Imaging Systems

Tetracam multi-spectral imaging systems are divided into two product families. Systems in our Agricultural Digital Camera or ADC family each consist of a single camera. These are equipped with fixed filters that look at the same green, red and near-infrared wavelengths that Landsat satellite systems have viewed for years. Systems in our Multiple Camera Array or MCA family contain four, six or twelve registered and synchronized cameras. Each camera in the array is able to simultaneously capture a band of radiation specified by the user.

All cameras in both families are lightweight and compact. All permit manual, auto-timed or remotely triggered exposures. All capture images and store them on multi-gigabyte image memory cards. All are able to continuously capture GPS coordinates for geo-tagging images. All are equipped with video out and USB ports. Each system is shipped with Tetracam's PixelWrench2 software for managing and editing images, interpolating GPS coordinates, extracting vegetation indices (such as NDVI), converting images into common file formats and performing other image analytical functions.

Our newer systems, the Macaw, Auk and Hawk products, are able to perform the Analytics on images as they are captured. These include all of the common vegetation index calculation, assignment of palettes for false color rendering, and collection of the results into a single multi-page TIF image file. The output can be used directly with orthomosaic software packages such as AgiSoft.

Macaw Smart Band Ratio Camera Usage: Ground or Aircraft Cameras: 6 to 12 Bands: User-Selectable Lens: 9.6 mm fixed Sensor: Global Snap Image Size*: 1280 x 1024 Standard Storage: 280 GB SSD Power: Ext. (800 MA at 12 volts, 9 to 15 volt input) Weight: 560 g   * per camera		Auk Smart NDVI Camera Usage: Ground or Aircraft Cameras: One Bands: R, G, NIR Lens: 3.04 mm fixed Sensor: Rolling Shutter Image Size: 1640 x 1232 Standard Storage: 16 GB Power: Ext. (12 volts, 9 to 30 volt input) Weight: 80 g
Hawk Smart NDVI Phenocamera Usage: Handheld or fixed ground installation Cameras: One Bands: R, G, NIR Lens: 3.04 mm fixed Sensor: Rolling Shutter Image Size: 1640 x 1232 Standard Storage: 16 GB Power: Ext. (12 volts, 9 to 30 volt input) Weight: 250 g or 290 g w. battery		Micro-MCA (Multi-Camera Array) Usage: Ground or Aircraft Cameras: 4, 6, or 12 Bands: User-Selectable Lens: 9.6 mm fixed Sensor: Rolling Shutter or Global Snap Image Size*: 1280 x 1024 Standard Storage*: 16 GB Power: Ext (6.24 to 19.8 W) Weight: 497 g to 1000 g   * per camera
RGB+3 Usage: Ground or Aircraft Cameras: 4 Bands: RGB fixed + 3 band pass Lens: 9.6 mm fixed Sensor: Global Snap Image Size*: 1280 x 1024 Standard Storage*: 16 GB Power: Ext (8 W) Weight: 400 g   * per camera		Micro-MCA + Thermal IR Usage: Ground or Aircraft Cameras: 6 + Thermal Bands: User-Selectable + Thermal Lens: 9.6 mm fixed + 13 mm fixed Sensor: Global Snap Image Size*: 1280 x 1024 Standard Storage*: 16 GB Power: Ext (6.24 to 19.8 W) Weight: 497 g to 1000 g + approx. 700 g   * per camera
ADC Micro Usage: Ground or Aircraft Cameras: One Bands: R, G, NIR Lens: 8.43 mm fixed Sensor: Rolling Shutter Image Size: 2048 x 1536 Standard Storage: 16 GB Power: Ext (2 W) Weight: 90 g		ADC Snap Usage: Ground or Aircraft Cameras: One Bands: R, G, NIR Lens: 8.43 mm fixed Sensor: Global Snap Image Size: 1280 x 1024 Standard Storage: 16 GB Power: Ext (2 W) Weight: 90 g
ADC Snap Single Band/UV Usage: Ground or Aircraft Cameras: One Bands: User Selectable, Including UV Lens: 8.43 mm fixed, 8 mm fused Silica UV Sensor: Global Snap Image Size: 1280 x 1024 Standard Storage: 16 GB Power: Ext (2 W) Weight: 90 g		Legacy Products

Smart NDVI cameras are multispectral cameras for precision agriculture that can calculate vegetation indices and create false color NDVI images without the use of an image processing program accessory.

Precision Farming and Forestry need multispectral camera and NDVI camera images to create orthomosaic maps that allow interventions to be optimized. NDVI phenocameras that can perform time lapse photography are best for slow growing flora, while faster growing commercial harvests are best served by airborne NDVI mapping cameras.