Danish firm NeoCortec is providing its sub-GHz low-power wireless mesh modules to German IoT sensor company Rocknitive.

Due to the distributed measuring points in a building or engine room of a ship, for example, Rocknitive had decided to use a mesh network on battery and sub-GHz for better penetration of the walls. The low-energy sensors from Rocknitive work with batteries and transmit any information wirelessly.

Therefore the low power consumption of the NeoMesh sub-GHz (868 to 915MHz) low-power wireless mesh modules from NeoCortec makes them suitable for Rocknitive as they can run on two AA batteries for several years with low installation and operating costs. Also, operating on sub-GHz enables the modules to penetrate walls easily.

“We compared different mesh-net protocols and NeoMesh from NeoCortec fully meets our technical requirements,” said Mike Lohmann, CEO of Rocknitive. “Many protocols do not operate on sub-GHz and require permanently-on routers and gateways with high energy consumption. Some do not even meet the European duty cycle. With most protocol stacks, there may only be one gateway in the wireless network. NeoMesh from NeoCortec has a very low power consumption and allows multiple gateways. Moreover, due to the preset functions, such as analogue input, digital input and I²C bus, a prototype is easy to implement for our customers. No complex network planning is required.”

With NeoMesh, a minimally functional product or prototype can be integrated into the existing internal radio network from Rocknitive. Because each sensor is also a router, the setup can be installed very quickly and easily at the user’s location.

NeoCortec was founded in 2007 with the aim of developing and patenting several innovations related to wireless sensor networks. Today, the company is a supplier of low-power bi-directional wireless mesh network modules. It is based in Copenhagen, Denmark, and is owned by the Danish private capital fund HP Holding.