First Sensors Arrived !

We finally received the first sensors ! The team in Argentina is starting to test the SHT31 temperature and humidity sensor. The sensor is sold by Adafruit and is integrated into a board: https://www.adafruit.com/products/2857 We will soon be able to measure temperature with a 0.3°C accuracy and relative humidity at…

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April Deployment, day 8

15 April 2016, Mendoza, Argentina. It’s alive ! We started the day early to make sure everything worked fine at the end of the day. We were nicely rewarded by a wonderful view of the sunrise above the “pre-cordilleras”. As promised, the INTA team had installed 20 5m poles between…

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April Deployment, day 7

14 April 2016, Mendoza, Argentina. Another preparation day! Today we prepared the lasts boxes, bought battery packs, sold battery connectors, checked the motes configurations, improved the range testing scripts and lost a wallet. Great day! The VPN to the INTA local network is now working right and we can access…

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April Deployment, day 6

13 April 2016, Mendoza, Argentina. Today was testing day! We went to INTA Junin and met with Javier who nicely spent time with us explaining his work on frost and salt resistances with fruit trees. We performed several connectivity tests, outside and inside the orchards to get more insights about…

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April Deployment, day 5

12 April 2016, Mendoza, Argentina. Thomas and Diego left Mendoza yesterday to return to their respective labs. The local team is now following the work, starting by cutting wood in pieces, fixing those pieces onto the boxes and making sure they don’t move. Yes, those motes are being very agitated so…

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