Overview
A contract engineering service covering the full cycle — from ground-up sensor development through prototyping to volume production — for environmental sensing devices aimed at agricultural DX. The service encompasses both hardware design and software development, delivering compact, low-power devices that measure soil moisture, temperature/humidity, light intensity, and CO₂. Acquired data passes through on-device edge processing by a microcontroller before being fed into cloud and terminal visualization platforms and remote monitoring systems.
Technical Features
- End-to-end development from design to mass production: Turnkey contract engineering covering concept planning, hardware design, software development, prototyping, and volume production. Proven track record in the development and prototyping of touch-sensor modules.
- Ground-up development of purpose-built sensors: Custom-designed sensors optimized for agricultural applications, measuring soil moisture, temperature/humidity, light intensity, and CO₂ concentration.
- Low-power, battery-operated design: Dry-cell battery power combined with a low-power design enables extended operation in the field. The approach prioritizes compact size, light weight, and low cost.
- Edge processing and AI inference: A control and processing domain that handles real-time processing and AI-based inference on microcontrollers and edge devices.
- Cloud visualization and remote monitoring: Visualization on cloud platforms and terminals, with remote monitoring, alerting, and historical data management.
Intended Applications and Target Sectors
- Monitoring and digitization of field environments (soil moisture, temperature/humidity, light intensity, CO₂).
- Environmental monitoring across a range of scales, from large agricultural plots to small holdings of less than a few hectares.
- Contract development of agricultural DX devices, from concept planning through to volume production.
- Adaptation to hardware development projects outside agriculture that require sensors and embedded devices.
Key Specifications and Configuration
- Measured parameters: Soil moisture, temperature/humidity, light intensity, CO₂ concentration
- Sensors: Purpose-built, newly developed designs optimized for agricultural use
- Power supply: Dry-cell battery driven; low-power design
- Processing: Real-time processing and AI inference on microcontrollers/edge devices
- Visualization: Cloud/terminal visualization; remote monitoring, alerting, and history management
- Development scope: Full coverage of planning, design, software, prototyping, and volume production
- Architecture: Sensor domain + Control & Processing domain + Communication & Visualization domain
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