Nordic-powered sensor detects the presence of methamphetamine in buildings

The P Alert Meth Alarm developed by Technosphere uses a Nordic nRF9160 SiP to send alerts and reports to Cloud platform

On behalf of P Alert Industries, India-based product engineering services organization, Technosphere, has developed a preventive solution enabling property managers and landlords to detect the presence of methamphetamine inside buildings. The ‘P Alert Meth Alarm’ can be used to monitor private property, apartment blocks, holiday accommodation, social housing facilities, local government facilities such as gyms and rest rooms, and health providers such as rehabilitation clinics. P Alert Meth Alarm also comes in a version suitable for vehicles.

Real-time alarms and reports
If the smoking and/or manufacture of methamphetamine is detected in the property, the P Alert Meth Alarm will trigger an instant alarm activation to the user’s smartphone. Using the cellular IoT connectivity provided by the Nordic Semiconductor nRF9160 low power System-in-Package (SiP) with integrated LTE-M/NB-IoT modem and GNSS, the alerts and real-time meth level reports are relayed to the associated ‘WhizBlox’ secure Cloud-based platform. The solution provides continuous monitoring and users can set the testing frequency.

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