5G and solar-powered IoT device: Revolutionizing remote monitoring with Reporter
Green Wall Monitoring: Why your vertical garden needs smart garden sensors
Smart monitoring of constructed wetlands for water treatment
Real-time flood monitoring
How VITO makes Flanders waterproof
BioscienZ optimises fermentation research with Reporter
Smart overflow monitoring in Aquafin’s sewer network
Sustainable blueberry farming: a case study
A-Renting: cooling container rental with reliable temperature monitoring thanks to Reporter
Keep track of your factory's energy consumption, gas use, and water needs
A professional remote monitoring rain gauge with digital measurements
Monitoring tree health during dewatering on construction sites
Warehouse humidity measurements for paper storage and cardboard monitoring
CO2 monitoring in livestock: long overdue
Innovative monitoring of embankments along the A10 with Reporter
A weather station with water level sensor for a marina or harbour
Colruyt Group uses Reporter for soil moisture measurements at the organic farm Het Zilverleen
Salinity detection in groundwater: Monitoring salt levels during dewatering
Royal Latem Golf Club uses Reporter for water monitoring
Connecting a water flow sensor to the cloud
Sensor adapters, what are they and how do they work?
Rode Rozen & Tortilla's uses Reporter for reliable temperature monitoring
Artes Woudenberg uses Reporter for wind monitoring during restoration of Brussels Palace of Justice
Smart sensors for ports and terminals
Rain monitoring for dry bulk terminals and ports
Pluym - Van Loon uses Reporter for groundwater level monitoring at construction sites
Construction site monitoring - safety & efficiency
Effective industrial odour monitoring
Why temperature control is incomplete without remote monitoring
Taste Restaurantgroup uses Reporter for freezer monitoring
Cemminerals uses Reporter to measure the temperature of canal water
Rombaut Plant uses Reporter for frost monitoring in potted plants
Green roof monitoring
Vandijk Technics uses Reporter for temperature registration in cold rooms
Combined relative air humidity and leaf wetness measurement
Innovative tree monitoring: Ecomatik dendrometer integrated with Reporter
De Bossen measures soil moisture for a bountiful pole bean harvest
TM Edison uses Reporter during the construction of energy island
What is the difference between direct vs indirect energy meters?
Weather monitoring: measuring wind at a festival site
Choose the right flow meter for your next water project
How to measure Dew Point and Wet Bulb temperature
Precision test for the Sensirion SHT35 humidity sensor
The effect of wind on measuring particulate matter
Connecting a Watermark sensor to the cloud
Watermark vs SMT100: volumetric water content or soil water tension?
Smart geotechnical data gathering and interpretation
6 tips for making the most of your cold room
Temperature registration for HACCP
Quickly tackle the 7 principles of HACCP
At Crodeon, one of our core principles is local manufacturing. For us this means we work exclusively with Belgian assembly partners and we have numerous reasons to do so. Read on to find out why this is the right thing to do for Crodeon, especially in the long run.
Every Reporter is clearly marked “Designed and assembled in Belgium”. First of all, this makes us stand out from the crowd. To some extent, “made in Belgium” today still stands for quality and reliability, never a bad association. There’s also a much smaller environmental impact when you’re not shipping goods over thousands of kilometers. However, these are not the main reasons why we went along this path.
The main motivation for us to manufacture locally is because we want to stay closely involved with the production process. The team that manufactures a product, and especially the production manager or coordinator experiences first hand which assembly steps are easy and which are hard. After each production run he or she is perfectly positioned to provide feedback to the design team about what works and what doesn’t. By not having this feedback loop we would miss out on critical information on how to design Reporter for easier manufacturing and higher yield.
I don’t have to explain how this communication between engineering and manufacturing is smoother when they are just 10 km apart instead of 10000. In the long run, this feedback loop is what makes our products excel with regards to reliability and cost. Compared to the far east, our local manufacturers have relatively high labour costs. This forces us to optimise the design of our hardware as much as possible and to keep the amount of steps needed to build, test and deploy a new Reporter to a minimum.
At Crodeon we try to automate or eliminate as many production steps as possible, up to a point where the assembly process has become so simple that the hourly wage of the workers is almost irrelevant.
Another reason for us to manufacture locally is our ambition to rebuild the Belgian hardware engineering and electronics manufacturing community. By designing and manufacturing great products with thoughtful branding we want to inspire young people and convince them that STEM (and especially electronics) are awesome. This is also how we can compete internationally and how we can keep our brightest students and engineers from fleeing abroad.
Even though our impact is just a small part of the solution, we want to contribute however we can. Crodeon has been manufacturing locally for years now, and we have never been more convinced about this. The advantages are showing on a daily basis so don’t expect a change of plans any time soon.
As Co-Founder & CEO at Crodeon, Jonathan has a broad knowledge about how sensors are changing our daily lives. Over the past 7 years he has been talking to customers in many sectors, from agriculture to industry and everything in between. Jonathan knows the ins and outs of Internet of Things and what keeps our customers awake at night.
The world of remote monitoring has taken a significant leap forward with the introduction of Reporter, an innovative sensor device designed to bring efficiency and convenience to diverse monitoring projects....
The world of remote monitoring has taken a significant leap forward with the introduction of Reporter, an innovative sensor device designed to bring efficiency and convenience to diverse monitoring projects....
This blog will explain what parameters are important to track in your green wall, and how a remote monitoring system with plant monitor sensors can help you realise this.
This blog will explain what parameters are important to track in your green wall, and how a remote monitoring system with plant monitor sensors can help you realise this.
One relatively simple and natural method of water treatment is using constructed wetlands, also known as reed bed filters. Smart monitoring with sensors lets you keep a close eye on...
One relatively simple and natural method of water treatment is using constructed wetlands, also known as reed bed filters. Smart monitoring with sensors lets you keep a close eye on...
A good early flood detection system allows for timely evacuation and action, reducing casualties, property damage, and infrastructural damage. Effective flood monitoring is simply critical to safeguarding lives. An advanced,...
A good early flood detection system allows for timely evacuation and action, reducing casualties, property damage, and infrastructural damage. Effective flood monitoring is simply critical to safeguarding lives. An advanced,...
