“Internet of Tomatoes”Precision Ag System Approach

Rob O’Reilly

Analog Devices Inc.

Problem Statement

Why do tomatoes taste like cardboard?

– Growth cycle

– Variety/Type

– DNA

– Weather

Lets determine why!!!

Cost of Resources

Climate Change

Regulatory Compliance

The Challenges

4

Tradition vs IoT

AD-Ag Connect

Field deploymentLarge area, lower density

Hoop House deploymentHigher density, lower area

Boots on the Ground

Destructive First

Spectrometer

Non Destructive Test

Tomatometer App

Dashboard Concept

Block Chain - Ripe.IO

Full Operating System

Where/What to Sense?

Starts with the Seed

GrowCycle

Then it’s about the soil

On to the pre-fruit stage

Fruit Stage Begins

On to Harvest!

Industrial Manual

Processing/Transportation

Industrial

Manual

Scorecard

RESTAURANTS

AND CHEFS

UNIVERSITY

CAFETERIAS

FOOD

TRUCKS

RETAILERS

Block Chain

System Review

Sensing Review

• Optical

• EC

• Impedance

• Inertial

• Audio

• Gas

• Chemical

• More…..

• Water

• Air

• Soil

• Plant

• Fruit or Vegetable

• Transportation

• Storage

• More…..

Where? Technology

Join us in Socializing the supply chain!

BESTFOOD BEST

TECH

BESTAGRICULTURE

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