Peato Water
A node that sits on a pole in the peat and reports how deep the water table is. This is the measurement the rest of the app is organised around.
- MeasuresWater-table depth
- Shown ascm below ground
Hardware
Sensors built around peat.
Satellites see the surface. A sensor in the ground sees the water. Peato's hardware is designed to give each field a few trustworthy local measurements that the app can set against everything else.
Peato Soil
A pin pushed into the peat to follow moisture and temperature where the roots are.
- MeasuresMoisture, temperature
- Units%, °C
Peato Climate
A mast for local air temperature and humidity, so a change in the water has some weather context.
- MeasuresAir temperature, humidity
- Units°C, %
Peato Hub
A field hub that gathers what the nodes measure, keeps it on the device, and passes it on when there is a connection. Remote peatland often has none, so losing data when the signal drops is not acceptable.
- RoleCollect, store, forward
- ConnectivityCellular, Wi-Fi or Ethernet, per site
Design principles
Made for the field, not the lab.
Assume little infrastructure
Sites may have no power, no mast and no Wi-Fi. The design starts from that.
Never lose a reading
Store locally, forward later. A gap in the record should mean “no measurement”, not “lost”.
Set up from a phone
Installation and servicing guided in the app, with the SIM and network details out of the customer's way.
Fit the software
Each device exists because a decision in the app needs its number.
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