Internet of (weather) things on a grassroot LoRaWAN network
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The document discusses the development of the 'Internet of Weather Things,' focusing on weather analytics, low-cost weather stations, and the use of LoraWAN technology for scalable deployment. It outlines various market segments impacted by weather data, including agriculture and tourism, and emphasizes the importance of accurate forecasts for productivity and safety. The initiative features collaborations for smart city applications and aims to provide open-source solutions for improved weather data accessibility.
Internet of (weather) things on a grassroot LoRaWAN network
- 1. Internet of (weather) Things Weather ex Machinaɛks ˈmɑːkiːnə
- 2. Manolis Nikiforakis, BEng, MSc IoT Architect – CEO Full stack Dev (hardware & software) Stratos Theodorou, MEng, MSc Mobile app developer UI/UX designer EXM Core Team Vassilis Chryssos, MEng, MSc Community manager Opensource advocate Sarantaporo.gr Yiannis Gkoufas, BEng, MSc Middleware developer Big Data expert Strategic Partner in Hardware R&D
- 3. Enterprise IoT experience Previous projects include development of a Building Management System (PlegmaOpenBMS) Operational on various buildings including Eurobank Building – Plaza, Marousi 20+ IoT hardware devices/sensors cross-vendor on 4 floors 300+ acquiring values/sec Advanced energy analytics Open Source (GitHub)
- 4. Chaos when weather matters 4
- 5. Market segments focus Outdoor enthusiast (using 2+ weather apps) Urban commuter, traveler, wind sports Professionals Agriculture, energy, retail, logistics, insurance, tourism, outdoor events Meteorological agencies Data validation, competition analysis Weather affects: Productivity - Safety – Leisure (…and 1/3 of the worldwide economy)
- 6. WxM is Skroutz for weather ● Tracks the accuracy of weather forecasts ● Delivers the most reliable one per location
- 7. Starting with a simple app Location forecasts from different providers Score based on historical forecast accuracy for this location & days out No! It will not rain on Tuesday
- 9. 9 Enterprise Architecture Actual Weather Conditions (not enough data!)
- 10. Not enough actual DATA!
- 11. LIDAR & Doppler Weather Radars 11 Really expensive… aiming at gov met offices
- 12. GSM Weather Stations 12 Cumbersome and relatively expensive... aiming at PROs
- 13. WiFi Weather Stations 13 Low cost aiming at B2C (limited and/or cumbersome)
- 16. ● Inertial sensors for wind, capacitive for rain ● Atmel AVR 328 + nRF using ESP8266 as WiFi gateway ● BOM ~30€ (end product ~100€) https://github.com/ellak-monades-aristeias/WeatherXM EXM weather station v1
- 18. LoRa Attributes
- 19. Open Infrastructure & Data
- 20. ● Inertial sensors for wind, capacitive for rain ● STM32 ARM Cortex-M3 + Microchip RN2483 ● BOM ~40€ (end product ~100€) EXM weather station v2
- 22. ● Gateway based on RPi + SX1272 ○ BOM 40€ ● Gateway based on ESP8266 + RN2483 ○ BOM 10€ Really low cost gateways
- 28. EXM Smart City Pilots OASA Transport Hackathon ● Smart bus WiFi hotspot LBS AIA DigitalGate ● Nearby airport weather/pollution monitoring Sarantaporo.gr ● Infrastructure as a commons Athens center via EuroCPS ● Low-cost LoRa (p2p) solid state weather station
- 29. in Greece AWMN (Athens Wireless Metropo EWN (Evia Wireless Network) IWMN (Imathia Wireless Metrop TRWN (TRipoli Wireless Networ WNA (Wireless Networks Associ TWMN (Thessaloniki's Wireless WiMAN (Wireless Metropolitan WirAN (Wireless Agrinio Netwo TRWN (Trikala Wireless Networ CWN (Corfu Wireless Network) HSWN (Heraklion Wireless Netw WNK (Wireless Network of Kori LWN (Larissa Wireless Network CYWN (Cyclades Wireless Netwo ASWN (Aegean Students Wireles LWMN (Lamia Wireless Metropol MessWN (Messinia Wireless Net PWMN (Patras Wireless Metropo DWN (Drama Wireless Network) KWN (Kos Wireless Network) ht KVWN (Kavala Wireless Network EXM Pilots …...…...…... …...…...…... …...…...…... …...…...…... …...…...…... …...…...…… …...…...…... …...…...…... Grassroot Yes we can!
- 30. We are... ● Weather Analytics B2C -> B2B ● Unique IoT weather hardware ● LoRaWAN for large scale low-cost deployment ● Advanced Weather Services ● Additional IoT use cases through open LoRaWAN All pieces together
- 31. Thank you! Manolis @ WeatherXM.com 31