Case Study: Raven Industries achieves precise GPS steering for tractors with Perle IOLAN STS4 Device Servers

Raven Industries optimizes GPS steering for 2 million U.S. farms with Perle

Perle helped Raven Industries address the challenge of minimizing crop loss during harvest by optimizing tractor steering. Raven, a precision agriculture company, needed a way to reliably transmit GPS data from a reference station to the steering hardware on their tractors via their Slingshot system to ensure straight driving and full field coverage.

The solution was the integration of Perle's IOLAN STS4 Device Server into Raven's Slingshot base station. The key feature was Custom Packet Forwarding, which allowed Raven to optimally configure data streaming for real-time, wireless GPS communication. This enabled their SmarTrax assisted steering system to maximize harvest yield and operational efficiency for farmers.

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