LoRa, LoRaWAN, FSK or CAT-M1 communication of real-time soil moisture measurement for continuous soil monitoring.
The base SNiP-EP4 integrates 1x S-NODE and 1x EP100GL-40 EnviroPro (40cm Length) to a site's unique network, communication and power requirements. The S-NODE can support an added 3x EnviroPro sub-surface Soil Probes.
S-NODE
The S-NODE has been designed to support the broad suite of SDI-12 based environmental sensors. The S-NODE can support sensors with higher power requirements; a solar panel can charge either the internal lithium-ion battery or both the node and sensor can be powered by an external 12V system (e.g. battery or mains source). The S-Node's SDI-12 communications can be customised to allow for interfacing with any SDI-12 sensor.
A decoder suitable for TTN will be provided based upon sensor configuration.
EP100GL-80
EnviroPro sub-surface Soil Probes have been carefully engineered to be accurate, long-life, maintenance-free instruments suitable for all soil types. Their design employs clever techniques to correctly compensate moisture measurements for variations in salinity, as well as compensating moisture and salinity measurements for temperature variations, something not observed in any competitor probes.
- Sensors located at 10cm vertical intervals
- Easy field installation
- SDI-12 V1.3 compliant
- Interfaces to all SDI-12 compliant digital loggers
- CE, RCM and FCC EMC compliant
- Suitable for all crop root depths
- Facilitates fertiliser optimisation
- Designed and made in Australia
- Set-and-forget maintenance free
- Optional SDI-12 to RS-485 converter
- Wide range 6 to 15 VDC auxiliary supply
- Temperature-compensated measurements
- Salinity-compensated moisture measurements
- 80cm in length with 4 internal sensing points and can support an additional 3 EnviroPro sensors
- 5 year warranty
- RoHS Compliant
Measurement specifications:
- Moisture resolution: 0.01%
- Temperature resolution: 0.01 C
- Moisture accuracy: +/- 2% at 0% VWC to 50% VWC
- Temperature accuracy:+/- 1 C at 25 C
- Units of measure (Moisture): Volumetric Water Content %
- Units of measure (Temperature): C or F
Operating and electrical specification:
- Interface: SDI-12 version 1.3
- Wiring: Red: +6 to +15VDC; Black: Ground; Blue: Data; Yellow: Not connected (reserved for future use)
- Power supply: +6 to +15 VDC, Reverse voltage and lightning protected
- Operating temperature: -20 to +60 C
Power consumption:
- Sleep: 0.1mA per sensor (0.4mA for 4 sensor probe)
- Active current: 1mA per sensor (4mA for 4 sensor probe)
- Measurement current: 64mA at 150 ms per sensor
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