The FS21 is Farm21's newest product.

The device will retail around 275 euro per sensor through selected distributors. For the introduction of the FS21, we offer this limited edition trial pack with a significant discount.

Hardware

FS21 main module:

Wireless data transmission with NB-IoT, LTE-M and 2g fallback (2g future over the air update)
GPS for positioning
Air temperature at 10 cm above soil level
Air humidity at 10 cm above soil level
Low-energy usage (lasts up to a year on a single charge with hourly measurement and sending interval)
Standard USB rechargeable battery and solar panel compatible (solar future over the air update)
Modular design for other sensor add-ons in the near future
Remotely adjust the data sending and measurement interval through the Farm21 dashboard

Soil moisture add-on (comes as standard in this kit)

Capacitive soil moisture sensing at 0-10 cm 10-20 cm and 20-30 cm depth
Soil temperature at -10 cm and -20 cm

The FFS21 cellular NBIoT/LTE-M early bird trial pack includes:

1 FS21 cellular NB-IoT/LTE-M field sensors with soil moisture add-on
An installation peg

Platform and connectivity

The Farm21 solution consists of two parts.

Online dashboard: in depth data analyses and configuration behind a laptop
App: iOS and Android app for your mobile device

It's one single platform that brings all your mission-critical agriculture data together, giving you the ability to act on hyper localized insights.

A platform and connectivity license is required after activating a device in the Farm21 dashboard. This license is 63 euro per sensor/year (including sim connectivity)

The device comes with a Farm21 SIM that includes LTE-M/NB-IoT connectivity in the following countries:

Austria
Germany
Great Britain
Netherlands
Spain
Argentina
Australia
Belgium
Canada
Denmark
Finland
France
Japan
Korea, Republic of
Latvia
Norway
Poland
Romania
Sweden
Switzerland
Taiwan
USA
Greece
Italy

More countries with 2g coverage will follow in a future over the air firmware update. When operating the device on 2g, the data sending interval is adjusted to 2 times a day (you can reconfigure this yourself) due to battery constraints. At that point, we will also support:

Albania
Algeria
Anguilla
Antigua & Barbuda
Armenia
Azerbaijan
Barbados
Belarus
Bosnia and Herzegovina
British Virgin Islands
Bulgaria
Cambodia
Cayman
Chile
China
Colombia
Croatia
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Dominica
Egypt
El Salvador
Equatorial Guinea
Estonia
Faroe Islands
Gibraltar
Greenland
Grenada
Guernsey
Guyana
Hong Kong
Hungary
Iceland
India
Indonesia
Ireland
Isle of Man
Jersey
Jordan
Kazakhstan
Kosovo
Kyrgyzstan
Liechtenstein
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Malaysia
Malta
Moldova
Mongolia
Montenegro
Montserrat
Morocco
New Zealand
North Macedonia
Oman, Sultanate of
Paraguay
Peru
Philippines
Portugal
Russia
Saint Kitts & Nevis
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and Grenadines
Serbia
Slovak Republic
Slovenia
South Africa
Sri Lanka
Thailand
Tunisia
Turkey
Turks and Caicos Islands

Delivery

Delivery is expected in Q4 of 2021.