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Libelium Adds Extreme Range Wireless Connectivity to Waspmote IoT SensorsSAN MATEO, Calif., BARCELONA & ZARAGOZA, Spain --(Business Wire)-- Libelium has added long-range wireless coverage to Waspmote and Plug and Sense! sensor nodes, by integrating Semtech's LoRa™ RF technology in a new module-on-a-chip embedded radio design for Smart Cities and Internet of Things (IoT) deployments. Waspmote sensor nodes are designed to deploy by the thousands, connecting any sensor using any communication protocol to any Cloud system. The LoRa communication protocol extends wireless connectivity so that Waspmote sensors can transmit data at distances of several miles, even through buildings, and over 20 miles in open spaces. With LoRa's high sensitivity of 138dBm, the Waspmote long-range module can receive data packets transmitted through difficult conditions and long links, thus reducing infrastructure costs for city uses. How it works: http://bit.ly/1BE5VzZ "We've worked shoulder-to-shoulder with Semtech engineers to shrink the module form factor to integrate within our Waspmote sensor platform," said David Gascón, CTO at Libelium. "With LoRa we are offering new connectivity features and we have achieved a price reduction of 10-25% per node compared to our current product line. Our goal is to help customers select the wireless radio options that best suit their needs, in any environment." "The Libelium Waspmote solution, combined with LoRa, reduces the infrastructure cost to deploy Smart City applications and improving the return on investment will accelerate more deployments," said Hardy Schmidbauer, Director of Wireless and IoT products at Semtech. "The flexibility and availability of more than 80 sensors in Waspmote, paired with the LoRa benefits of long range and extended battery lifetime create a very compelling solution." Availability of the LoRa wireless communication module for Waspmote was announced today at Smart City Expo and World Congress, where visitors can view the sensor platform in the context of Smart City applications at Libelium's booth #629.
About Libelium Libelium designs and manufactures hardware and APIs for wireless sensor networks so that system integrators, engineering, and consultancy companies can deliver reliable Internet of Things (IoT), M2M and Smart Cities solutions with minimum time to market. Waspmote-Libelium's open wireless sensor platform-is modular, easy to deploy and ready to integrate with third-party Cloud systems such as Axeda (News - Alert), Esri, Sentilo, ThingWorx, or MQTT. Over 2,000 developers from 75 countries in companies ranging from startups to universities to large international corporations have adopted Libelium's technology for projects in North America, Australia, Asia and Europe. Commercial deployments based on Waspmote include applications as varied as parking, traffic congestion, environmental monitoring, and precision agriculture. Libelium's DIY open source hardware division, Cooking Hacks, is dedicated to making electronics affordable, easy to learn and fun. Cooking Hacks serves a worldwide community of developers, designers, inventors and makers who love to create electronics with sensors, robotics, Arduino and Raspberry Pi. In 2014, Gartner (News - Alert) Inc. named Libelium a Cool Vendor in embedded software and systems. Established in 2006, Libelium is privately held and has headquarters in Zaragoza, Spain. www.libelium.com About Semtech Semtech Corporation is a leading supplier of analog and mixed-signal semiconductors for high-end consumer, computing, communications and industrial equipment. Products are designed to benefit the engineering community as well as the global community. The company is dedicated to reducing the impact it, and its products, have on the environment. Internal green programs seek to reduce waste through material and manufacturing control, use of green technology and designing for resource reduction. Publicly traded since 1967, Semtech is listed on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the symbol SMTC. For more information, visit http://www.semtech.com. Semtech, the Semtech logo, and LoRa are registered marks of Semtech Corporation.
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