Libelium’s surface-mounted sensor provides long-range solution

Visitors to Intertraffic are amongst the first to see the new surface-mounted version of Libelium’s Waspmote Plug&Sense smart parking device which senses if a parking bay is occupied. The new version can be installed in about five minutes which, according to the company, means six of the surface mounted units can be installed in the time it would take to install one of the traditional in-road units.
April 5, 2016 Read time: 2 mins

Visitors to Intertraffic are amongst the first to see the new surface-mounted version of 740 Libelium’s Waspmote Plug&Sense smart parking device which senses if a parking bay is occupied.

The new version can be installed in about five minutes which, according to the company, means six of the surface mounted units can be installed in the time it would take to install one of the traditional in-road units.   

The new device is LPWAN (Low Power Wide Area Network) compatible in both Europe (868 MHz) and the US/Canada (900 -930MHz), has a battery life of up to 10 years, a faster detection time and is less than half the size of its predecessor.
It requires no programing and the extended range means a single base station can service sensors over an area of several kilometres – thereby reducing the number of base stations required to cover a city’s parking network.

Key parameters values can be specified in the firmware and remote management using bidirectional communication allows these parameters to be changed from the Cloud.

For more information on companies in this article

Related Content

  • Daimler’s double take sees machine vision move in-vehicle
    December 13, 2013
    Jason Barnes looks at Daimler’s Intelligent Drive programme to consider how machine vision has advanced the state of the art of vision-based in-vehicle systems. Traditionally, radar was the in-vehicle Driver Assistance System (DAS) technology of choice, particularly for applications such as adaptive cruise control and pre-crash warning generation. Although vision-based technology has made greater inroads more recently, it is not a case of ‘one sensor wins’. Radar and vision are complementary and redundancy
    Read More
  • Huawei advocates for change
    April 23, 2025
    Achieving technological change also requires a shift in mindset, as Jacky Wang, vice president of Huawei’s Smart Transportation business unit, explains
    Read More
  • Smart parking trial begins in Canberra
    November 10, 2015
    The Australian Capital Territory (ACT) Government is to carry out a smart parking trial in part of Manuka starting in the first quarter of 2016. UK company Smart Parking will deliver the project using its SmartPark solution and construction is to begin in early November. A successful review of the pilot could then see further sensors installed across the rest of the city. The initial year long contract will see Smart Parking deploy 460 in-ground sensors which use infrared technology to detect when a park
    Read More
  • New Zealand capital installs smart parking sensors
    August 9, 2016
    Following a successful trial, Wellington City Council, New Zealand, in partnership with Smart Parking is set to launch Sector 1 of the city’s smart parking system. Approximately 900 infrared parking sensors will be installed in the sector, with a further three sectors and over 2,580 sensors to be rolled out before Christmas, making it the largest deployment of the technology in Asia Pacific. The new technology enables drivers to download the free PayMyPark app which allows them to pay for parking stra
    Read More

Highlighted Content