Smart monitoring for industrial and agricultural applications

Smart monitoring for industrialand agricultural applications

Cloud

ComputerSmart Phone API

At LESS, we develop Industrial IoT solutions that, combined with AI, enable our clients to make better decisions. This will enable the customer to increase its operational efficiency, cost reductions, higher quality products, and competitiveness by giving them comprehensive real-time information about their processes and operations.

We've been always convinced that sensing the world around us is key for making better decisions, in real-time and remotely.

Vision

What we do

[email protected] lessindustries.com


LESS has developed a suite of technologies that leads to better understanding of the environment helping farmers, agronomists, and ecologists.

Automate the data collection and generate alerts when something is not going as expected, creating a baseline for actions to take such as save time and improve product's quality are some of the advantages of LESS product line for agriculture and environmental protection.

Technology for improving farming and monitoring the environment


Silo bag monitoring: It allows grain producers or middle men to monitor the condition of the grain stored in outdoor grain silos.

Soil moisture monitoring tool: It helps farmers to know if their crops require more water.

Weather: A maintenance free weather station ideal for understanding the climate in your land.

Pivot monitoring: It helps to know the pivot performance, measuring orientation, rotation speed, and water flow and pressure.

Water level monitoring: It is ideal for monitoring water reservoirs for cattle or rice plantations. It triggers an alarm if the water is running low or there is an oversupply.

The LESS farming ecosystem integrates multiple sensors that, combined with different algorithms, leads to comprehensive solutions for applications such as stored grain condition sensing, water management in cultivation, and weather monitoring.

This solution allows grain producers or middlemen to monitor the condition of the grain stored in outdoor grain silos using an algorithm that combines the measurement of CO2, temperature and humidity to identify the presence of biological processes that may lead to grain spoilage. The device is installed inside the grain bag since it does not require a battery change during the entire season.

Storage:Silo bag monitoring

01


Rechargeable battery

Temperature measurement

Grain moisture measurement

CO2 measurement

Monitor the health of your grain silos from anywhere, anytime.

Andrés TravacioPartner of LESS

I have been working together with LESS since 2017 in the

manufacture and distribution of a product for monitoring

silo bags. We find in LESS a partner for the realization of a

last generation product capable of changing the way of

storing grains.


This solution allows farmers to get more insights about the field, from soil condition to weather information. It also adds telemetry for pivots which helps them understand the overall pivot performance.

Environment:Weather, water and soil monitoring

02


Multiple sensor input


Solar panel input

External antenna

The Burnett Mary Regional Group (BMRG) is proud to count LESS

Industries as one of our valued natural resource management

partners. LESS’s professional, collaborative approach and focus

on practical solutions have proved invaluable in a range of

agricultural and environmental monitoring projects. Their

products and associated technologies are world-class and

backed by dedicated support services. We look forward to

continuing working with the LESS team on developing and

promoting the application of intelligent sensing to managing our

precious natural resources.


We provide a turn key solution that consists of a suite of sensors for monitoring irrigation and soil condition. It also includes trunk dendrometers for detecting if the plant is experiencing water stress.

Our solutions are available with different built-in communication systems. Including 4G/3G, LoRa, and WiFi depending on the application. And we are always looking for new technologies.

The product can be integrated with a moving-parts-free weather station that measures up to ten variables, including wind speed and direction, precipitation and UV radiation. All our products can be solar-powered.

Sheila CharlesworthChief Executive O�cer BMRG

Irrigation:Hydric management and central pivot monitoring

03


Since the beginning LESS worked professionally and committed to lead to a solution for pivot telemetry that today shows how to function consistently even in harsh environments, generating data that allows the producer to know key information for irrigation management.

Pivot independent installation

Orientation

Stop and low-pressure alerts

Solar-powered

Rotation speed


The device’s installation on the pivot takes just a couple of minutes and a screwdriver. There is no need to connect it to the mainboard nor to the electricity, and can be easily detached if needed.

Our solutions are available with different built-in communication systems. Including 4G/3G, LoRa, and WiFi depending on the application. And we are always looking for new technologies.

The solution lets the user set alerts that can be triggered by combining different measured variables, assuring to get information when required. All our products can be solar-powered.

Juan AmboldiGalamb Agro S.R.L

Since the beginning LESS worked professionally and

committed to lead to a solution for pivot telemetry that

today shows how to function consistently even in harsh

environments, generating data that allows the producer

to know key information for irrigation management

LESS has developed several technologies for improving maintenance operations for power transmission and distribution companies, both renewable and non-renewable energy. These will allow to automate the data collection, warn when something is wrong, and generate statistics that will help understand what decision to make for reducing costs and increasing operational efficiency.


Technology for improving maintenance operations and monitoring power systems


To increase operational efficiency and avoid major issues, it's important to know the behavior of the system's components and how they interact with each other. Monitoring different critical aspects such as power lines' load conditions or even weather conditions around the line will save time and money. This is possible through real-time sensing along with data from different sources and predictive analysis.

Line's altitude variation regarding load levels

Fire and strong wind alerts.

Detection of line cuts and tower falls

Fine-tune to fit line natural movement, remotely after the installation.

Vibration detection and failure patterns

The product consists of a swarm of sensors that are installed in the power line. These sensors monitor several aspects of the power line, preventing or minimizing the damage caused by a potential failure. Suitable for any kind of power lines in harsh and remote environments.


SENTRISENSE: Monitoring power lines

Special clamp for attaching the device to the line

Electromagnetic shielding

Built-in solar panel

Waterproof

Transelec has been working since 2016 with LESS Industries in a 4.0 asset

management initiative for the detection of high-voltage line theft through Internet

of Things technologies.

Alejandro Rehbein OrozChief Strategy and Innovation O�cerTranselec S.A.


SENTRISENSE uses a special clamp allowing installation in seconds, even on an energized (hot) power line. It can also be installed using a drone, speeding up the installation process. The device does not require any training to be operated.

LESS is continuously exploring ways to make logistics more efficient. Our products allow the user to know where the goods are located as well as their condition: from grain monitoring in ships to sugar cane transportation by trucks. Technology is about to change the limits of the possible in supply chain applications.


Telemetry of integral logistics processes for distribution and supply chain management


Monitoring river levels for facilitating port infrastructure operation.

Measuring critical variables of goods in transit, thus making logistics more traceable end to end.

Tracking goods across the supply chain to know where they are located at each moment.

Keep tracking of key assets in facilities as well as in the field.

Logistics and traceability of food and goods are about to undergo a major transformation since the world's needs are changing. At LESS, we use new technologies to help monitor and trace key points of the supply chain, aiming to increase awareness and transparency of the whole process.

This solution was designed with the aim of helping port operators obtain real-timeinformation on the dynamics of tides. This information, combined with specific algorithms and historical data, will enable better handling of entry and exit for ships of any size, as well as provide an estimate of when dredge tasks are required.


Water level measurement in real time01

Ultrasonic water level sensor

Built-in battery

Multiple internet connectivity

External solar panel


The device measures water level based on the distance from a fixed point over the water surface; it is flexible enough to be used in several water measurement applications.

The device is designed to be installed in harsh environments such as the Baltic Sea, with freezing temperatures during the winter, with almost no solar light and in conditions of high humidity.

Wiktor Szypiłow EU Project Settlement Specialist Zarząd Morskiego Portu Gdańsk SA

The port of Gdansk has been working with LESS Industries since

the beginning of 2019 in a pilot for validating a system for

measuring the average of level of the river in real time, through

Internet of Things technologies.

This solution was created to address the lack of traceability of sugarcane bins when transported by trucks. The device is installed on each truck and is able to trace the GPS position along with the IDs of the carried bins in real time, so the user can be aware of the bins position at any time. The same solution has multiple applications in logistics since it is flexible and easy to adapt.


Tracking bins02

External RFID antenna

Multiple power supply inputs

External GPS antenna



LESS is making cities smart from the ground up

In the dynamic environment of today's cities, it is more important than ever to monitor all the relevant variables in order to be able to predict incidents and increase efficiency of municipal services. LESS provides a set of solutions that together bring the ability to have all systems function in a seamless and coordinated manner.


Asset status and maintenance prediction.

Monitoring water level to detect and prevent flooding.

Indoor / outdoor real time location and tracking.

Predictive maintenance in industrial processes.

In order to really be smart, a city needs to be aware of all the critical processes and systems below the surface. This means continuously monitoring key variables of a modern city infrastructure such as water sources, energy generation and distribution, among others. The LESS solutions ecosystem is designed to provide specific actionable information for making people's life smootherly better.


LESS Cloud

• Alerts based on flexible algorithmic conditions.• Secure access through computer, smartphone or API.• Open API for integration with third party systems.• Configurable alerts for each variable.• Dispatch of alerts through email or SMS.

Advantages of LESS Technology

• Simple to use devices that are calibrated and configured automatically.• Adjustable frequency of data measurement and reporting cycles.• Extra memory for queuing messages during low connectivity periods.• Robust device constructions for use in harsh and remote environments.• Low cost and easy to install.

Web Platform


LESS is the partner you can rely on to get any type of relevant data from the physical world into your cloud. As a partner of LESS, you can choose to be a value added reseller for any of our solutions or we can be your private label, embedded solution to link “land” and “cloud”.

We have an open API designed to allow you to access the raw data or processed information from the physical sensors. There is a vast area of practical knowledge necessary to bring together electronics, sensing hardware and cloud computing, and we are the experts on getting it done well and at low cost. We take off that complexity, you just deal with actionable data.

LESS sensing bridge + analytics

Resellers

LESS Dashboard LESS API

Integrators

LESS Cloud

LESS Sensors

Water Level HumidityFlow meterGeolocalization

Soil Salinity

Ambient Temperature

Soil Temperature

Ambient Humidity

Water Temperature

Light Intensity CO2

Do you want to partner with us?


Connectivity• LoRa• Cellular• Wi-Fi• Ethernet

Technical specifications

Temperature• Absolute range: -40 to +125 °C• Resolution: 0,01 °C

Soil sensing• Soil moisture• Soil temperature• Soil conductivity

Other sensors can be integrated upon request.

Power supply• Solar panel• Battery• Plugged-in• Energy harvesting

• No moving parts• Precipitation, wind speed and direction• Barometric pressure• Up to ten other variables

Weather station

• Range: 0-60%, 0-100%• Accuracy: 70 ppm ± 5%

CO2 sensor

• Sealed: IP68; NEMA 6P• Waterpipe pressure• Easy maintenance

Flow meter & pressure

Geo-localization• 3 axial High resolution GNSS• GPS / Galileo / Glonass / BeiDou• Centimeter resolution

Inertial Measurement Unit• Vibration / motion• Orientation• Rotation speed

• Water quality• Water level• Water leakage

Water sensing

Relative humidity• Range: 0 to 95% RH• Resolution: 0,7% RH

Are you interested in learningmore about our products?

[email protected]

lessindustries.com

+61 07 3040 8430 +54 11 4923 1648 +48 516 543 882

Documents

Smart monitoring for industrial and agricultural applications