Avnetempowers horticulture businesses and users with long-range remote controlsensing and lighting technologies at thelargest horticulture trade exhibition in Asia

BANGKOK, THAILAND - Media OutReach - 27 AUGUST 2018 - Avnet Asia Pacific showcased its end-to-endsmart horticulture solutions this week at Horti Asia 2018.  

"Advancements intechnology have dynamically changed the landscape for horticulture to what itis today -- data-driven, providing precision controls formonitoring conditions, and systems are smarter than ever," commented Andy Wong, senior vice president of global design solutionsat Avnet Asia. "Avnet designs, integrates, and validates innovative solutionsthat are practical for the horticultural landscape of the next generation. Wehelp businesses keep up with the rapidly changing horticulture landscape by bringingthe latest innovations to the industry to accelerate horticulture production."

Agriculture is a way of life in Asia, with 8out of 10 countries in ASEAN dependent on agriculture and its production.Countries such as Myanmar and Laos obtain more than 40 percent of their GDPaccounted for through agriculture. The Internet of Things (IoT) allows farmers, ranchers, and beekeepers tostay connected to their fields and livestock like never before. With the rapid advancement in technology solutions, the agricultural market growth in theregion will continue to surge exponentially over the years.

For horticulture businesses and users, Avnet empowersthem with long-range remote-monitoring and controlcapabilities through LPWAN technologies, as well as sensors for lighting,gas, temperature, moisture and many more vitalparameters essential for a good harvest. Avnet also supports solutions forinnovative lighting technologies within the plant-lighting spectrum, on top ofenergy-efficient smart pump control solutions. Avnet's capabilities andconnected ecosystem provide a holistic approach to smart horticulture solutionsfor the next generation.

At Horti Asia 2018,visitors were introduced to Avnet's smart pump control and monitoring andpump-control through IoT adoption and smartphone integration, helping to savetime, money, energy consumption while increasing pump life. Avnet alsoshowcased the low-cost water- and weather-proof soil sensor (gSense-100), a rugged,battery-operated, low-power and long-ranging sensor that uses the IoT network. Byenabling the measurement of various soil parameters through frequency domain techniques, gSense-100 gives end-usersa clear idea of soil water depletion, which helps in tracking the effectivenessof water sources.

Other highlights withAvnet partners at the show included: customizable, high-efficiencyLED lighting for horticulture with Osram Opto Semiconductors; real-timemonitoring of air quality by measuring carbon dioxide levels and connecting tocloud utilizing narrowband IoT (NB-IoT) from Quectel; as well as water leveland environmental monitoring measurements empowered by LoRa and STMicroelectronics.

To learn how Avnet ishelping its customers achieve smart agriculture solutions through technology,please visit: https://www.avnet.com/wps/portal/apac/solutions/technologies/lpwan/use-case/agriculture/

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