Pinpoint

Semtech is committed to making LoRa® simple to use and easy to deploy – so now we extend this effort to help make connection for potential business opportunities. Pinpoint is here to help the ecosystem develop solutions featuring LoRa devices and the LoRaWAN® standard.

Pinpoint presents RFPs from enterprises, municipalities and others that have contacted us for help with finding products featuring LoRa and LoRaWAN. This RFP listing service is designed to help Pinpoint business opportunities and facilitate participation in the proposals.

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There are two easy ways to take advantage of Pinpoint:

• Register for open RFPs listed below
• Add your readily available solutions featuring LoRa devices and the LoRaWAN standard to the LoRa Developer Portal catalog

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Device or Solution	Standard	Region	Sample Quantity & Date	Production Quantity & Date	Must-Have Features	Notes & Other Details
NEW - Steam meter	LoRaWAN	EU868	1 immediately		Max temperature 164 degrees Celsius – max pressure 8 bars	Pipe size DN100
NEW - Compressed air meter	LoRaWAN	EU868	1 immediately		Max temperature 29 degrees Celsius – max pressure 8 bars	Pipe size DN50
Sewer level sensor	LoRaWAN	EU863-870, US902-928, AU915-928, AU923	10 required immediately	100 per month from Sept. 2021	5-year battery life minimum	Interested in pollutant detection too
Culvert water level, vegetation level & debris level sensor	LoRaWAN	EU863-870, US902-928, AU915-928, AU923	10 required immediately	100 per month from Sept. 2021	5-year battery life minimum	Would like to determine level of water plus anything that is present in the culvert that should not be there
Seawater health & quality monitor	LoRaWAN	EU863-870, US902-928, AU915-928, AU923	5 required immediately	50 in Q3 2021	5-year battery life minimum	Multiple applications: Swimming water health, sea life health, pollution, storm run-off. Consider buoy, pole or wall mounted
Livestock bedding moisture measurement sensor	LoRaWAN	EU863-870, US902-928, AU915-928, AU923	10 required immediately	200 in Q3/Q4 2021	5-year battery life minimum	Looking to measure the moisture level across an area of bedding for livestock and poultry
Livestock bedding ammonia sensor	LoRaWAN	EU863-870, US902-928, AU915-928, AU923	10 required immediately		1-year battery life minimum
Dishwashing machine temperature sensor	LoRaWAN	2.4GHz	5 required immediately	100s starting Q3 2021	Device to place inside industrial dishwasher to monitor the washing cycle temperature. 2 year minimum battery life
Food and beverage temperature sensor	LoRaWAN	2.4GHz	10 required immediately	1000s starting Q3 2021	IP67, slick/anti-bacterial casing (e.g., microban, etc), temperature range -40 degrees Celsius to +85 degrees Celsius, multi-year battery
Food and beverage temperature recorder	LoRaWAN	2.4GHz	5 required immediately	100s starting Q3 2021	External probe for temperature (range 0 degrees Celsius to +150 degrees Celsius) for operator to check item with a display to show result to the operator. LoRaWAN transmission of result for record keeping
HVAC ventilation shaft air-speed sensor	LoRaWAN	2.4GHz	5 required immediately	1000s starting Q3 2021	Multi-year battery life
HVAC fan condition monitor	LoRaWAN	2.4GHz	5 required immediately	1000s starting Q3 2021	Vibration/acoustic condition monitor, multi-year battery
Power grid earth connection monitor	LoRaWAN	EU868	5 required immediately		Multi-year battery life	Monitor the connection of the earthing in various power distribution applications
Power grid high voltage creep current monitor for terminations	LoRaWAN	EU868	5 required immediately		Multi-year battery life
Ship cabin/room air quality & environment monitor	LoRaWAN	2.4GHz	10 required immediately	1000s starting Q3 2021	Temp, humidity, pressure, light, particulates/iAQ/bVOC, CO2, 5-year battery life	Room occupancy integrated or as a companion
Ship public space air quality & environment monitor	LoRaWAN	2.4GHz	10 required immediately	1000s starting Q3 2021	Temp, humidity, pressure, light, particulates/iAQ/bVOC, CO2, noise level 5-year battery life	Occupancy (density) would also be useful
Water leak (bathroom)	LoRaWAN	2.4GHz	10 required immediately	1000s starting Q3 2021	Detect leak in bathroom, laundry, washrooms, minimum 5 year battery
Air freight temperature monitor	LoRaWAN	Global LoRaWAN bands with band switching	PoC devices available A.S.A.P.	10kU CY2021, 100kU CY2023	Temp -40 to 85 degrees Celsius (+/- 0.5 degrees Celsius), replaceable non DGR battery for airline approval, 1 year minimum battery life, 1 hour update interval	Ideally accurate to 0.2 degrees Celsius between -25 to + 30 degrees Celsius
Wooden pallet tracker	LoRaWAN	EU863-870, US902-928, AU915-928, AU923	PoC devices A.S.A.P.		Temperature, shock, movement, GNSS, Wi-Fi sniff, 6 year minimum battery life, hourly update	Very cost sensitive
Generic device	LoRaWAN	EU868	10 required immediately	100 per month from 2022	9 axis MEMS, support TinyML for movement classification & selection of operational mode. LR1110 for location with GNSS	IP65 or better. OTA configuration. Wireless configuration & firmware update BT or NFC etc. Open editable firmware (scripting?)
Grass & crop growth monitor	LoRaWAN	EU868	5 required immediately		In-field device, robust to cattle when used in paddock (e.g., sprung base)	Purpose is to provide ground truth for earth observation. Daily crop/grass height. Max 1.5 meters
Grain/silo level detection sensor	LoRaWAN	EU868	5 required immediately	30 per month from 2022	Hardy to dust and handle variable upper surface topology	Range up to 20 meters. Accuracy +/-2%
Wildlife biodiversity monitor	LoRaWAN	EU868	5 required immediately	20 by end 2021	Identify bird song species, bug counting, pest counting, and identification	Can use already available signatures for edge analytics (e.g., bird song data from Warbler), tiny ML, AI, etc. Providing a 'live' biodiversity measure
Ruggedized lone worker alarm	LoRaWAN	EU868	10 required immediately	100 by Oct. 2021	Haptic feedback on device for confirmation of alarm raised (ie., downlink)	Initially just an "alarm button" will be linked to a manned alarm response center. Potential for auto-detect falls. Ruggedized for farm and rural use
Low cost sheep tracker	LoRaWAN	EU868	10 required immediately		Outdoor location tracking only, hourly updates. Minimum 1 year battery life
Cattle location behavior & state tracker	LoRaWAN	EU868	10 required immediately		Outdoor location, behavior (moving, lying, ruminating, etc.), health: temp & heat cycle	Can be one or two devices in combination
Livestock gas detector	LoRaWAN	EU868	1 required immediately		Interchangeable heads for different gases (NH3, NO2, H2S). Programmable alarm limits.	Industrial environments including dusty- such as livestock buildings. Battery powered preferred, external power supply as potential option
Farm gate status monitor	LoRaWAN	EU868	10 required immediately		Single gates, double gates, pedestrian gates, free swinging gates. Must be compatible with farm gates that are not always straight or aligned and double-gates that might move in the same way or opposite ways. 2-5 year battery life	Simple closed vs not closed status
Digital compass & inclinometer	LoRaWAN	EU868	1 required immediately		Detect change in orientation and/or direction or direction of travel. Programmable for change in X degrees to wake up and send orientation	Applications such as placement on a lock gate, swing bridge, etc. Also use in 'position assurance' with drones- ie., flight heading change, etc

If you are an enterprise or municipality interested in adding your RFP to Pinpoint, contact our team.

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About Pinpoint RFPs

All RFP listings and responses require the inclusion of Semtech’s LoRa technology. This listing provides an opportunity to participate in business opportunities when the Semtech team have been contacted for assistance with sourcing sensors, gateways and other requirements for IoT deployments. This is not a comprehensive listing of all business opportunities available in the market.

• Pinpoint is offered by Semtech, free of charge
• Not all requests for inclusion will be published
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• Not all responses will be successful
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• Participation in this process is entirely at the participants’ discretion and business judgement
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