Desenvolvimento de dispositivo para telemetria e monitoramento remoto de florestas

Abstract

The advancement of Internet of Things (IoT) technologies enables new approaches to environmental monitoring, especially in remote and hard-to-reach areas such as the Amazon Rainforest. The need to track environmental changes, prevent deforestation and forest fires, and facilitate scientific research drives the development of autonomous technological solutions for data collection and transmission. In this context, this work proposes the development of an IoT-based telemetry system for remote forest monitoring, utilizing LoRa technology for communication within a mesh network. The system consists of two main devices: the Monitoring Node, responsible for measuring environmental parameters such as temperature, humidity, atmospheric pressure, and volatile organic compounds; and the Communication Bridge, which transmits the data to a monitoring center via the MQTT protocol. Laboratory and field tests demonstrated the system’s efficiency in data transmission. The results indicate that the proposed approach is viable for environmental monitoring applications and can be further improved with optimizations in energy consumption and the physical structure of the devices.