Airfide Networks has recently announced the general availability of its next-generation of Micro-mobility occupancy sensor AFN6843, now enhanced with Wi-Fi HaLow connectivity. The announcement, delivered at COMNEXT Japan, follows on from three months of successful field testing and marks a pivotal major forward in scalable, privacy-first smart building technology.
Built on Airfide’s proven mmWave and Edge AI sensing architecture, the new sensor integrates Morse Micro’s MM6108 Wi-Fi HaLow SoC. This allows for 10x better coverage distance than Wi-Fi 4/5/6/7 while maintaining ultra-low power and high reliability for commercial and industrial IoT deployments.
“The Wi-Fi HaLow-enabled version of our sensor unlocks the potential of truly wireless, long-range, privacy-compliant occupancy detection,” said Venkat Kalkunte, CEO, Airfide. “From elderly care and smart offices to public transport hubs and warehouses, this device transforms how spaces are monitored – no cameras, no wearables, just insights.”
Key features:
- Long-range wireless with sub-GHz Wi-Fi HaLow, enabling whole-building coverage
- Edge AI detection of occupancy, presence, motion, fall events, and more
- Non-intrusive sensing using mmWave radar sensor for people counting and angle information
- Cloud platform for live monitoring and actionable insights
- Android and Apple iOS application for real-time monitoring and deployment
Use cases:
- Smart buildings and offices: automate HVAC and lighting, optimise desk usage, monitor occupancy density
- Healthcare and aged care: fall detection, inactivity alerts, presence monitoring without compromising privacy
- Retail and public spaces: people counting, dwell time analytics, queue monitoring and heatmaps
- Industrial and logistics: worker tracking in hazardous zones, object detection, zone safety compliance alerts
“This collaboration is helping us bring to life scalable, secure, and standards-based wireless sensing for the next wave of IoT – what we call IoT 2.0,” said Michael De Nil, Co-Founder and CEO, Morse Micro. “Airfide’s use of the MM6108 in a real-world application is another great example of Wi-Fi HaLow’s potential.”
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