Soil, Plant, and Environment IoT Systems

Plants exist within the soil-plant-atmosphere continuum; an interlinked system where the atmospheric (environmental) conditions drive the plant’s response and subsequent water demands. The soil moisture is the supply, the plant is the integrator.

Our Comprehensive Range

ICT International offer a comprehensive range of sensors and integrated solutions for the measurement of plant water use and plant water potential, as well as the factors that influence the supply and demand of water by the plant.

Internet of Things and SPAC

Internet of Things connected sensors and instruments provide continuous measurement of these key parameters, with the ability to
visualise and process the measurements for use in research, management or decision-making systems.

The sensors featured in the plant section of catalogue enable the measurement of soil water content, soil water potential, soil salinity, soil temperature & soil oxygen

• MP406 for soil water content
• EnviroPro
• SMT-100
• Stevens Hydraprobe
• Tensiometers for soil water potential
• Soil oxygen sensors

The sensors featured in the plant section of catalogue provide continuous measurement of plant water use & plant water potential.

• SFMx Sap Flow Meter for plant water use
• SDI-12 Sap Flow Sensor for plant water use
• PSY1 Psychromter for plant water potential
• SDI-12 Psychrometer for plant water potential
• Dendrometer for plant growth

The sensors featured in the environment section of catalogue are ideal for the masurement of Vapour Pressure Deficit, ET, weather & water parameters.

• Vapour Pressure Deficit (VPD)
• Evapotranspiration (ET)
• Plant Growth Influences and Indicators
• Rainfall
• Water and Hydrology

ICT International have a comprehensive range of IoT enabled nodes that support a range of sensor inputs.

Where multiple products are available, the preferred sensor is in bold | * To be released

LoRaWAN

• User-managed network solution for low power, long range, wireless networking
• Range up to 10km (depending on terrain, foliage, buildings, and other parameters)
• Requires a gateway connected to the internet (or local server)
• Ideal solution when there are many sensors deployed to measure soil, plant, and environmental parameters simultaneously

Cellular

• Require a device SIM card (and associated costs) to access the internet for data transmission
• CAT-M1/NB-IoT:
  • Uses aspects of the cellular network optimised for small data volumes
  • Single device connectivity
  • Devices are ideal for urban and peri-urban applications
  • For certain research applications, these connection solutions can be the most suitable, avoiding the need to introduce a device needing connection to an organisational network (e.g. university) where each user requires network credentials
• General Cellular:
  
  • Where CAT-M1/NB-IoT coverage does not exist, ICT International has found that general cellular networks can work with the cellular devices

Please contact ICT International to discuss your specific application and location for further details.

ICT International have designed the datasets from their IoT devices to be compatible with the FAIR (Findability, Accessibility, Interoperability, and 
Reusability) guiding principles.

All data generated by ICT International designed and developed IoT devices is available in machine readable representations such as JSON and CSV. The data contained within these datasets is available in both calculated and raw data for processing.

Data is transmitted via the Internet of Things using MQTT. Throughout this, the data remains in the ownership of the creator (the customer of ICT International device).

Data is available for download from the endpoint in a machine-readable format. This ensures that there is an opportunity to retain data when a subscription to the IoT service is cancelled or concluded. This is ideal for research projects where long-term data retention is required.

Compatibility With Other Solutions:

• Data can be sent to many dashboard solutions available
• MQTT or API transmission of data to customer dashboard or database
• Full decoders are available from ICT International
• Calculations may require additional programming by customer