Appareo released a new product in the company’s line of telematically-enabled electronic control units (ECUs). The Gateway 260 is a lightweight edge computing platform for mobile equipment applications that provides a wide range of communication technologies: Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, Cellular, GPS, BroadR-Reach, Ethernet, and controller area networking (CAN).

In this video, Matt Rohlik, Integrated Solutions manager, with Haug Implement in Willmar, Minn., demonstrates an unmanned aerial vehicle and discusses the dealership's success selling the products as an eventual gateway to offering service and support of the technology.

Now farmers and ranchers can have a long-range Internet connection up to 14.5 miles from their home-base router.