Microsoft FarmBeats

Microsoft

The FarmBeats project is an IoT Platform for data-driven agriculture

Product description

The FarmBeats project is an IoT Platform for data-driven agriculture. It uses several unique solutions including low-cost sensors, drones, and vision and machine learning algorithms to help increase farm productivity and reduce costs.

Target region(s)

Worldwide

Distributors/implementing organizations

Microsoft, DJI and Slantrange

Market suggested retail price

Unknown

Competitive landscape

SDG targeted

Goal 2: End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture

Target user(s)

Farmers worldwide

Fields marked are sourced values that have been evaluated by the manufacturer or a third party, all others are design specifications.

Telecommunication service required

TVWS using the Adaptrum ACRS 2 radios

Device(s) required

Soil sensors, TYE ballons, drones, computer, TV white space transmitter, mobile phone

Level of connection service needed

TV white space radio connection

Permanent network connectivity required (Y/N)

Usage rate (%)

N/A

Additional features required

N/A

Two way communication (Y/N)

Yes

Literacy support (Y(specify) / N)

Languages available

English

Operating system and version

N/A

Power requirements

Four 12V-44Ah batteries connected in parallel

eAgriculture application

Enable data driven decisions to help improve agricultural yield, lower overall costs, and reduce the environmental impact of agricultural production

Design specifications

The solution includes soil sensors, video streaming balloons, drones, local farm computers and the Microsoft Azure network.

Product schematics

FarmBeats system overview (Vanish, D. et al):

Technical support

Unknown

Replacement components

N/A

Lifecycle

N/A

Manufacturer specified performance targets

“Availability: The platform should have negligible downtime.

Capacity: It should support sensors with widely varying requirements: pH sensors reporting few bytes of data to drones sending gigabytes of video.
Cloud Connectivity: Several farming applications, such as crop cycle prediction, seeding suggestions, farming practice advisory, etc. rely on long term data analytics.
Data Freshness: Stale sensor data from the farm can make applications suggest incorrect courses of action to the farmer.” (Vanish, D. et al)

Vetted performance

FarmBeats supports high bandwidth sensors using TVWS, a long range technology.

It uses a weather-aware solar-powered IoT base station, and an intelligent Gateway that ensure that services are available in the Cloud and offline. It also incorporates path-planning algorithms that extend drone battery life. (Vanish, D. et al)

Testing organizations

The FarmBeats system has been tested on two farms: one in Washington state and the other in upstate New York. (Vanish, D. et al)

Safety

N/A

Complementary technical systems

N/A

Snapshot

Product description

Target region(s)

Worldwide

Distributors/implementing organizations

Microsoft, DJI and Slantrange

Market suggested retail price

Unknown

Competitive landscape

SDG targeted

Goal 2: End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture

Target user(s)

Farmers worldwide

Manufacturing & delivery

Performance & use

Fields marked are sourced values that have been evaluated by the manufacturer or a third party, all others are design specifications.

Telecommunication service required

TVWS using the Adaptrum ACRS 2 radios

Device(s) required

Soil sensors, TYE ballons, drones, computer, TV white space transmitter, mobile phone

Level of connection service needed

TV white space radio connection

Permanent network connectivity required (Y/N)

Usage rate (%)

N/A

Additional features required

N/A

Two way communication (Y/N)

Yes

Literacy support (Y(specify) / N)

Languages available

English

Operating system and version

N/A

Power requirements

Four 12V-44Ah batteries connected in parallel

eAgriculture application

Enable data driven decisions to help improve agricultural yield, lower overall costs, and reduce the environmental impact of agricultural production

Design specifications

The solution includes soil sensors, video streaming balloons, drones, local farm computers and the Microsoft Azure network.

Product schematics

FarmBeats system overview (Vanish, D. et al):

Technical support

Unknown

Replacement components

N/A

Lifecycle

N/A

Manufacturer specified performance targets

“Availability: The platform should have negligible downtime.

Capacity: It should support sensors with widely varying requirements: pH sensors reporting few bytes of data to drones sending gigabytes of video.
Cloud Connectivity: Several farming applications, such as crop cycle prediction, seeding suggestions, farming practice advisory, etc. rely on long term data analytics.
Data Freshness: Stale sensor data from the farm can make applications suggest incorrect courses of action to the farmer.” (Vanish, D. et al)

Vetted performance

FarmBeats supports high bandwidth sensors using TVWS, a long range technology.

Testing organizations

The FarmBeats system has been tested on two farms: one in Washington state and the other in upstate New York. (Vanish, D. et al)

Safety

N/A

Complementary technical systems

N/A

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