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Behind the Scenes: Expanding the ScanCorder Capabilities
Driven by our own strategic considerations and the requirements arising from various customer applications, we have expanded the electronic design of the COMPOLYTICS® ScanCorder measuring head. The measurement principle of inverted spectroscopy is particularly well suited not only to the reflectance measurements implemented to date but also to fluorescence measurements, thanks to the sequential illumination…
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Smoke Gets in Your Wine － Verse 3
From Hyperspectral Insight to Handheld Impact: Year Three of Smoke Taint Detection Completed Bushfire smoke remains one of the most unpredictable and costly risks facing wine producers. While laboratory analysis can detect smoke taint compounds with precision, it is slow, expensive, and impractical for rapid decision-making in the vineyard. Over the past three seasons, Compolytics…
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Why Access to Many Vegetation Indices Matters in Plant Research
Vegetation indices (VIs) are a powerful way to translate optical measurements into meaningful plant traits. In practice, however, different crops, stress factors, growth stages, and research questions often call for different indices. There is no single “best” vegetation index — relevance always depends on the application. Having access to more than 145 vegetation indices from…
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Why Calibration Matters in Spectral-Optical Measurements
Spectral-optical sensors are powerful tools for analysing materials and processes — from agriculture to industrial quality control. But like any measurement system, their accuracy depends not only on the sensor itself, but also on how well it is calibrated. Without proper calibration, results can drift over time, making data harder to compare across samples, instruments,…
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Product Launch of ScanCorder VI-VNIR
This week was the big moment: the new ScanCorder VI-VNIR was officially launched and presented to a wide audience of experts at our stand at the European Plant Phenotyping Symposium in Bonn. Visitors to the stand were able to get hands-on experience with the new sensor and vegetation indices calculated in real-time using contrasting sorghum…
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Application Note: Nitrogen Monitoring in Agave
We are pleased to share the second ScanCorder Application Note, part of our growing series at Compolytics. This note explores how spectral vegetation indices (VIs) can be used to monitor nitrogen responses in Agave americana — a crop of rising importance for biofuels, fibres, and beverages.Using the ScanCorder GP-VNIR, researchers measured reflectance from agave leaves…
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Application Note: Smoke Taint Detection in Grapes
We are excited to announce the release of our first ScanCorder Application Note, kicking off a new series from Compolytics. This note demonstrates how spectral vegetation indices (VIs) measured with the ScanCorder GP-VNIR can detect smoke contamination in grapes — an increasingly relevant issue for vineyards facing bushfire risks.Using reflectance data from Shiraz grape bunches,…
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Behind the Scenes: Validating Our New VI-VNIR Sensor
Vegetation indices are essential for understanding plant health, growth patterns, and stress factors － critical insights for agriculture, research, and beyond. At Compolytics, we continuously push the boundaries of what’s possible with spectral-optical sensing. Our latest innovation takes this even further. We’re excited to share a glimpse behind the scenes of our in-house validation process…
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The GP-VNIR ScanCorder – Now Smarter, Stronger, and More Precise
The GP-VNIR ScanCorder, our general-purpose multispectral sensor covering the visible and near-infrared range, has just received a major hardware and firmware upgrade. Designed for broad applicability in research, education, and industrial sensing, this latest release brings the ScanCorder platform another step closer to full technological maturity. What’s New The new GP-VNIR generation introduces several improvements…
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Smoke Gets in Your Wine － Verse 2
Bushfire smoke in vineyards can spell disaster for winemakers, as smoky, ashy characters in grapes can render wine unsaleable, leading to significant revenue losses. At Compolytics, in collaboration with The University of Adelaide and key industry partners from the Australian and US wine industries, we’re taking our mission to safeguard grape and wine quality to the next…
