Agricultural Monitoring.
Solar-Powered Field AI with Drone Analytics.
Offline-first, solar-powered edge AI architecture for crop disease detection, precision irrigation, yield prediction, and drone-based NDVI analytics. Designed for India’s 150M+ farming households — works without grid power or broadband.
Agricultural Monitoring — System Architecture
Solar-powered field nodes capture multispectral and RGB imagery for crop disease detection, pest identification, and soil moisture inference. A farm hub (per cluster of 10–20 plots) aggregates data via LoRaWAN, runs irrigation scheduling algorithms, and uploads summaries via 4G when available. A drone AI station processes NDVI and orthomosaic data for yield prediction and crop health mapping across the entire farm.
How the tiers connect
Tier 1 — Field Nodes
Solar-powered AI nodes at each plot run disease detection models on captured images. Results are transmitted to the farm hub via LoRaWAN (low-power, long-range radio) — no Wi-Fi or cellular needed at the field level. Nodes operate autonomously for months.
Tier 2 — Farm Hub
The hub aggregates data from 10–20 field nodes, runs irrigation scheduling, generates farmer advisories (SMS/WhatsApp), and syncs summary data to the cloud via 4G. It also serves as the LoRaWAN gateway and local data archive.
Tier 3 — Drone AI Station
Processes drone survey data (multispectral + RGB) into NDVI maps, yield estimates, and crop health reports. This is the most compute-intensive tier — the AGX Orin processes a 200-acre survey in under 30 minutes.
Complete BOM — every component specified
All components are RDP-validated, GeM-listed, and available as a single-vendor procurement package. Quantities shown are for a typical deployment — contact us for exact sizing.
| Component | Platform | Specifications | Qty | Role |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Field AI Node | Hailo-8 (26 TOPS) on RDP carrier | Hailo-8 M.2, 4GB RAM, 64GB eMMC, IP67, 12V solar input, LoRaWAN radio | 1 per 2–5 acres | RGB + multispectral camera capture, crop disease detection, pest identification, soil moisture inference |
| Solar Power Kit | 60W panel + 100Ah LiFePO4 battery | MPPT charge controller, 3-day autonomy, anti-theft mount, IP67 junction box | 1 per field node | 365-day autonomous power — no grid dependency |
| Farm Hub | NVIDIA Jetson Orin NX (100 TOPS) | 16GB RAM, 512GB NVMe, 4G LTE modem, LoRaWAN gateway, IP54 enclosure | 1 per 10–20 plots | Data aggregation, irrigation scheduling, advisory generation, 4G uplink for summaries |
| Drone AI Station | NVIDIA Jetson AGX Orin (275 TOPS) | 64GB RAM, 2TB NVMe SSD, USB3 drone data ingest, ruggedised desktop | 1 per farm | NDVI processing, orthomosaic stitching, yield prediction, crop health mapping |
| Agricultural Drone | Multispectral mapping drone | 5-band multispectral + RGB, 40-min flight time, RTK GPS, 200-acre/flight | 1 per farm | Periodic aerial survey (weekly/bi-weekly) for NDVI, canopy analysis, drainage mapping |
| LoRaWAN Sensors | Soil + weather sensors | Soil moisture/temp, ambient temp/humidity, rain gauge, wind speed, solar radiation | 1 set per plot | Continuous environmental monitoring for irrigation and advisory algorithms |
| Satellite Fallback Modem | L-band satellite terminal | Low-bandwidth (2.4 kbps), always-on, weather-resistant | 1 per farm hub | Alert and advisory delivery when 4G coverage is unavailable |
What you need to deploy
Power
Field nodes: 100% solar (60W panel + LiFePO4 battery). Farm hub: solar or grid with battery backup. Drone station: grid or generator.
Cooling
All outdoor components: fanless, IP67, rated -10 to +60°C. Drone station: indoor or sheltered location.
Connectivity
LoRaWAN for field-to-hub (2–10 km range). 4G for hub-to-cloud (optional). Satellite fallback available.
Space
Field nodes: pole-mount in field (1m height). Farm hub: wall-mount in farm office or shelter. Drone station: desk in farm office.
Installation
RDP provides field survey, node placement planning, solar sizing, LoRaWAN range validation, model training with local crop data, and farmer training
Standards and regulatory alignment
- Digital Agriculture Mission guidelines
- ICAR/KVK compatibility
- PM-KISAN / eNAM integration ready
- BIS certification
- GeM-listed (all components)
- Make in India certified
- FPO grant-eligible configuration
Ready to deploy Agricultural Monitoring?
Share your scale, site requirements, and timeline. We’ll customise this reference architecture to your exact deployment — from BOM to commissioning.