Digi International launched its Digi X-ON edge-to-cloud IoT solution on Jan. 7 that provides the components needed for IoT systems from one supplier.
Designed to integrate, deploy and scale barriers to industrial IoT (IIoT) systems, Digi X-ON integrates hardware, software, and cloud connectivity into one platform that supports different applications and use cases, such as connected cities, smart utilities, IIoT and smart agriculture.
“With customers deploying Digi X-ON in a range of use cases, we are seeing excellent results, such as greater visibility into the health of large livestock herds, automation in buildings, and digital transformation in supply chain use cases, as well as improved return on investment,” says Mike Rohrmoser, VP of product management for OEM solutions at Digi.
Digi X-ON communicates several miles omnidirectionally, so its tags can cover a 250,000-head feed yard, a 40,000-acre ranch or a dairy because structures and buildings don’t impede its signals. For example, John Greer, CEO of FeverTags, reports that its solution can identify and treat sick cattle up to 72 hours before they show visibly detectable signs of illness.
“Anytime you can keep an animal healthy, and eating and drinking, you deliver an immediate financial impact and an ROI to the cattle owners," explains Greer. “FeverTags provide immediate cost savings by early sickness identification and treating only sick animals instead of giving antibiotics to the entire herd.”
Rohrmoser adds, “Digi’s WDS custom engineering services designed and manufactured the custom tag for monitoring animal health around the Digi XBee LR module for LoRaWAN. The module lets the sensor be preactivated, so tagging a cow and activating the tag on a tablet PC takes just seconds as a cow enters the feedlot, which is a key benefit of Digi X-ON’s scan-and-go provisioning. Digi X-ON changes IIoT from a complex multi-vendor puzzle into a single, seamless solution.”
Digi X-ON development kits, produced by SparkFun, are available worldwide. They give everything users everything they need to immediately start building IoT solutions.
