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The IoT & Cyber-Physical Measurement Systems laboratory of CeSMA carries out research and service activities towards third parties through the experimentation and development of measurement systems, which allow advanced
interaction approaches, enabled thanks to the most recent interfacing, communication and information representation solutions.

The greenhouses allow cultivation in soil and soilless systems of most agricultural crops. These are cold greenhouses, with the possibility of occasional heating if necessary. There is also a possibility to use recycled CO2 for CO2 fertilisation.

This is a 45ha irrigated field suitable for growing any field crop of the Mediterranean environment. It also has a weather station.

Three greenhouses of steel and glass - 27m x 10m. The greenhouses are equipped with cultivation benches for hydroponic growth systems, fertigation units and sensors for monitoring environmental parameters. 

The experimental farm also has a weather station. Crops routinely cultivated for research purposes are wheat, forage crops, corn, tomato and vegetable crops in general. The main focus of the farm is on the assessment of crop water requirements through the integration of remote sensing and in-situ sensors for data collection and the development of smart irrigation systems. Advanced weed management through robotic systems is also a developing area of research.

Main equipment includes a multiparameter metre station that monitors different water quality parameters including pH, ORP, conductivity, dissolved oxygen, and temperature; an IRGA system for measuring leaf gas exchanges; a psychrometer and a pressure chamber for measuring the water potential on leaves; a leaf area metre and fluorometre that enables quick and precise measurement of chlorophyll fluorescence parameters; probes for ion detection in leaf sap.

As a trusted technology partner in the agri-food sector, it offers advanced capabilities across cloud environments as well as traditional architectures, integrating solutions for virtualisation, containers, and orchestration. This combination ensures enterprise-level scalability, security, and availability, enabling the deployment of innovative applications and access to advanced analytics and machine learning services.

Hispatec facility offers a wide range of technological infrastructure services tailored to the specific needs of each initiative: 

For this purpose, tensiometer LoRaWAN are devices to measure the soil moisture. A tensiometer consists of a vacuum gauge connected by a tube to a porous ceramic tip. The tube is filled with water. The ceramic tip is permeable, and the water in the tube saturates it. The tip is placed in contact with the soil in the root zone. Because the soil is normally not saturated, water is drawn from the tip into the soil. As water moves from the tube into the soil, a partial vacuum is created and measured by the gauge.

For this purpose, LoRaWAN tensiometers are devices for measuring the soil moisture. A tensiometer consists of a vacuum gauge connected by a tube to a porous ceramic tip. The tube is filled with water. The ceramic tip is permeable, and the water in the tube saturates it. The tip is placed in contact with the soil in the root zone. Because the soil is normally not saturated, water is drawn from the tip into the soil. As water moves from the tube into the soil, a partial vacuum is created and measured by the gauge.