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TerraMon: Climate Change and Soil Health monitoring

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Christian Rodriguez (Unmanned Technologies LLC)

Aug 23, 2021 2059 views

TerraMon: Climate Change and Soil Health monitoring

Research has shown that climate change impacts soil PH but long term studies have been challenging to conduct at large scales. Terra-Mon hopes to leverage power efficient edge computing, analog device sensors and the cloud to create a solution that can be deployed in remote regions and relay data back via satellite (SWARM), long range low bandwidth (LORAWAN) terrestrial links as well as faster urban links (WIFI or Cellular) to monitor soil quality. Terra-Mon measures soil PH, moisture and temperature. Once the data is measured, the data is preprocessed at the edge to make sure the data stream is as compact as possible.

A neutral PH of 5.5 to 7.5 is ideal for growing food. Food security over time will be impacted by climate change as USDA zones change and the need to amend soils changes from our standard operational model. Researchers need to start gathering a healthy time series dataset today to create appropriate models for changes in soil health. For Farmers & Hobbyists can use Terra-Mon to monitor real time properties and see the how various soil products impact soil health and yields.

InnovateFPGA allows us to leverage the combination of Intel’s edge compute capabilities, Analog Devices daughter boards and the power of Azure’s IoT stack to create a solution that can be used to gather data that will allow for a comprehensive understanding of soil health and ultimately understand how to improve soil quality for improved harvests and food security.

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