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SenseCAP Wireless Soil Moisture and Temperature Sensor - LoRaWAN AU915MHz

SKU: SS101990792 Brand: Seeed Studio

SenseCAP Wireless Soil Moisture and Temperature Sensor measures soil volumetric water content (VWC) and temperature. It incorporates a sensor, a custom...

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About SenseCAP

Among the first launch of Seeed industrial IoT (IIoT) product series, SenseCAP is focusing on wireless environmental sensing applications: smart agriculture, precision farming, and smart city, to name a few. It consists of hardware products (sensors, data-loggers & gateways, etc.), software services (SenseCAP portal, mobile App, open dashboard), an API for device & data management.

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Please email sensecap[at]seeed[dot]cc to request any tech support for this product.

SenseCAP Wireless Soil Moisture & Temperature Sensor measures soil volumetric water content (VWC) and soil temperature at the range of 0 ~ 100% (m³/m³) and -30 ~ 70°C respectively. With high-quality soil moisture and temperature probe, this sensor features high precision and sensitivity regardless of soil variability, making it widely applicable in industrial scenarios such as water-saving irrigation, outdoor fields, and greenhouses and more.

This device incorporates a built-in LoRa transmitter based on SX1276 for long-range transmission, a 2-in-1 sensor, and a custom battery. It is specifically designed and optimized for use cases powering end devices by batteries for years.To minimize the power consumption, the device wakes up, transmits the collected soil moisture and temperature data to the gateway, and then goes back to sleep.

Under the best of circumstances, the battery is expected to last for more than 6 years, depending on environmental factors and the data transmission intervals. Please kindly note that the default interval is once per hour. If you'd like to change the data upload interval, please refer tothis document

To fit in adverse conditions, this wireless sensor is designed with industry standards and equipped with an IP66 waterproof enclosure, protecting the device from UV radiation, rain, and sunlight exposure.

The SenseCAP Sensor adopts a modular design, integrating the data logger with the sensor probe, which can be replaced by other SenseCAP sensor probes.

Note

SenseCAP Sensor is fully compliant with LoRaWAN specifications and can be used with standard LoRaWAN gateways. Please choose the corresponding gateway according to the sensor frequency.

Seeed also providesSenseCAP LoRaWAN Gatewayfor you to use with SenseCAP Sensors seamlessly without an extra huge workload for provisioning. If you would like to use SenseCAP LoRaWAN gateway and SenseCAP cloud platform, please email us at [email protected].

System Architecture

SenseCAP Architecture

SenseCAP Sensor + Other LoRaWAN Gateway Architecture

Features

Support LoRaWAN protocol Class A
High reliability and stability
Ultra-wide-distance transmission: 10km in line of sight scene, 2 km in urban scenes
Battery life = 6 years
Rapid installation and deployment (see the video below)

Applications

Smart Agriculture
Smart Building and Industrial Control
Environmental Monitoring
Other Wireless Sensing Applications

Specifications

Soil Temperature
Range	-30 °C to +70 °C
Accuracy	±0.5 °C
Resolution	0.1 °C
Soil Moisture
Range	From completely dry to fully saturated (from 0% to 100% of saturation)
Accuracy	±2% ( 0 to 50 %); ±3% ( 50 to 100 %)
Resolution	0.03 %(0 to 50%); 1%(50 to 100%)
General Parameters
Product Model	LoRa-S-AU915-Soil MT-01
Microcontroller	Ultra-low-power MCU
Support Protocol	Based on LoRaWAN v1.0.2 protocol
LoRa Channel Plan	AU915
LoRa Power Output	16 dBm (EIRP)
Sensitivity	-136.5dBm(SF12, BW125KHz)
Current Consumption	5 µA (sleep mode) 120 mA max(active mode)
Communication Distance	2 to 10 km (depending on different antennas and environments)
Measuring Area	A cylinder area (with the probe as the center, diameter: 7cm, height: 7cm)
IP Rating	IP66
UV Resistance	anti-aging (from rain/sun exposure): UL746C F1
Enclosure Material	PC
Operating Temperature	-30 °C to +70 °C
Operating Humidity	0 to 100 %RH (non-condensing)
Device Weight	415g
Certification	RoHS
Battery (Contained in equipment)
Battery Life	= 3 years (upload data once per hour)
Battery Voltage	3.6V
Battery Capacity	19Ah (non-rechargeable)

LoRa Frequency

The device is designed with a fixed LoRa channel, which can not be modified by users. The supported channels are as follows. Please refer tothis documentfor how to connect this device with a LoRaWAN gateway.

Please kindly note the device uses 2nd Sub-Band by default (channels 8 to 15 and 65).

LoRa Channel Plan
Uplink (MHz)	916.8 - SF7BW125 to SF12BW125 917.0 - SF7BW125 to SF12BW125 917.2 - SF7BW125 to SF12BW125 917.4 - SF7BW125 to SF12BW125 917.6 - SF7BW125 to SF12BW125 917.8 - SF7BW125 to SF12BW125 918.0 - SF7BW125 to SF12BW125 918.2 - SF7BW125 to SF12BW125 917.5 - SF8BW500
Downlink (MHz)	923.3 - SF7BW500 to SF12BW500 (RX1) 923.9 - SF7BW500 to SF12BW500 (RX1) 924.5 - SF7BW500 to SF12BW500 (RX1) 925.1 - SF7BW500 to SF12BW500 (RX1) 925.7 - SF7BW500 to SF12BW500 (RX1) 926.3 - SF7BW500 to SF12BW500 (RX1) 926.9 - SF7BW500 to SF12BW500 (RX1) 927.5 - SF7BW500 to SF12BW500 (RX1) 923.3 - SF12BW500 (RX2)

Tips

Apart from the US915MHz version,this sensor is also available in EU868MHz frequency.Click hereto learn more.

Part List

Part List
1	Sensor	x1
2	Bracket	x1
3	M4 Self-drilling Screw	x4
4	M3 Self-drilling Screw	x2

ECCN/HTS

ECCN/HTS
HSCODE	9025800000
USHSCODE	8517709000

ECCN/HTS

HSCODE	9025800090
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