Transforming Agriculture with Intelligent Connectivity
Download our case study to learn how Agrela’s PheNode environmental sensors, powered by Blues' connectivity, are enabling data-driven decision-making on the farm and beyond.
The Challenges Facing Modern Agriculture & Research
Today's farmers face increasing pressure to optimize crop yields, reduce resource consumption, and adapt to a changing climate. To address these challenges, they and agricultural researchers have turned to intelligent technologies to enhance operational efficiency and improve crop performance. However, access to actionable, granular data has historically been cost-prohibitive and complex, further complicated by deployments often situated in areas with poor cellular connectivity.
Reliable Cloud Connectivity Made Simple
Blues' wireless cloud data pump is reshaping the agricultural landscape by enabling streamlined, secure connectivity between field sensors and the cloud. By simplifying the complex challenge of device-to-cloud data delivery, Blues empowers innovators like Agrela to focus on developing game-changing solutions that unlock more efficient farming practices.
Benefits of Building with Blues for Smarter Agriculture
Blues' wireless IIoT technology is the easiest way to connect any environmental sensor to any cloud.
Reduce Your Time to Market from Years to Months
Blues’ pre-provisioned connectivity and low code interface is the simplest way to develop intelligent agriculture applications.
Pinpoint Multi-Source Tracking
We enhance location tracking by combining data from various sources like cell towers, Wi-Fi, and GPS/GNSS to determine the "best location" of a device automatically.
Gather Hyper-Local Data
Affordable field-level insights for precise agricultural practices with Blues' cost-effective data routing plans.
Effortless Data Routing to Any Cloud
Notehub natively supports secure bidirectional routing to any cloud, allowing you to customize your data flow easily.
Industry-Leading Security
End-to-end security from devices authenticated through an integrated secure element to dataflows using encrypted communications and VPN tunnels.
All 4 Major RATs, 1 Ecosystem
Leverage a spectrum of technologies like cellular, Wi-Fi, satellite and LoRa — all through a single set of APIs with minimal software and hardware changes when moving between technologies.
Discover How Agrela and Blues are Ushering in a New Era of Agricultural Monitoring
Our case study gives you an in-depth look at how Agrela’s PheNode, powered by Blues’ wireless cloud data pump, is transforming the way we monitor and manage agricultural ecosystem.
What’s Inside:
- Overview of PheNode: Introduction to Agrela's flexible, modular environmental sensor platform designed for diverse applications, from agriculture to urban planning.
- Collaboration with Blues: Detailed explanation of how Blues' technology, including Notecard and Notehub, provides reliable, secure connectivity for PheNode, ensuring seamless data transmission from remote locations.
- Real-World Impact: Examples of PheNode's deployment include its use by The Ray to monitor environmental conditions along a highway to promote sustainable infrastructure.
- Future Expansion: Discussion on the potential for integrating emerging connectivity technologies like LoRa and satellite communication to extend PheNode's reach and capabilities in remote and challenging environments.
“The Notecard's connectivity is fantastic, and that is its most important feature for us. e’ve heard a lot about other platforms having connectivity issues, but we've not run into that problem since integrating the Notecard. Our operational runtime is extremely high - you can almost say it's never down.”
— Bill Kezele, President of Agrela
Hear Why Our Partners & Customers Build with Blues
I like working with Blues because it solves several very important problems for me that I no longer have to worry about.
Danny Wilson
Founder & CEO of Geocene
By using the Blues platform, we saved about 12 months of R&D time, getting us to market about a year sooner.
