Sensor Boards

There are more than 120 sensors available to connect to Waspmote: CO, CO2, soil moisture, wind, IR presence, humidity, temperature, pH, liquid, luminosity, etc.

Our Sensor Boards allow developers to easily use sensors in Waspmote.

Application

• ✅ City pollution - CO, NO, NO2, O3, SO2, Particle Matter – Dust
• ✅ Air Quality Index calculation - SO2, NO2, Particle Matter – Dust, CO, O3, NH3
• ✅ Emissions from farms and hatcheries - CH4, H2S, NH3
• ✅ Greenhouse management - CO2, CH4, humidity
• ✅ Control of chemical and industrial processes - CH4, SO2, CO2
• ✅ Indoor air quality - CO2, CO, Particle Matter – Dust, O3
• ✅ Forest fires - CO, CO2

Wireless Interfaces

There are 12 different wireless interfaces for Waspmote including long range (LoRaWAN / LoRa / Sigfox / 868 MHz / 900 MHz), medium range (ZigBee / 802.15.4 / DigiMesh / WiFi) and short range (RFID-NFC / Bluetooth 2.1 / Bluetooth Low Energy).

They can be used solely or in combination of 2 by using the Expansion Radio Board

802.15.4 / ZigBee

Radio Version	Protocol	Frequency	Tx Power	Sensitivity	Range*
XBee 3 802.15.4 EU	IEEE 802.15.4	2.4 GHz	8 dBm	-103 dBm	750 m
XBee-PRO 802.15.4	IEEE 802.15.4	2.4 GHz	18 dBm	-100 dBm	1600 m
XBee-PRO DigiMesh	DigiMesh	2.4 GHz	18 dBm	-100 dBm	1500 m
XBee ZigBee 3	ZigBee 3.0	2.4 GHz	8 dBm	-102 dBm	1200 m
XBee 868LP	RF	863 – 870 MHz	14 dBm	-106 dBm	8.4 km
XBee-PRO 900HP US	RF	902 – 928 MHz	24 dBm	-110 dBm	15.5 km
XBee-PRO 900HP BR	RF	902 – 906.8 MHz 915.6 – 928 MHz	24 dBm	-110 dBm	15.5 km

• ✔️ Antenna 2.4GHz: 5 dBi 868 / 900MHz: 4.5dBi
• ✔️ Connector: RP-SMA
• ✔️ Encryption: AES 128 bits
• ✔️ Signal Control: RSSI
• ✔️ Standards XBee-PRO 802.15.4: IEEE 802.15.4-compliant
• ✔️ XBee ZigBee: ZigBee-Pro v2007 – Compliant

Sigfox

Frequency

• ✔️ Sigfox EU module: ISM 868 MHz
• ✔️ Sigfox US module: ISM 900 MHz
• ✔️ Sigfox AU / APAC / LATAM module: ISM 900 MHz

TX Power

• ✔️ Sigfox EU module: 16 dBm
• ✔️ Sigfox US module: 24 dBm
• ✔️ Sigfox AU / APAC / LATAM module: 24 dBm

Others

• ✔️ Receive sensitivity: -126 dBm
• ✔️ ETSI limitation: 140 messages of 12 bytes, per module per day (EU case)
• ✔️ Range: Typically, each base station covers some km. Check the Sigfox Network
• ✔️ Sigfox certificate: Class 0u (the highest level)

Sigfox service available in these territories

• ✔️ EU module: RC1 zone (Europe, Oman, Iran, South Africa, Tunisia, UAE)
• ✔️ US module: RC2 zone (USA, Mexico, Brazil)
• ✔️ AU / APAC / LATAM module: RC4 zone (Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Thailand, Malaysia, Colombia, Argentina, Chile, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panama, El Salvador)

Note: 0dB antenna picture with representative purposes only. The provided antenna is bigger and with better performance: 4.5dB.

LoRaWAN

Frequency

• ✔️ LoRaWAN EU/433 modules: ISM 868 MHz and 433 MHz bands
• ✔️ LoRaWAN US module: ISM 900 MHz band
• ✔️ LoRaWAN AU module: ISM 900 MHz band
• ✔️ LoRaWAN IN module: ISM 868 MHz band
• ✔️ LoRaWAN ASIA-PAC / LATAM module: ISM 900 MHz band
• ✔️ LoRaWAN JP / KR module: ISM 900 MHz band

TX Power

• ✔️ LoRaWAN EU/433 modules: 14 dBm
• ✔️ LoRaWAN US module: 18.5 dBm
• ✔️ LoRaWAN AU module: 18.5 dBm
• ✔️ LoRaWAN IN module: 18.5 dBm
• ✔️ LoRaWAN ASIA-PAC / LATAM module: 18.5 dBm
• ✔️ LoRaWAN JP / KR module: 16 dBm

Others

• ✔️ Sensitivity: -136 dBm
• ✔️ Range: > 15 km at suburban and >5 km at urban area. Typically, each base station covers some km. Check the LoRaWAN Network in your area.
• ✔️ Receiver: purchase your own base station or use networks from LoRaWAN operators

Compatibility with territories:

• ✔️ LoRaWAN EU module: Europe (EU863-870 protocol)
• ✔️ LoRaWAN US module: US, Canada, Mexico (US902-928 protocol)
• ✔️ LoRaWAN AU module: Australia (AU915-928 protocol)
• ✔️ LoRaWAN IN module: India (INDIA865-867 protocol)
• ✔️ LoRaWAN ASIA-PAC / LATAM module: Asia, Pacific and Latinamerica (AS923 ASEAN protocol)
• ✔️ LoRaWAN JP / KR module: Japan and South Korea (AS923-JP and KR920-923 protocol)

Note: 0dB antenna picture with representative purposes only. The provided antenna is bigger and with better performance: 4.5dB.

Industrial Protocols

Connect any sensor in industrial environments. Compatible with RS-485, Modbus, CAN Bus and 4-20 mA.

Main Application

The set of Industrial Protocol modules for Waspmote allows the user to interface with different industrial buses:

1º- Connect any sensor to an existing industrial bus

Waspmote can be configured to work as a node in the network, inserting sensor data into the industrial bus already present. Waspmote can obtain information from more than 70 sensors currently integrated in the platform by using specific sensor boards (e.g: CO, CO2, temperature, humidity, acceleration, pH, IR, luminosity, vibration, etc). This way, the sensor information can be read from any industrial device connected to the bus.

2º- Add wireless connectivity to wired buses

Waspmote can be configured to read the information from the bus and send it to the Libelium IoT Gateway using any of the wireless radio modules available: 802.15.4, 868 MHz, 900 MHz, WiFi, 4G, Sigfox and LoRaWAN.

3º- Connect to the Cloud industrial devices

Waspmote can be configured to read the information coming from the bus and send it via wireless directly to the Cloud using WiFi, GPRS, GPRS+GPS, 3G or 4G radio interfaces.

OTAP with GPRS / WiFi via FTP

The concept of Wireless Programming, commonly know as Programming Over the Air (OTAP) has been used in the past years overall for the reprogramming of mobile devices such as cell phones.

However, with the new concepts of Wireless Sensor Networks, M2M and the Internet of Things, where the networks consist of hundreds or thousands of nodes, OTA is taken to a new direction, and for the first time it is applied using both mobile phone technologies such as GPRS and unlicensed protocols such as WiFi.