MSI-RPi: Affordable, Portable, and Modular Multispectral Imaging Prototype Suited to Operate in UV, Visible and Mid-Infrared Regions
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.13052/jmm1550-4646.18312Keywords:
imaging technology, low-cost, spectral, phenotype, plant science, vision, imaging sensors, agriculture, image analysisAbstract
Digital plant inventory provides critical growth insights, given the associated data quality is good. Stable & high-quality image acquisition is critical for further examination. In this work, we showcase an affordable, portable, and modular spectral camera prototype, designed with open hardware’s and open-source software’s. The image sensors used were color, and infrared Pi micro-camera. The designed prototype presents the advantage as being low-cost and modular with respect to other general commercial market available spectral devices. The micro-size connected sensors make it a compact instrument that can be used for any general spectral acquisition purposes, along with the provision of custom selection of the bands, making the presented prototype design a Plug-nd-Play (PnP) setup that can be used in different wide application areas. The images acquired from our custom-built prototype were back-tested by performing image analysis and qualitative assessments. The image acquisition software, and processing algorithm has been programmed, which is bundled with our developed system. Further, an end-to-end automation script is integrated for the users to readily leverage the services on-demand. The design files, schematics, and all the related materials of the spectral block design is open-sourced with open-hardware license & is made available at https://github.com/ajayarunachalam/Multi-Spectral-Imaging-RaspberryPi-Design. The automated data acquisition scripts & the spectral image analysis done is made available at https://github.com/ajayarunachalam/SI-RPi.
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