Table 3 Example costs of using Sigfox to track animals
From: A multi-species evaluation of digital wildlife monitoring using the Sigfox IoT network
Class | Cost item | Cost (USD) |
|---|---|---|
Electronic Sigfox chips for tags (examples) | ON Semiconductor AX-SIP-SFEU-1-01-TX30 | 12 |
SEONG JI SFM10R1 (RC1)/SFM10R4 (RC4) | 4 | |
LPRS eRIC-SIGFOX-RCZ1 | 17 | |
Tags (examples) | Wimbitek WIMBI SF Bird Tracker (a) | N/A |
Globalsat ST-20 (ear tag for cattle) | 163 | |
Digitanimal Livestock GPS (collar) | 180 | |
Sensolus TRACK 1000 (not designed to be attached to animals) | 112 | |
Figure 2e–k (material costs only) | < 100 | |
Base stations | Sigfox Access Station Micro SMBS-T4 (reduced range) | 480 |
Full-sized Sigfox Base Station (deployment costs) | > 4000 [20] | |
Subscription costs per tag per year (Germany) (b) | Max. 2 messages per day, Atlas Native disabled | 7 |
Max. 70 messages per day, Atlas Native disabled | 8 | |
Max. 140 messages per day, Atlas Native disabled | 11 | |
Max. 140 messages per day, Atlas Native enabled | 12 |