Introducing Hyphen Elemental⁴
The Hyphen Elemental⁴ Series is a rugged, adaptable, and open hardware ecosystem designed for real-world environmental sensing and climate-action deployments. Built to perform in remote, low-power, and mission-critical conditions, Elemental⁴ combines robust hardware, secure connectivity, and a fully integrated software stack to help organizations monitor, anticipate, and respond to climate risks in real time.
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Integrated Watchdog to keep your device running 24/7
Optional 4G connectivity
Bring your own SIM card or use our global SIMs
GPS when loaded with the 4G radio module
Plenty of IO to support a variety connectivity and sensor needs
High performance solar-powered battery packs using our Elemental 4050/4060XR
Rugged connectivity keeps the water out
Store offline payloads to an SD card and capture system logs for advance trouble shooting
Key Hardware Features
- Designed for long-term field deployment
- Onboard hardware watchdog ensures continuous operation
- External SD card for offline data buffering and event logging
- ESP32 with 16MB flash supports secure OTA (cellular or Wi-Fi)
- Built-in accelerometer for motion, vibration, tamper, and structural monitoring
- Optional GPS available on cellular-enabled configurations
- Choose Wi-Fi or add 4G/LTE (SIM7600 module) for remote sites
- Power-efficient sleep modes for low-light or backup-reserve conditions
- Fully open hardware design; modify, extend, or integrate into your own systems
Software + Cloud Ecosystem
The Elemental⁴ hardware is part of the larger Hyphen Climate Intelligence Stack
- HyphenOS: Real-time device runtime optimized for reliability and OTA updates
- Hyphen Connect: Secure communications to the cloud
- Hyphen Command Center: fleet dashboard, cloud/local flashing, send/receive live payloads, configure devices remotely, manage certificates and access control
- Parabl / 4Shadow: Data modeling, early-warning intelligence, forecasting and alerting
You can use the full stack together — or integrate only the parts you need.
What we need is more power!
Pair with Elemental 4050XR (2-cell / 8.4V) or 4060XR (3-cell / 12.6V) solar power boards
- Handles high-voltage solar input (up to 35V) with high-efficiency regulation
- Stable power output supports continuous telemetry at one-minute intervals
- Designed for field reliability and high-temperature environments
Flexibility by Design
- Supports custom firmware and device drivers
- Export data anywhere using forwarders and decoders
- Works with existing cloud platforms and processing pipelines
- No vendor lock-in: use Hyphen tools, or bring your own stack
- Full certificate-based authentication with revocation controls for stolen or retired devices
Who It’s For?
- Climate resilience and early-warning networks
- Water and watershed monitoring
- Disaster risk reduction agencies
- Conservation and biodiversity projects
- Community-based monitoring initiatives
- Universities, research labs, makers, and engineers
Why It Matters
Climate resilience requires open tools, shared knowledge, and collaborative infrastructure, not proprietary silos.
Hyphen Elemental⁴ empowers organizations and communities to monitor environmental change, protect lives, and respond faster — anywhere in the world.
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At Similie, we focus on technology with impact and believe today's challenges can only be solved in collaboration with others. We invite you to pull, use, contribute, and deploy the Hyphen Elemental⁴ ecosystem
