SoundBox QT2100 —
Professional Noise Detection / Sound Sampling Recorder
QT-2100 is a professional device designed by ZOTECH specifically for long-term environmental noise monitoring and precise sound recording. It integrates high-stability MEMS and analog dual microphones, providing exceptional sampling accuracy, wide dynamic range, and reliable data even in harsh environments. The low-power MCU design extends battery life and independent operation time, while the flexible communication architecture (such as 4G LTE, NB-IoT, Wi-Fi, Ethernet) ensures stable and efficient data transmission.
QT-2100 is suitable for continuous monitoring, low-maintenance cost scenarios that can be expanded to AI analysis applications. Whether for smart city noise, industrial abnormal sounds, construction site monitoring, or wildlife sound research, it provides a complete solution from on-site high-precision sampling, edge preprocessing to cloud integration and visualization, helping users gain deep insights from data and support decision-making.
Specification
Modular System Architecture: Leading Efficient and Flexible Acoustic Monitoring
QT-2100 adopts a modular hardware architecture, providing high stability, flexible expansion, and future upgrade potential, superior to traditional integrated designs. Its core main control MCU integrates ultra-low power sleep and precise timing wake-up functions, effectively scheduling audio data sampling, storage, and upload, significantly extending the device's independent operation time and battery life in harsh environments, ensuring continuous and reliable data collection.
Audio Sensing Unit
Integrates MEMS and analog dual microphones with low-noise design, ensuring high-precision audio collection across a wide frequency range (20Hz-20kHz), effectively capturing weak or sudden sounds.
Main Control MCU
Uses a low-power processor with powerful edge computing capabilities, supporting precise timing wake-up and multitasking scheduling, effectively reducing power consumption, extending device deployment time, and executing real-time audio preprocessing and data compression to optimize transmission efficiency.
Communication Module
Built-in Wi-Fi / BLE module, with optional 4G LTE, LoRa, NB-IoT, or RS485 communication interfaces, ensuring stable, efficient, and secure remote data transmission according to different field requirements.
Power Management
Features wide voltage input support (DC 8V-36V), ensuring stable device operation. Supports efficient charging and solar power integration, extending battery life.
Six Key Features
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High-Stability Sensing
MEMS sensors provide low-noise, high-sensitivity sound collection capabilities
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Dual Monitoring Functions
Built-in real-time sound pressure measurement and raw audio recording to meet different application needs
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Smart Trigger Mechanism
Supports sound pressure threshold-triggered recording and audio file upload, saving storage space
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Data Cache Protection
Local data caching function automatically retransmits after network anomalies, ensuring data integrity
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Long-Distance Transmission Expansion
Can connect external RS-485 to LoRa / NB-IoT modules for long-distance transmission
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Remote Management and Upgrade
Supports OTA firmware upgrade and remote parameter configuration (optional), reducing maintenance costs
Industrial-Grade Design for Various Environmental Challenges
SoundBox's industrial-grade design is reflected in every detail, from material selection to structural design, all rigorously tested and verified. Its durable housing not only provides excellent physical protection but also considers key factors such as heat dissipation and moisture resistance, ensuring stable operation of internal electronic components in extreme environments.
IP67 Waterproof and Dustproof
Optional IP67 protection rating design ensures the device operates normally in harsh outdoor environments, resisting rain and dust intrusion.
Solar Power Supply
Optional solar module enables self-sufficient energy supply, suitable for deployment in remote areas with inadequate power infrastructure.
Low Power Consumption Design
Supports multiple low-power operation modes, extending battery life through intelligent wake-up mechanisms, reducing maintenance frequency and costs.
Strong Temperature Adaptability
Special design enables the device to work stably in extremely high or low temperature environments, adapting to Taiwan's variable climate conditions.
These characteristics make SoundBox QT2100 particularly suitable for deployment in various challenging environments, such as outdoor construction sites, remote mountainous areas, coastal regions, or unmanned monitoring points. Whether exposed to sunlight for extended periods or facing wind and rain, SoundBox QT2100 can continuously provide stable sound monitoring services.
Diverse Communication Options for Easy System Integration
SoundBox's diverse communication solutions are key to its system integration flexibility. By supporting multiple communication protocols, SoundBox can adapt to various deployment environment network requirements, whether in high-density urban areas or remote monitoring points, finding the most suitable connection method.
WiFi / BLE
Short-range high-frequency communication option, suitable for high data volume scenarios requiring frequent data transmission, such as building interior monitoring points or urban hotspot areas.
RS485
A communication protocol commonly used in industrial automation, providing stable and reliable wired connections, particularly suitable for factory or large facility integration applications.
LoRa
Long-range wireless communication technology with low power consumption and wide coverage, ideal for remote areas or applications requiring long-distance transmission.
4G/NB-IoT
Extended support for narrowband IoT technology, utilizing existing telecommunications network infrastructure to provide extensive coverage and stable connections.
This communication flexibility enables SoundBox to easily integrate into existing infrastructure such as smart light poles, building management systems, or security platforms. System integrators can select the most appropriate communication mode based on project requirements, balancing data transmission rates, power consumption, and cost factors to achieve optimized system architecture design.
One-Stop AI Perception System Integration Service
SoundBox provides comprehensive one-stop AI perception system integration services, from hardware devices to software platforms and system integration, forming a closed-loop solution. The modular hardware design enables customers to flexibly configure according to specific needs, while standardized SDKs and APIs significantly simplify the development process.
Modular Hardware
Complete solution of Sensor + AI + Communication Interface
SDK / API
Standard JSON format data transmission interface
Rapid PoC
Development board and pre-trained model rapid verification
Cross-Platform Integration
Seamless integration with SCADA, IoT middleware, and cloud platforms
GIS Visualization
Complete geographic information system support
For customers needing rapid concept verification, SoundBox provides development boards and pre-trained model kits, enabling teams to start testing in the shortest time. In terms of system integration, SoundBox supports seamless integration with various SCADA, IoT middleware, or cloud platforms, and has specially optimized integration capabilities with GIS systems to achieve precise geographic information visualization displays.
"Finding Urban Quiet Zones" Project — Top award Hackathon Finalist
The "Finding Urban Quiet Zones" project is a successful case of SoundBox in practical application. Led by the Academia Sinica team and combining SoundBox technology, it created a comprehensive "Smart Urban Noise Map" platform that collects noise data from various urban areas through a sound sensing network and performs analysis and visualization.
This innovative project stood out in the 2024 Presidential Hackathon competition, winning top honors, fully demonstrating SoundBox's tremendous application potential and social value in policy analysis and urban environment improvement. The project results not only provide urban planners with important decision-making references but also offer citizens an intuitive tool for understanding the sound quality of their living environments.
Hackathon Honor
Top 5 finalist in the 2024 Presidential Hackathon, demonstrating SoundBox's value in policy analysis and urban environment improvement.
Urban Noise Problem
Urbanization has led to increasingly severe noise pollution, affecting residents' quality of life and health, requiring innovative solutions.
SoundBox Solution
Deploy sound sensing networks to collect noise data from various urban areas, establishing a complete sound database.
Smart Noise Map Platform
Visualize sound data analysis results, helping identify urban areas requiring noise mitigation measures.
Multi-Domain Smart Application Scenarios
QT-2100, with its exceptional high stability and flexible configuration options, makes it an ideal choice for various environmental monitoring and acoustic research scenarios. The advantage of flexible configuration lies in its modular design and customizable parameter settings, allowing users to flexibly adjust sensor types, sampling frequencies, data transmission methods, and analysis modules according to specific monitoring needs, easily integrating into existing systems or optimizing for specific projects.
Smart City
Establish urban sound maps and noise hotspot warning systems, helping urban planners identify areas requiring noise mitigation measures and improving residents' quality of life.
Smart Construction Site
Conduct construction sound pressure monitoring and automatic anomaly reporting, monitoring site operational status and ensuring compliance with noise control regulations.
Smart Healthcare
Deploy in hospital wards to detect abnormal sounds and promptly alert medical staff, enhancing patient safety and care quality, particularly suitable for intensive care or long-term care wards.
Smart Transportation
Achieve horn monitoring and traffic flow estimation, improving traffic management efficiency and emergency vehicle response time, optimizing urban traffic flow.
Acoustic Research Collection
With its high sampling rate, low-noise characteristics, and precise timestamps, it provides lossless, reliable high-quality sound data, serving as an ideal foundation for AI model training, ensuring data precisely corresponds to AI model training objectives.
Application Case: Urban Sound Map and Ecological Monitoring
Noise pollution is an environmental issue of concern to citizens. Long-term exposure can lead to sleep disorders, cardiovascular diseases, and anxiety, making effective noise management crucial to citizen well-being. To address this, we collaborate with the government to deploy low-cost sound sensor networks, collecting real-time environmental sound data from various areas to achieve real-time monitoring and early warning. The system sets warning thresholds, automatically alerting when noise exceeds standards, prompting relevant authorities to intervene and effectively control noise at its source. Ultimately, this data is transformed into a visualized urban sound map, clearly indicating noise distribution, allowing citizens to query their living environment, choose quiet residential locations, and significantly improve living quality.
Application Case: Air Quality and Noise Monitoring
The integrated application solution of SoundBox smart sound box and air quality monitoring box can simultaneously monitor real-time changes in sound environment and air quality, conducting real-time monitoring and in-depth cross-analysis of noise sources (such as traffic flow, construction sites) and air pollutants (such as PM2.5, volatile organic compounds VOCs, carbon dioxide CO₂).
Integrated Monitoring Advantages
By constructing an integrated map combining air quality data and Quiet Suitability Index (QSI), it assists city management units in clearly identifying key areas of noise and air pollution distribution, significantly enhancing the accuracy and efficiency of environmental inspections.
Diverse Application Scenarios
The system is particularly suitable for deployment in campuses, medical institutions, communities, and other venues requiring comprehensive environmental quality monitoring, providing more comprehensive health environment protection.
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Cloud Integration Platform
Supports multi-point data integration and GIS geographic information system display, providing an intuitive visualization interface
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Anomaly Alert Mechanism
Sets multi-level threshold conditions to achieve intelligent early warning and real-time notification functions
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ESG Sustainability Practice
This integrated solution is a key tool for implementing corporate social responsibility and smart governance
The integrated solution not only improves the actual effectiveness of air quality and noise improvement but also provides environmental monitoring data that meets international standards for enterprises and government units, helping achieve sustainable development goals.
Complete Accessories and Expansion Solutions
QT-2100 features excellent environmental adaptability. Through a series of diverse dedicated accessories, it can fully meet the stringent requirements of various deployment scenarios.
Protection and Installation
IP67 industrial waterproof housing and various mounting brackets (wall/pole/ceiling)
Power Module
Supports lithium batteries and lead-acid batteries, providing stable and reliable power, ensuring long-term independent operation of the device in off-grid environments without mains power supply.
Solar Power Supply
Solar charging kit ensures the device can operate autonomously and sustainably for extended periods at any location without power supply, maximizing monitoring duration and data continuity.
Communication Expansion
Supports RS-485 wired expansion for easy connection of multiple sensors or devices. Additionally, paired with LoRa or NB-IoT wireless communication converters, it can also perform wide-area deployment.
Environmental Sensing
Supports installation of PM2.5, gas, temperature and humidity sensors, expanding monitoring scope and providing more comprehensive environmental data collection capabilities.
Whether you are an urban planning vendor, system integrator, or research institution, SoundBox can bring you innovative sound perception solutions to help build smarter and more livable urban environments. Please contact us through the following methods:
Website：https://www.zot.com.tw/
Email：[email protected]
Address：2F, No. 5, Ln. 22, Ln. 513, Ruiguang Rd., Neihu Dist., Taipei City