Thursday, September 3, 2020

Semtech Gets Win Helping Australian Avocado Farms

Camarillo-based semiconductor developer Semtech has scored another design win, this time with a developer of Internet-of-Things (IoT) products used to monitor avocado farms. According to Semtech, ICT International, which develops IoT solutions for environment applications, and Definium Technologies, a developer and manufacturer of IoT gateways and devices, are using Semtech's LoRa wireless networking technology to improve crop yield in Australian avocado plantations. The companies apparently are using Semtech's technology to transmit data from sensors soil moisture sensors, sap flow sensors, vapor-pressure deficit sensors, and weather stations, to identy periods of low soil moisture and high plant water stress.