Products
A selection of Tentacles in our current product range
Soil 3XS
Soil 3XS
Product Datasheet SOIL-3XT
Developed for more than 2 years in close cooperation with the Wageningen Agricultural University in The Netherlands, the Tentacles Innovation SOIL-3XT wireless sensor enables customers to wirelessly sense capacitive soil moisture, temperature, and light spectrum, without the need for lengthy cables and expensive dataloggers. The produced information is presented on the MyTentacles cloud-portal and available on an API, to integrate into your own agricultural management environment. It’s battery life is greater than 3 years. It is capable to work in both indoor and outdoor industrial environments
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Features & benefits
- SigFOX wireless communication
- Three built in sensors
- No user replaceable parts
- Up to 3-year battery life
- Sensor is idle in free air, no battery consumption.
- The sensor is durably coated
- Measures soil moisture up to 15 cm in the ground
- Measures soil temperatures up to 30 cm in the ground
- Measures environmental light near ground surface
Example Applications
- Agricultural crop health monitoring
- Lawn water management (Golf Courses)
- Water leakage detection
Quick reference data
- Power: 4.5v/3600mAh
- Product lifetime: > 3 years active use
- Temperature sensitivity: < 0.5 degrees
- Moisture sensitivity: > 1% over whole range
- Light spectrum sensitivity: > 20 LUX
- Operating temperature: 0 -> 60 °C / 32-> 140° F
- Measuring depth: 10mm – 150mm under the surface
- Measurement interval: 60 or 120 minutes
Dimensions sensor
• Width: 42mm / 1.65 inch
• Length: 165mm / 6.4 inch
• Depth: 22mm / 0.87 inch
• Weight: 99grams / 3.5 oz
Radio specifications
• Radio Standard SigFox
• Approved Range 868 MHz - 868.6 MHz
• Actual Range 868.130 – 869.525
• Actual output power (EIRP) 13dBm
Ordering information
Location Operating Frequency Measurement Interval Order code
Europe 868MHz 60 minutes Soil3-ES-60
868MHz 120 minutes Soil3-ES-120
Americas 915MHz 60 minutes Soil3-AS-60
915MHz 120 minutes Soil3-AS-120
Developed for more than 2 years in close cooperation with the Wageningen Agricultural University in The Netherlands, the Tentacles Innovation SOIL-3XT wireless sensor enables customers to wirelessly sense capacitive soil moisture, temperature, and light spectrum, without the need for lengthy cables and expensive dataloggers. The produced information is presented on the MyTentacles cloud-portal and available on an API, to integrate into your own agricultural management environment. It’s battery life is greater than 3 years. It is capable to work in both indoor and outdoor industrial environments
.
Features & benefits
- SigFOX wireless communication
- Three built in sensors
- No user replaceable parts
- Up to 3-year battery life
- Sensor is idle in free air, no battery consumption.
- The sensor is durably coated
- Measures soil moisture up to 15 cm in the ground
- Measures soil temperatures up to 30 cm in the ground
- Measures environmental light near ground surface
Example Applications
- Agricultural crop health monitoring
- Lawn water management (Golf Courses)
- Water leakage detection
Quick reference data
- Power: 4.5v/3600mAh
- Product lifetime: > 3 years active use
- Temperature sensitivity: < 0.5 degrees
- Moisture sensitivity: > 1% over whole range
- Light spectrum sensitivity: > 20 LUX
- Operating temperature: 0 -> 60 °C / 32-> 140° F
- Measuring depth: 10mm – 150mm under the surface
- Measurement interval: 60 or 120 minutes
Dimensions sensor
• Width: 42mm / 1.65 inch
• Length: 165mm / 6.4 inch
• Depth: 22mm / 0.87 inch
• Weight: 99grams / 3.5 oz
Radio specifications
• Radio Standard SigFox
• Approved Range 868 MHz - 868.6 MHz
• Actual Range 868.130 – 869.525
• Actual output power (EIRP) 13dBm
Ordering information
Location Operating Frequency Measurement Interval Order code
Europe 868MHz 60 minutes Soil3-ES-60
868MHz 120 minutes Soil3-ES-120
Americas 915MHz 60 minutes Soil3-AS-60
915MHz 120 minutes Soil3-AS-120
Backflow Inspector
Backflow Inspector
Product description
Every 6 to 24 months, an inspection of all the backflow valves in a government or commercial building will take place. On each backflow valve is a wireless sensor attached. The arrow shows the direction of the water flow. It has two connections for measuring the water pressure. The pressure sensor is attached on the valve’s input, so we measure pressure “before” the valve.
The Backflow Inspector© uses a wireless technology SigFOX to securely send the measurement data to the inspection company.
The backflow inspector© can be conveniently installed on a wall by its wall mounting holes or connected to the water pipe by a tie-wrap. The sensor is screwed into a 1/4” nozzle of the backflow valve. The external antenna delivers wireless connectivity in elevator shafts and hard to reach places.
The backflow inspector© will report every 24-hours that it is alive and will submit its battery level. The 4 AAA-Batteries can be user-replaced and last up to 5 years. This enables inspection companies to seal long-term inspection contracts.
Features & Benefits
Water Pressure : 0 – 10Bar
Sensor material: Stainless steel Sensor accuracy: < 1%
Sensor thread: G1/4” male (G1/4-19)
Dimensions: - Length: 110mm - Width : 575mm - Hight : 40mm
Weight: 165 grams
Working temperature: 0 - 60 degrees Celsius
Storage temperature: 0 – 105 degrees Celsius
Supply voltage : 4xAAA 3volts
Pressure lifecycle: 500.000
Certificates: RoHS, CE
Future Release(s)
Connection to My Tentacles Dashboard
Example Applications
HOW WILL INSPECTIONS EXECUTED WITH THE “BACKFLOW INSPECTOR©”
1. Inspector plans a building inspection with building operator
2. Building operator closes water supply to the building
3. Inspector goes through the building to drain any water from the installation before the valves.
4. Backflow Inspector© checks every valve automatically in 1 minute
5. Inspector opens the water supply to the building
6. End of inspection
7. Inspector sends inspection report to customer created by the Backflow Inspector© system.
8. Installation company will be changing all valves that are marked as defective.
Advantages:
• Inspections are completed within one hour.
• Lower costs for inspections
• Inspection company can manage more Inspection contracts with the same amount of personnel.
• Building is without water for only a short amount of time, therefore less impact to the people working in it.
• Less time with writing reports
Every 6 to 24 months, an inspection of all the backflow valves in a government or commercial building will take place. On each backflow valve is a wireless sensor attached. The arrow shows the direction of the water flow. It has two connections for measuring the water pressure. The pressure sensor is attached on the valve’s input, so we measure pressure “before” the valve.
The Backflow Inspector© uses a wireless technology SigFOX to securely send the measurement data to the inspection company.
The backflow inspector© can be conveniently installed on a wall by its wall mounting holes or connected to the water pipe by a tie-wrap. The sensor is screwed into a 1/4” nozzle of the backflow valve. The external antenna delivers wireless connectivity in elevator shafts and hard to reach places.
The backflow inspector© will report every 24-hours that it is alive and will submit its battery level. The 4 AAA-Batteries can be user-replaced and last up to 5 years. This enables inspection companies to seal long-term inspection contracts.
Features & Benefits
Water Pressure : 0 – 10Bar
Sensor material: Stainless steel Sensor accuracy: < 1%
Sensor thread: G1/4” male (G1/4-19)
Dimensions: - Length: 110mm - Width : 575mm - Hight : 40mm
Weight: 165 grams
Working temperature: 0 - 60 degrees Celsius
Storage temperature: 0 – 105 degrees Celsius
Supply voltage : 4xAAA 3volts
Pressure lifecycle: 500.000
Certificates: RoHS, CE
Future Release(s)
Connection to My Tentacles Dashboard
Example Applications
HOW WILL INSPECTIONS EXECUTED WITH THE “BACKFLOW INSPECTOR©”
1. Inspector plans a building inspection with building operator
2. Building operator closes water supply to the building
3. Inspector goes through the building to drain any water from the installation before the valves.
4. Backflow Inspector© checks every valve automatically in 1 minute
5. Inspector opens the water supply to the building
6. End of inspection
7. Inspector sends inspection report to customer created by the Backflow Inspector© system.
8. Installation company will be changing all valves that are marked as defective.
Advantages:
• Inspections are completed within one hour.
• Lower costs for inspections
• Inspection company can manage more Inspection contracts with the same amount of personnel.
• Building is without water for only a short amount of time, therefore less impact to the people working in it.
• Less time with writing reports
Prototypes
A selection of products in development
PoolBoy
PoolBoy
Product description
Features & Benefits
Future Release(s)
Example Applications
Features & Benefits
Future Release(s)
Example Applications
Infrared Controller
Infrared Controller
Product Description Infrared Heating Controller
The connected Tentacles IoT SMART infrared panel controller ‘SPC’ is ready to control generally all infrared heating panels available on the market today. It’s unique SMART modulation algorithms gives the user a controlling power over the panel and enables strong energy saving capabilities compared to conventional methods in a connected environment.
Features & benefits
- WiFi cloud connection
- Bluetooth low energy
- Up to 32 controllers/panels in one heating zone
- Indoor location awareness of end user location, this information stream helps maximising end user comfort and minimize power
consumption
- On board humidity sensor makes controlling the living climate viable
- Power consumption sensors enable the user to have insight in power consumption and create user awareness
- The gyroscope sensor enables customer service agent to better understand the installation of the panel (horizontal or vertical) and will enable controller how to configure its' smart modulation algorithm
- Compatible with browsers of all major vendors
- Native IOs & Android apps
- Fully white labelled solution
Quick reference data
Power Supply (V AC): 100 – 265
Power Supply (Hz): 50 – 60
Maximum switching power (W): 1250 Watt
WiFi: 802.11n
BlueTooth: 4.1 (Low Energy)
Product description: infrared heating controller
Model: 1010 SPC & 1020 SPC
Date: Jan-2016
Revision: TI-2a
Product Types
The controller is available in 2 different versions:
Product Type 1010 SPC; is placed behind the panel, we call this the ‘SMART-cake’.
Product Type 1020 SPC; is installed into the light switch, replacing the on/off switch from which the panel normally is controlled , we call this the ‘SMART-socket’.
Works With
Our hardware design approach results in a very flexible and globally accepted SMART-Grid Solution. We offer the possibility to integrate these in the controller. This results in compatibility with existing SMART home solutions such as; Philips HUE, OpenTherm, Nest, Ring & Wemo.
The connected Tentacles IoT SMART infrared panel controller ‘SPC’ is ready to control generally all infrared heating panels available on the market today. It’s unique SMART modulation algorithms gives the user a controlling power over the panel and enables strong energy saving capabilities compared to conventional methods in a connected environment.
Features & benefits
- WiFi cloud connection
- Bluetooth low energy
- Up to 32 controllers/panels in one heating zone
- Indoor location awareness of end user location, this information stream helps maximising end user comfort and minimize power
consumption
- On board humidity sensor makes controlling the living climate viable
- Power consumption sensors enable the user to have insight in power consumption and create user awareness
- The gyroscope sensor enables customer service agent to better understand the installation of the panel (horizontal or vertical) and will enable controller how to configure its' smart modulation algorithm
- Compatible with browsers of all major vendors
- Native IOs & Android apps
- Fully white labelled solution
Quick reference data
Power Supply (V AC): 100 – 265
Power Supply (Hz): 50 – 60
Maximum switching power (W): 1250 Watt
WiFi: 802.11n
BlueTooth: 4.1 (Low Energy)
Product description: infrared heating controller
Model: 1010 SPC & 1020 SPC
Date: Jan-2016
Revision: TI-2a
Product Types
The controller is available in 2 different versions:
Product Type 1010 SPC; is placed behind the panel, we call this the ‘SMART-cake’.
Product Type 1020 SPC; is installed into the light switch, replacing the on/off switch from which the panel normally is controlled , we call this the ‘SMART-socket’.
Works With
Our hardware design approach results in a very flexible and globally accepted SMART-Grid Solution. We offer the possibility to integrate these in the controller. This results in compatibility with existing SMART home solutions such as; Philips HUE, OpenTherm, Nest, Ring & Wemo.
Introduction to the core team
We are ready for your project
Founder - Technology
Marnix Janse
Inventing solutions in the energy and telecommunications is my expertise. Since I was a teenager, my passion was building connected products for end-users. I had a sweet spot for radio signals (communication) and connecting everything in my house and garden to the internet, making it 'Smart'. I hope to meet you in one of our meetings in the near future!
Founder - Operations
Jeff van den Berg
My focus is on operational solutions. 'The daily challenges of directing a startup to a sound and proven local player have a lot of similarities to learn a child how to walk'. The challenging phase of a fresh startup to the sound daily operational processes of established companies is my sweet spot.
Founder - Sales
Cees Verwijs
'Being focused on the human individual makes Cees a big asset to take care of our Business Development'. I gained an impressive trackrecord in various Healthcare companies. This makes me the perfect match dealing with conventional businesses and be part of our advisory board.
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Contiki in the vinyard
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Testing the new Tentacles Innovation wireless agro-sensor network in the vinyard. Soil temperature, EC, pH and moisture levels on a battery expecting to last 8 years. Notice the glass of wine from a previous harvest, an engineers life could be worse in the summer.
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Back from our Trip to NXP FTF Tech Forum
Back from our Trip to NXP FTF Tech Forum
Tentacles Innovation arrives back to their production environments in both Rotterdam NL and Brno CZ. The trip to Austin, Texas USA has been very fruitful.
Thank you NXP FTF Tech Forum, your partners and the embedded community. The shared ideas and qualified feedback to our newest concepts and products are of the greatest value.
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Tentacles Innovation joins new office
Tentacles Innovation joins new office
Bedrijven zoals taxi-app Uber, ’s werelds grootste sportretailer Decathlon en Tentacles Innovation, specialist in Internet of Things, maken reeds gebruik van de nieuwe locatie. “Spaces Rotterdam maakt het mogelijk om de groei van ons bedrijf te faciliteren. Door de opening van een nieuwe locatie in een gebouw waar al eerder revolutie plaatsvond, is de tijd gekomen dat de historie zich zal herhalen”, vertelt Jeff van den Berg van Tentacles Innovation.
http://www.emerce.nl/wire/spaces-opent-nieuwe-locatie-hofplein-rotterdam
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Tentacles Innovation B.V. joins Apple Developer Program
Tentacles Innovation B.V. joins Apple Developer Program
As of today Tentacles Innovation B.V. has joined the Apple Developer Program. The innovative IOT-solutions made by Tentacles Innovation, will now be visualised exclusively on apple devices as iPhone, iPad, MacBook & Apple Watch. The first iOS & Apple Watch applications are currently undergoing stress testing and are to be expected to be released to the App-Store within the next few weeks.