Driving Global Agricultural Innovation with Aunir

Problems We Had To Solve

1. Cutting edge NIR scanning technology but no centralised software platform to support it
2. Need to collect, analyse and aggregate data from environments that have low internet connectivity
3. Balancing local configuration of tolerances and alerts with central standards
4. Central management of software reducing the need for expensive on site installs

The Plan

1. Understand the requirements including the capabilities and limitations of the existing system
2. Design a solution including the underlying cloud architecture and evolve this collaboratively with the Aunir technical team
3. Complete end to end development of the solution and test collaboratively with the client
4. Iterate the product based on user feedback

The Challenges

1. End users operate in environments with poor internet connectivity
2. Complex rules and logic with large volumes of data to process
3. Business critical system - any downtime has major impacts for users
4. Compatibility across different hardware versions with different capabilities

What We Did

1. Designed a distributed architecture where as much data processing as possible takes place on the device - giving immediate feedback to the user
2. Asynchronous data updates - data that can’t be processed on device is held until a connection is available then uploaded to the cloud environment
3. Central rules engine with options for localised user customisation - with different options available based on the capabilities of the user’s device
4. Deployment process to allow updates to be tested and pushed to live with minimal downtime and disruption to users

Technologies Utilised

• .Net back end
• Angular front end
• MS Azure SQL DB
• MS Azure serverless hosting
• MS Azure event grid
• MS Azure IoT infrastructure

Results

• Over 1 Million Measurements Logged
• Over 30,000 Measurements Tracked Per Day
• Hundreds of Users Across the Globe