Internet of weather things, on a grassroot LoRaWAN

1. Internet of (weather) Things on a Grassroot LoRaWAN
Weather ex Machinaɛks ˈmɑːkiːnə
Manolis Nikiforakis
Boussias IoT conference 17-12-2015

2. My background

3. Enterprise IoT experience
Building Management System (PlegmaOpenBMS)
Operational on various buildings including
Eurobank Building – Plaza, Marousi
20+ IoT hardware devices/sensors cross-vendor on 4 floors
300+ acquiring values/sec
Advanced energy analytics
Open Source (GitHub Plegma Labs)

4. Hyperlocal weather forecast
...or skroutz.gr for weather

5. Big Data Architecture
Actual Weather
Conditions
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(not enough data!)

6. 6
IoT to the rescue

7. Wireless tech trade-offs
Battery
Range
Cost

8. Wireless tech trade-offs

9. Wireless tech trade-offs

10. Long - Range wireless tech

11. LoRa Attributes

12. Getting closer to the Smart City

13. OPEN for Business NOW

14. Multi-Vendor ecosystem

15. Athens LoRaWAN Public Network
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free flow of data - the actual “internet” of things

16. ● Inertial sensors for wind
● Capacitive sensor for rain
● STM32 ARM Cortex-M3
● Microchip RN2483 (9$)
WxM solid state open weather station

17. LoRaWAN low-cost DIY gateways

18. LoRaWAN gateways
CISCO IR910Calao Toti-LoRa-pico

19. TTN was kickstarted on NOV 20
€295,331
934
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20. http://sentilo.weatherxm.com:8080/sentilo-catalog-web/
Athens as an Open Smart City

21. Advanced weather services
We are...
● Weather Analytics B2C -> B2B
● Unique IoT weather hardware
LoRaWAN...
● Enables large scale low-cost deployment of sensors
● Leading to advanced Weather Services
● Additional IoT use cases through open - shared infrastructure

22. in Greece
AWMN (Athens Wireless Metropo
EWN (Evia Wireless Network)
IWMN (Imathia Wireless Metrop
TRWN (TRipoli Wireless Networ
WNA (Wireless Networks Associ
TWMN (Thessaloniki's Wireless
WiMAN (Wireless Metropolitan
WirAN (Wireless Agrinio Netwo
TRWN (Trikala Wireless Networ
CWN (Corfu Wireless Network)
HSWN (Heraklion Wireless Netw
WNK (Wireless Network of Kori
LWN (Larissa Wireless Network
CYWN (Cyclades Wireless Netwo
ASWN (Aegean Students Wireles
LWMN (Lamia Wireless Metropol
MessWN (Messinia Wireless Net
PWMN (Patras Wireless Metropo
DWN (Drama Wireless Network)
KWN (Kos Wireless Network) ht
KVWN (Kavala Wireless Network
Sarantaporo
Athens...…..
OASA...…...
AIA.…...…...
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Grassroot
Together we can

23. Thank you!
Manolis @ WeatherXM.com 23