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==History==

Free Wave Technologies was founded in August 1993, by Jonathan Sawyer and Steve Wulchin. From the beginning, Sawyer and Wulchin aimed to help customers transmit mission-critical data via secure, highly reliable, licensed, and license-free [[spread spectrum]] radios. Free Wave has manufactured all of its radios in Boulder, Colorado since the first radio was shipped in 1994. In June 2007, TA Associates led a $113 million investment in Free Wave Technologies. The company's major markets are [[oil & gas]], government, and defence, [[agriculture]], [[Water industry|water]] and [[wastewater]], and [[manufacturing]] industries since that time.<ref>[https://www.freewave.com/industries-~~applications/]~~</ref> Today, Free Wave Technologies has more than 800,000 industrial radios and embedded modules in the field.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sensorsmag.com/iot-wireless/industrial-internet-things-takes-center-stage-but-freewave-says-wireless-m2m-drives|~~title~~=~~Industrial Internet of Things Takes Center Stage, but FreeWave Says Wireless M2M Drives Its Success|date=January 12, 2015~~}}</ref>

Free Wave Technologies was founded in August 1993, by Jonathan Sawyer and Steve Wulchin. From the beginning, Sawyer and Wulchin aimed to help customers transmit mission-critical data via secure, highly reliable, licensed, and license-free [[spread spectrum]] radios. Free Wave has manufactured all of its radios in Boulder, Colorado since the first radio was shipped in 1994. In June 2007, TA Associates led a $113 million investment in Free Wave Technologies. The company's major markets are [[oil & gas]], government, and defence, [[agriculture]], [[Water industry|water]] and [[wastewater]], and [[manufacturing]] industries since that time.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Industries |url=https://www.freewave.com/industries/ |access-date=2024-07-06 |website=FreeWave |language=en-US}}</ref> Today, Free Wave Technologies has more than 800,000 industrial radios and embedded modules in the field.<ref>{{Cite web |date=January 12, 2015 |title=Industrial Internet of Things Takes Center Stage, but FreeWave Says Wireless M2M Drives Its Success |url=https://www.sensorsmag.com/iot-wireless/industrial-internet-things-takes-center-stage-but-freewave-says-wireless-m2m-drives |website=www.sensorsmag.com}}</ref>

==Uses ==

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The operator of a Rocky Mountain-based livestock facility implemented a secure ZumLink IQ edge solution{{buzzword inline|date=August 2019}} with a custom application to monitor water levels in remote tanks from the cloud via an Internet connection. Using the [[Node-RED]] programming language, an app was created quickly and easily to gather data from analog sensors. The solution{{buzzword inline|date=August 2019}} helps drive down operating costs by reducing the amount of travel for visual inspections in the event of a problem such as a leakage that prevents a tank from filling.

The Sangamon Valley Public Water District<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://waterfm.com/wave-smart-water-solutions/|~~title~~=~~A Wave of Smart Water Solutions|last=Farr|first=Andrew|date=11 June 2018~~ }}</ref> (SVPWD) in [[Mahomet, Illinois]], implemented FreeWave radios in a new SCADA system to communicate with remote wells and control equipment and settings from a central location rather than sending personnel to collect data and monitor the water system. SVPWD reported 50 percent cost savings, with savings expected to rise as leaks and inefficiencies are detected and corrected.

The Sangamon Valley Public Water District<ref>{{Cite web |last=Farr |first=Andrew |date=11 June 2018 |title=A Wave of Smart Water Solutions |url=https://waterfm.com/wave-smart-water-solutions/ |website=waterfm.com}}</ref> (SVPWD) in [[Mahomet, Illinois]], implemented FreeWave radios in a new SCADA system to communicate with remote wells and control equipment and settings from a central location rather than sending personnel to collect data and monitor the water system. SVPWD reported 50 percent cost savings, with savings expected to rise as leaks and inefficiencies are detected and corrected.

When strapped to a drone,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.denverpost.com/2018/07/21/colorado-company-drone-usage/|~~title~~=~~Colorado tech companies take advantage of drones to expand the use of their products|last=Skilling|first=Chaney|date=July 21, 2018~~}}</ref> FreeWave's technology can monitor remote environments and detect such issues as thermal fluctuations and fallen power lines in real-time. Then the radios can relay information to such parties as fire departments, insurance and telephone companies, and dispatchers.

When strapped to a drone,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Skilling |first=Chaney |date=July 21, 2018 |title=Colorado tech companies take advantage of drones to expand the use of their products |url=https://www.denverpost.com/2018/07/21/colorado-company-drone-usage/ |website=www.denverpost.com}}</ref> FreeWave's technology can monitor remote environments and detect such issues as thermal fluctuations and fallen power lines in real-time. Then the radios can relay information to such parties as fire departments, insurance and telephone companies, and dispatchers.

== Technology ==

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 ==History==
-Free Wave Technologies was founded in August 1993, by Jonathan Sawyer and Steve Wulchin. From the beginning, Sawyer and Wulchin aimed to help customers transmit mission-critical data via secure, highly reliable, licensed, and license-free [[spread spectrum]] radios. Free Wave has manufactured all of its radios in Boulder, Colorado since the first radio was shipped in 1994. In June 2007, TA Associates led a $113 million investment in Free Wave Technologies. The company's major markets are [[oil & gas]], government, and defence, [[agriculture]], [[Water industry|water]] and [[wastewater]], and [[manufacturing]] industries since that time.<ref>[https://www.freewave.com/industries-applications/]</ref> Today, Free Wave Technologies has more than 800,000 industrial radios and embedded modules in the field.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sensorsmag.com/iot-wireless/industrial-internet-things-takes-center-stage-but-freewave-says-wireless-m2m-drives|title=Industrial Internet of Things Takes Center Stage, but FreeWave Says Wireless M2M Drives Its Success|date=January 12, 2015}}</ref>
+Free Wave Technologies was founded in August 1993, by Jonathan Sawyer and Steve Wulchin. From the beginning, Sawyer and Wulchin aimed to help customers transmit mission-critical data via secure, highly reliable, licensed, and license-free [[spread spectrum]] radios. Free Wave has manufactured all of its radios in Boulder, Colorado since the first radio was shipped in 1994. In June 2007, TA Associates led a $113 million investment in Free Wave Technologies. The company's major markets are [[oil & gas]], government, and defence, [[agriculture]], [[Water industry|water]] and [[wastewater]], and [[manufacturing]] industries since that time.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Industries |url=https://www.freewave.com/industries/ |access-date=2024-07-06 |website=FreeWave |language=en-US}}</ref> Today, Free Wave Technologies has more than 800,000 industrial radios and embedded modules in the field.<ref>{{Cite web |date=January 12, 2015 |title=Industrial Internet of Things Takes Center Stage, but FreeWave Says Wireless M2M Drives Its Success |url=https://www.sensorsmag.com/iot-wireless/industrial-internet-things-takes-center-stage-but-freewave-says-wireless-m2m-drives |website=www.sensorsmag.com}}</ref>
 ==Uses ==
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 The operator of a Rocky Mountain-based livestock facility implemented a secure ZumLink IQ edge solution{{buzzword inline|date=August 2019}} with a custom application to monitor water levels in remote tanks from the cloud via an Internet connection. Using the [[Node-RED]] programming language, an app was created quickly and easily to gather data from analog sensors. The solution{{buzzword inline|date=August 2019}} helps drive down operating costs by reducing the amount of travel for visual inspections in the event of a problem such as a leakage  that prevents a tank from filling.
-The Sangamon Valley Public Water District<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://waterfm.com/wave-smart-water-solutions/|title=A Wave of Smart Water Solutions|last=Farr|first=Andrew|date=11 June 2018 }}</ref> (SVPWD) in [[Mahomet, Illinois]], implemented FreeWave radios in a new SCADA system to communicate with remote wells and control equipment and settings from a central location rather than sending personnel to collect data and monitor the water system. SVPWD reported 50 percent cost savings, with savings expected to rise as leaks and inefficiencies are detected and corrected.
+The Sangamon Valley Public Water District<ref>{{Cite web |last=Farr |first=Andrew |date=11 June 2018 |title=A Wave of Smart Water Solutions |url=https://waterfm.com/wave-smart-water-solutions/ |website=waterfm.com}}</ref> (SVPWD) in [[Mahomet, Illinois]], implemented FreeWave radios in a new SCADA system to communicate with remote wells and control equipment and settings from a central location rather than sending personnel to collect data and monitor the water system. SVPWD reported 50 percent cost savings, with savings expected to rise as leaks and inefficiencies are detected and corrected.
-When strapped to a drone,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.denverpost.com/2018/07/21/colorado-company-drone-usage/|title=Colorado tech companies take advantage of drones to expand the use of their products|last=Skilling|first=Chaney|date=July 21, 2018}}</ref> FreeWave's technology can monitor remote environments and detect such issues as thermal fluctuations and fallen power lines in real-time. Then the radios can relay information to such parties as fire departments, insurance and telephone companies, and dispatchers.
+When strapped to a drone,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Skilling |first=Chaney |date=July 21, 2018 |title=Colorado tech companies take advantage of drones to expand the use of their products |url=https://www.denverpost.com/2018/07/21/colorado-company-drone-usage/ |website=www.denverpost.com}}</ref> FreeWave's technology can monitor remote environments and detect such issues as thermal fluctuations and fallen power lines in real-time. Then the radios can relay information to such parties as fire departments, insurance and telephone companies, and dispatchers.
 == Technology ==

FreeWave Technologies: Difference between revisions

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