Insights
Field notes on Starlink backhaul, solar-powered edge nodes, camera-based sensing and working on biosecurity-managed land.
From raw readings to decisions: field telemetry alerts people act on
How to turn a steady stream of field readings into a handful of alerts worth acting on: thresholds that fit, persistence and hysteresis, alert fatigue, and treating gaps as data.
Serrated tussock: how it spreads, and where monitoring and hygiene fit
How serrated tussock seed moves between paddocks and properties, and what monitoring and hygiene can do within a biosecurity plan.
Building an environmental baseline before you deploy sensors
What to measure, for how long, how to keep the data clean, and how to write it up so a regulator or landholder can actually use it.
Keeping a remote field node alive through winter
Short days, cold batteries, frosted panels and damp enclosures: the winter-specific power and enclosure lessons for unattended solar nodes.
Technology on a biosecurity-managed property
What a Biosecurity Management Plan under the NSW Biosecurity Act 2015 means for contractors, and how to install and support technology without adding risk.
Dew point and condensation on rural sites: what to measure and why
Why relative humidity alone misleads, how dew point and surface temperature predict condensation, and what that means for sheds, stored gear and electronics enclosures.
Edge ML for rainfall and soil-moisture sensing from cameras
Why cameras make useful environmental sensors, what the models actually look for, the false positives that plague them, and why the processing stays on site.
LoRaWAN, 4G or Starlink? Choosing links for paddock sensors and site backhaul
Why paddock sensors and site backhaul are different problems, what LoRaWAN, 4G and Starlink each do well, and how the three usually end up working together.
Designing a solar-powered field node that runs for years
The power budget arithmetic, enclosure decisions and remote-recovery layers that separate a field node that lasts years from one that dies in its first summer.
Starlink as farm and research-station backhaul: realistic expectations
What Starlink does well on a remote site, where it falls short, and how SD-WAN on VyOS turns it into dependable backhaul alongside 4G or NBN.
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