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REAL USE CASE SOLUTION WaterBit is a precision irrigation company committed to providing cost-effective tools that help farmers improve yield, optimize water usage and be good stewards of the land. WaterBit's Automated Irrigation Solution (AIS), leveraging Semtech's LoRa® devices and the LoRaWAN® protocol, is a complete irrigation planning and control solution. It enables microblock-level monitoring and control of local irrigation, and considers soil conditions, plant stage and weather at a level of granularity and accuracy not previously possible. Devine Organics, an organic agriculture business with operations in California and Mexico, first installed WaterBit's solutions on 40 acres of asparagus in December 2017. In their first season of use, they achieved a five percent reduction in gas emissions from pumping water and vehicle use, and a six percent reduction in water use. eir 750,000 gallons in water savings is equivalent to 43,000 Americans skipping a shower. e farm also nearly doubled its crop yield from 800 to 1,500 pounds per acre. LOW OPERATING COST LoRa-enabled solutions offer minimal downtime and reduced maintenance cost due to the system's low power operation. Data collection is completed remotely, reducing labor costs and associated time for the farmer. HIGH CAPACITY Each LoRa-equipped gateway can handle millions of messages per day. is allows WaterBit's applications to support large growing areas with up to 1,000 sensors in a six-mile radius. Solutions are scalable by number of gateway and deploy simply and easily to cover even the largest grow operations. SECURITY LoRa devices secure all communications using end-to-end AES128 encryption, making WaterBit's crop data and management soware highly resistant to attacks. IMPROVING CROP YIELD Semtech Corporation - LoRa Devices Real World Solutions - Smart Agriculture semtech.com/LoRa 4 "WaterBit's soil probes tell us exactly where the crops need more or less water, all from the WaterBit dashboard app. It helps us monitor the soil and control the valves in the field, allowing us to apply the right amount of water at the right time and place." Jose Garcia Farm Manager, Devine Organics 5% Reduction in gas emissions 2x Farms nearly double crop yield with smarter management 750,000 Gallons of water saved, equivalent to 43,000 showers

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