Agriculture

Thermal imaging solutions for agriculture

Application of Infrared Thermal Imaging for agriculture

See What Your Crops Cannot Tell You.

Precision agriculture is transforming how the world feeds itself — and thermal imaging is one of its most powerful tools. Detecting irrigation stress before it becomes crop loss, identifying pest or disease hotspots before they spread, monitoring livestock health from the air: these are problems that thermal imaging solves better than any other sensor technology, and at a fraction of the intervention cost.

The challenge for agricultural drone and equipment manufacturers has been finding thermal camera cores that combine the image quality needed for meaningful agronomic data with the compact, power-efficient form factor required for long-endurance UAV operations or affordable ground-based systems. Large thermal system providers typically address this market with finished, closed payloads — leaving little room for the agricultural technology companies who want to build their own differentiated solutions.

Senssight thermal cores are compact, lightweight and designed for easy integration into custom UAV payloads, sprayer-mounted monitoring systems and handheld scouting tools. Our radiometric calibration capability enables true temperature measurement across the scene — not just a visual thermal image — giving agronomists and data platforms the quantitative data they need. With frame rates up to 60 FPS and resolutions from QVGA to SXGA, our cores adapt to the specific needs of each application, whether that is rapid field scouting or high-resolution plot-level analysis.

Growing smarter starts with seeing better.

Thermal imaging for precision crop monitoring

In agriculture, small temperature differences can reveal critical information long before visible symptoms appear. Water stress, irrigation imbalance, soil variability, pest pressure or early disease development can all create thermal patterns that help farmers and agronomists make faster, more informed decisions.

Senssight thermal camera cores allow agricultural technology companies to embed infrared vision into drones, field robots, fixed monitoring stations or handheld scouting devices. By capturing thermal data at crop level, these systems can help identify stressed areas, prioritize field inspections and support more targeted interventions.

For precision agriculture platforms, the value of thermal imaging lies in transforming temperature data into actionable agronomic insights. Integrated with mapping software, analytics tools or farm management systems, Senssight cores help build smarter solutions for yield protection, resource optimization and sustainable crop management.

Compact thermal cores for agricultural drones and smart farming systems

Agricultural environments place specific demands on embedded imaging systems. Sensors must be lightweight enough for UAV payloads, robust enough for outdoor use and accurate enough to provide meaningful data across changing field conditions.

Senssight infrared camera cores are designed for integration into custom agricultural equipment, from drone-based crop scouting payloads to sprayer-mounted monitoring systems and autonomous ground platforms. Their compact format and radiometric capabilities make them suitable for applications where both image quality and measurable temperature data are required.

For agtech manufacturers and system integrators, this flexibility makes it possible to design differentiated thermal imaging solutions adapted to specific crops, mission types, flight durations, software workflows and data analysis needs.

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Ernest 6

Resolution : VGA
Frame rate : 60Hz (Default); 30Hz
Dimension : 21 x 21 mm
NETD : ≤35mK
Shutter : Built-In
Interface : USB, USB Flex, Mipi (2026)
HFOV (°) : 12, 18, 23, 31, 50, 86
Sensor : Lynred / ATTO640D
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