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IoT & Food Waste Management: REAMIT 2020

It was reported in 2018 that approximately 10 million tonnes of food is either lost or wasted annually. Other than the obvious loss in revenue from agricultural and food production companies, wasting food also causes considerable problems on the environment.


With the ongoing development of technologies, connecting ‘smart’ sensors can help reduce food waste through:

  • Food safety monitoring
  • Freshness monitoring
  • Food spoilage monitoring

For example, minor temperature variances of just a few degrees can decrease shelf life of perishable goods, such as a bag of salad losing several days, so it is vital to monitor the temperature of their environment frequently and precisely to prevent food from being wasted. Traditionally, this would be done with the temperature being taken manually with a thermometer and logged by pen or entered onto a computer. This can be a time-consuming processes.


However, with developing technology solutions (such as Digi), hardware, wireless sensors, gateways and cloud applications can be installed to automate this process so that temperature readings happened more regularly, consistently and accurately.


This can be used as an automated reporting tool to help companies comply with food safety regulations and allowing data to be viewed in real-time, and receive alerts via emails and SMS messages. It can also be used in applications such as monitoring and controlling temperature to prevent under/over-chilling products to preserve their shelf life for longer.


REAMIT 9/1/2020: Improving Resource Efficiency of Agribusiness supply chains by Minimizing waste using Big data and IoT sensors

Nottingham Trent University have organised the REAMIT symposium on 9th Jan 2020 focusing on minimising food waste in agribusiness supply chains, across North West Europe. This Symposium is aimed at Agribusiness stakeholders, IoT practitioners, Academics and those from the Agri-food supply chains and is organised as part of the large European project (www.reamit.eu) funded by the Interreg NWE programme. Admission for this event is free.


In short, IoT technology can be implemented into any stage of the food supply chain of your current infrastructure network – come visit our stand to see what options are available for you to explore to help benefit your business.

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The IoT UK Event 2019

Solid State Supplies are proud sponsors of the IoT UK Event,
held at the Advanced Manufacturing Technology Centre in
Coventry on Wednesday 6th November 2019.


Official full length video of the IoT UK Event 2019


Official photos of the IoT UK Event 2019

A huge thank you to our speakers and exhibitors of the day: Amazon Web Services, Digi International, LoRa Alliance, Microchip Technology, Pacer, Robustel, Silicon Labs, Vodafone, WND Group and 2J Antennas, and to all of the attendees.

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Introducing Microchip’s NOR Flash Memory Devices with Embedded MAC Address



Introducing Microchip’s new family of low-power, high-performance memory devices: Microchip NOR Flash Memory devices that are pre-programmed with MAC addresses to reduce production costs and time to market, available to businesses of all sizes.


In the growing world of Internet of Things (IoT), embedded system designers must currently source, program and serialise Media Access Control (MAC) addresses from the IEEE-Registration Authority (RA) for all connected products. Small to medium-sized businesses have to pay higher costs for low-volume services, sold from the IEEE-RA in blocks ranging from 4000 to 16 million; the new Microchip NOR Flash Memory devices do not have a minimum order requirement. By eliminating the need to self-procure and manage unique identifiers from the IEEE-Registration Authority (RA), Microchip will help designers save time and costs, whilst accelerating time to market. This makes it ideal for low to mid-sized volume production.


These devices are suitable for cloud-connected applications, such as smart hubs for homes, smart home appliances, building control equipment, factory automation, security and surveillance equipment, and many more.


The Microchip SST26VF Serial Quad I/O™ (SQI™) 3V Flash family is the industry’s first NOR Flash device that offers integrated MAC address options; Microchip’s latest NOR Flash devices can be pre-programmed with EUI-48™ and EUI-64™ addresses, making it a cost-effective, plug-and-play solution for connect applications that use Ethernet, Bluetooth®, Wi-Fi®, IEEE 802.15.4 and FireWire®.


The SST26VF064BEUI, SST26VF032BEUI and SST26VF016BEUI are low-power, high-performance devices in a low pin-count package, featuring a six-wire, 4-bit I/O interface.



These are available in 8-pin SOIC and 8-contact WSON packages, occupying less board space and lowering overall system costs. Microchip’s pre-programmed SST26VF family of devices are flexible MAC address chips that come with uniquely pre-programmed EUI- 48 addresses and compatible EUI-64 addresses. MAC address options are available at Flash densities of 16 megabit (Mb), 32Mb and 64Mb. They feature rich SQI flash, with flexible write-protected functionality to eliminate accidental over-writing or erasure. Both the EUI-48 and EUI-64 node addresses consist of an Organizational Unique Identifier (OUI) and an Extension Identifier (EI). While the OUI is purchased from the IEEE by individual companies, the EI is assigned and managed through each company by building a unique EI into every product, thereby ensuring a globally unique Extended Unique Identifier (EUI) node address for every device used or shipped.


Overall, with the Microchip SST26VF Serial Quad I/O™ (SQI™) 3V Flash family:

  • You don’t need to buy MAC addresses
  • You don’t have to manage MAC addresses
  • You don’t need to program MAC addresses

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