We’re excited to announce that the Intelligent Ag™ solution, Recon SpraySense™ has received an AE50 Outstanding Innovations Award for 2023 from the American Society of Agriculture and Biological Engineers (ASABE). This recognition is awarded annually by a diverse...
David Batcheller of Appareo recently sat down with OEM Off-Highway editor about the potential for Artificial Intelligence (AI) and augmented reality, as well as what challenges and opportunities lie ahead for the heavy equipment industries. "AI has the potential to...
Innovating is hard. Providing guidance to highly technical suppliers to create innovation for your vehicles is even harder -- but it doesn’t have to be. If you have strong supply chain relationships, your suppliers should be part of the solution in bringing your ideas...
Manufacturers are faced with many different technologies to be considered in the design, manufacture, and deployment of new vehicles. In many circumstances, it isn’t practical for one manufacturer’s engineering group to really understand how to best leverage these...
The world is getting more and more connected. I’m connected to my car, my kid’s watch, and my doorbell. If I was to buy a new piece of heavy equipment, I’d expect to be connected to that too. For equipment manufacturers considering their connected strategy, there are...
Now more than ever, the management of battery capacity is a key factor in delivering a positive or negative experience with portable electronic devices, and ultimately the value your customers derive from them. Running out of battery power and losing access to a...
NEWS RELEASE Appareo Releases New Open Platform Telematics Device with Truly Global Connectivity The IP67-rated Gateway 370 features Iridium® SBD, 4G/3G/2G, and eSIM, certified for use in the USA, Canada, Europe, Brazil, and more. FARGO, North Dakota (January 21,...
Operators want to use their expensive machines (loaders, sprayers, excavators, aircraft, etc.) as much as possible, because at the end of the day, business assets are more of an asset when they’re put to work. When a fleet is distributed over a large area, knowing...
It is important for our machines to be connected. From industrial asset trackers for inexpensive off-road vehicles to satellite telemetry solutions for business jets, original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) are counting on embedded connectivity solutions to deliver...
The trend is reversing for displays in off-road rugged equipment. Instead of incorporating lots of control logic into display systems, it’s going to become much simpler. The preeminence of the display as a compute source on the machine, rather than a simple operator...
LTE consists of a range of different categories of modem, which can be integrated into telematic devices. These different categories include: CAT NB1 (also referred to as NB-IoT) CAT M1 (also referred to as CAT M) CAT 1 CAT 4 Although cellular technologies go from CAT...
Since the introduction of Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) in Bluetooth 4.0, there are now four technologies used under Bluetooth 4.0 and later revisions. Although the history of naming these technologies has led to much confusion, the generally accepted names are Bluetooth...