SecureThings.UK Launches a new LoRaWAN Energy Calculator uses as its base the Semtech™ air time formula, and takes account of the following with inputs to improved the calculation of battery life of nodes.give ability to calibrate the calculation for:
- Sensors that are powered on for a limited time with power control,
- Start and End time for the waking of Node from sleep
- The MCU / RX current consumption
- Sleep current
- Tx Power Min and Max
- Payload size total and for the overhead
- Battery capacity- useable
- Min, Avg, and Max SF used
The results provide and estimated energy consumptions based on the respective elements of the usage such as Tx power, sleep current and gives the battery life in days and years as well as airtime usage information such as % Duty-cycle and TTN fair use policy.
The CubeCell Capsule is the ideal LoRaWAN sensor with a very small volume of 38cc self-contained unit, that is with in an IP67 housing either fully enclosed or with a Gore-Tex™ gas membrane to allow sensed gasses to be detected. The capsule provides for a well-designed LoRaWAN Node that provides all the basic needs to communicate to LoraWAN gateway the sensed information. It is power efficient, easily configured and supports a wide range of “Out the box Sensors” as well as those of your own design. The key aspects of the Capsule are:
- Ultra-low power design, 3.5uA in deep sleep via 3.3v supply of 10uA when sleeping and supplied from the LiPo battery supplied.
- Has a 100mAh battery wired for use and is charged before dispatch and requires a sketch to be loaded to take the unit out of long-term sleep. The battery has a typical life of 3 month with transmission of 29 bytes every 5 minutes at SF7.– The unit complies with international regulations regarding transportation by: land or Air or if carried in luggage or sent by post as it is connected to the device and contain very low level of Lithium.
- Supports solar energy management, can directly connect with a 5.5~7V solar panel via external connections integrates with a lithium battery management system (charge and discharge management, overcharge protection.
- The version supplied by SecureThings is supplied with a O ring seal to provide long-terms weather proof seal and 100mAh battery.
- Arduino-Compatible and programming can be carried out using a USB to serial with correct lead or using the optional Debug board standard sketches available!
- CE and FCC certification;
- Based on ASR605x (ASR6501), which integrates the PSoC® 4000 series MCU (ARM® Cortex® M0+ Core) and SX126X (the latest Semtech LoRaWAN chips);
- LoRaWAN 1.0.3 support;
- Optional USB debug Micro USB interface with complete ESD protection, with integrated CP2102 USB to serial port chip, convenient for program downloading, debugging information ;
The results provide and estimated energy consumptions based on the respective elements of the usage such as Tx power, sleep current and gives the battery life in days and years as well as airtime usage information such as % Duty-cycle and TTN fair use policy.