Using discrete chips over pre-certified radio modules cuts hardware costs 10x
Naeem Zafar · 1532 His Hardware + Software Will Reduce Grain Spoilage by 30-50% · Oct 4, 2019 · at 14:18
Naeem Zafar, CEO of TeleSense, explains how the grain-monitoring IoT company drives down hardware manufacturing costs.
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“If you design your own own module, when you don't buy the module, you buy the chips. You, right now, you go from a hundred dollars to a 10 dollar version.”
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