Use Cases For Wireless IoT

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Applications:

• Manufacturing automation.
• Remote monitoring of machines or equipment.
• Flood gate management.
• HVAC and facilities management.
• Smart power grid and renewable energy management.
• Smart city traffic control.
• Oil and gas extraction.

Using Machine Learning at the edge means devices sense, pattern match, and make decisions without sending large data payloads to the cloud for processing. Read about the solution and learn how to make a prototype in 5 hours, with only 13 lines of code.

Industries:

• Smart cities devices (people counting, traffic monitoring).
• Flooding and water leak detection.
• Gesture recognition for the visually impaired.

Technology advances and cost reductions mean asset tracking is no longer only for the most expensive assets. Read how to make an asset tracker proof-of-concept that works via IoT cellular in 130+ countries in 2 hours or less, from just 3 components.

Industries:

• Perishable goods tracking to eliminate waste by monitoring and optimizing the supply chain from harvesting to shipping to distribution.
• Heavy-duty equipment tracking to record engine hours and maintenance history for loaders, cranes, dozers, and backhoes.
• Fleet tracking to monitor the location of every trailer or truck from the office or on the go.

Get greater insight into business operations such as supply chain analytics, resource utilization, and environmental science research, by building a GPS heatmap of IoT data points for under $150 with 6 hardware components and just 32 lines of code.

Industries:

• Smart city counters (pedestrian, vehicle, etc.).
• Wireless network signal coverage.
• Construction site monitoring.

Build a cellular IoT remote control prototype in a single day for around $200, giving you greater insight into your assets from anywhere in the world securely and remotely.

Industries:

• Robotics.
• Smart home products.
• Interactive kiosks.

Develop an IoT water quality management system using a Blues Wireless Notecard and your own hardware. Sensors can be deployed for water management in smart farming irrigation, natural waterways, waste water or contained water systems.

Industries:

• Oil field support.
• Cold chain monitoring.
• Predictive and preventative maintenance for industrial equipment.

Build a wearable IoT stress monitor to track individual health and environment data via Bluetooth and cellular, even in remote settings. Read how to make a stress monitor that uses the global cellular network in 4 hours, for less than $300.

Industries:

• Police, Emergency First Responders and Construction Workers can use this to detect oncoming vehicles.
• High-risk and solo remote workers like Wind Turbine Technicians or Wilderness Rangers.
• Air traffic control specialists, Warehouse workers, or people working overnight shifts.

Develop an IoT water quality management system using a Blues Wireless Notecard and your own hardware. Sensors can be deployed for water management in smart farming irrigation, natural waterways, waste water or contained water systems.

Industries:

• Environmental Research
• Smart Cities
• Sustainable Agriculture

Using Machine Learning at the edge means devices sense, pattern match, and make decisions without sending large data payloads to the cloud for processing. Read about the solution and learn how to make a prototype in 5 hours, with only 13 lines of code.

Industries:

• Smart cities devices (people counting, traffic monitoring).
• Flooding and water leak detection.
• Gesture recognition for the visually impaired.

For less than $300, using only 5 hardware components, you can assemble a remote tank monitor using cellular IoT for a modern reporting system that’s accurate, efficient, convenient, and eliminates the need for manual in-person checks.

Industries:

• Remotely monitor gas stations and underground petroleum stores.
• Monitor agricultural crops remotely.
• Keep track of the utilities commercial buildings are using even from afar.

Continuously monitor assets with IoT devices to identify potential issues before the even occur. See how we built a hot tub condition monitor prototype, complete with SMS alerting, for $300, and 30 lines of code.
Industries:

• Monitoring fire hydrant pressure, municipal water quality, or garbage can fill levels in smart cities.
• Predicting maintenance cycles of physical equipment and machinery from microscopes to wind turbines in medical and industrial settings.
• Greenhouse environment monitoring.