Custom-built Sensors: when the sensor does not exist yet
When no sensor on the market measures what you need, baiond builds one. Designed for your site, tested in a pilot, and reporting into the same platform as every other sensor.
Most questions are answered by a sensor someone already makes. Some are not: the voltage on 800 km of electric fence far from any power line, the width of a crack in a 600-year-old wall, a reading in a place where nothing off the shelf survives. That is when a custom sensor makes sense.
baiond designs the sensor around the question, builds it and puts it on site in a pilot, first a few units, then the whole site. It reports by radio to the baiond Gateway like any catalogue sensor, so its readings appear next to temperature, energy and weather, and the AI agents answer questions about it in the same plain language. The Fence Control sensor for Rhino Ark in Kenya started exactly this way.
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- Protocols
- LoRaWAN
- How the readings travel
- Sensor baiond Gateway Your answer
From "we need to know" to a sensor on site.
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The question
You describe what you need to know and where. We check whether an existing sensor can do it first.
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The build
If none can, we design the sensor: what it measures, how it is powered, how it transmits.
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The pilot
A small series goes on site. We compare the readings with reality and adjust.
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The platform
The sensor reports into baiond like every other. Its readings answer questions from day one.
Sensors we built for one case, now ready for yours.
Ask what it measures.
A question this sensor answers, the way baiond answers: readings, reasons, a recommendation and the source.
Checked Electric fence sensor (custom-built) · LoRaWAN · Space System How did baiond know?
- Sensor
- baiond Gateway
- Space System
- AI agent
The sensor reports to the baiond Gateway, the Space System puts the reading in context (location, threshold, history), and the AI agent turns it into an answer.
Source: Electric fence sensor (custom-built) · LoRaWAN · Space System
- Voltage 5,900V
- Target ≥ 8,000V
- Section 180m
Yes. Fence voltage dropped to 5,900 V in the northwest section, significantly below the target range. The affected area is approximately 180 m long.
Inspect the northwest fence section for vegetation contact, damaged insulators or a broken wire.
Would you like me to investigate further?
Looking closer. This is what the data shows:
Possible reasons- The drop began at 19:52, right after the evening wind picked up.
- The two neighbouring sections hold their voltage, so the fault is local.
- The last inspection of this section was 6 weeks ago.
The sensor reports to the baiond Gateway, the Space System puts the reading in context (location, threshold, history), and the AI agent turns it into an answer.
- Sensor
- baiond Gateway
- Space System
- AI agent
Source: Electric fence sensor (custom-built) · LoRaWAN · Space System
Understood. I keep watching Reserve perimeter · Northwest and let you know if anything changes.
Related industries
Where this sensor carries the answer.
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What the platform makes of it.
- baiond Gateway The baiond Gateway is the hardware and software layer that reads sensors, meters and building systems in the common protocols and turns …
- Space System The Space System is baiond's model of your physical world: sites, buildings, floors, rooms and assets arranged as parent and child spaces …
- AI Agents baiond AI Agents are Hardware AI Agents: software agents that read live sensor values, detect deviations and answer questions in plain …
Frequently asked questions
When do I need a custom-built sensor?
When no catalogue sensor measures the value, or none survives the place: remote lines without power, historic fabric that must not be touched, extreme weather. We check the catalogue first.
How does a custom sensor project start?
With your question and a site visit. Then a prototype, a pilot with a few units on site, and the rollout once the readings hold up.
Does a custom sensor work with the rest of the platform?
Yes. It sends to the baiond Gateway like every other sensor, so its readings sit next to temperature, energy and weather and can be asked about in plain language.
What do you need to measure?
Describe the case in a few sentences. We come back with feasibility, a route and a timeframe.
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