"Orange Box": Outdoor remote sensing wireless device for smart agriculture

In the EIC project WatchPlant, we developed a device called "Orange Box" - a small, simple-to-use, portable, weather-proof, and autonomous device for outdoor data collection in environmental and agricultural monitoring. It comprises a waterproof enclosure, a battery, a low-power Linux-based single-board computer, and accompanying sensors and electronics for power management. It can be recharged over a USB or from external solar panels for an off-grid power supply. In the current version, the system can connect to four external sensor devices that use USB cables for collecting the measurements. Additionally, it can communicate wirelessly using three different technologies: Wi-Fi, BLE, and Zigbee. The device is equipped with a web-based user interface for configuring the experiments and a self-monitoring system to ensure optimal operation. The core Linux computer is economical but flexible and powerful enough to perform onboard data processing with classical or machine learning methods.

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