Seeed Aims to "Digitalize the Wild" with New Jetson-Powered reServer, reComputer, and LoRa Sensors

Designed for wide deployment, Seeed Studio's latest products pack some serious functionality into compact footprints.

Seeed Studio has launched a phalanx of new products, including next-generation reComputer and reServer devices and long-range low-power remote sensor nodes — part of a vision it describes as "IoT into the Wild."

"We were born in the global maker community, and tried many years to grow inspiring possibilities into impactful productivities," says Seeed founder Eric Pan. "Many critical topics like sustainable development, carbon neutrality, and wildlife protection converge on the scenes in the wild. But they are the far frontiers lacking technological efforts and scalable solutions. We are excited to showcase our latest efforts, and invite people of diverse backgrounds to join us to overcome the challenges together."

Seeed Studio's new reComputer and reServer ranges use the latest Nvidia Jetson internals for high-performance edge AI. (📹: Seeed Studio)

Two key parts of that showcase: New reComputer and reServer models, built around NVIDIA's Jetson family of computers-on-module (COMs). The reComputer Jetson, designed as a compact box for edge AI deployment, comes in models ranging from the Jetson-10-1-A0 with Jetson Nano internals at $199 to the range-topping Jetson-201-H2 with Jetson Xavier NX 16GB at $699.

The new reServer family, meanwhile, is designed for those who need a little more grunt. The base model, the Jetson-20, uses a Jetson Xavier NX with room for two 3.5" hard drives and costs $899; the more powerful Jetson-30 and Jetson-50 use the Jetson AGX Xavier and recently-launched Jetson AGX Orin modules respectively, the latter offering up to 275 TOPS of sparse INT8 compute — but pricing has yet to be confirmed, with availability scheduled for the fourth quarter.

The SenseCAP family includes a range of sensor types, all connecting via LoRaWAN. (📹: Seeed Studio)

Elsewhere in its showcase, Seeed unveiled the SenseCAP M2 LoRaWAN gateway with 10km line-of-sight coverage and optional 3G, 4G, and GPS connectivity, and a "sensors as a service" vision with LoRa-connected SenseCAP sensors including the S2101 air temperature and humidity sensor at $49, the S2102 light intensity sensor at the same price, the S2103 carbon dioxide, temperature, and humidity sensor at $109, and the S2104/S2105 soil temperature and moisture sensor at $109 or $119 with optional electrical conductivity (EC) probe.

Also in the SenseCAP range are the S2100 LoRaWAN datalogger, which connects the user's choice of analog, I2C, UART, and/or RS485 sensors to a LoRaWAN network for $49, and the SenseCAP S2100 LoRaWAN controller with support for Grove modules at $69. The A1102, meanwhile, offers on-board machine learning, driven by Edge Impulse, for sound and vibration triggers, the A1101 for tinyML vision sensing, and the SenseCAP One all-in-one weather monitoring with optional carbon dioxide measurement as the S1000.

Finally, Seeed called for community collaboration through the Seeed Studio LoRaWAN Dev Kit, a $99 bundle that offers edge AI capabilities, a selection of sensors, built-in support for the Helium network, and a range of tutorials to help users get started as quickly as possible.

Many of the devices shown off at the launch event will be available starting April this year, while others will become available throughout the year. More information can be found on the Seeed Studio website.

Gareth Halfacree
Freelance journalist, technical author, hacker, tinkerer, erstwhile sysadmin. For hire: freelance@halfacree.co.uk.
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