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UniRate - Seed Sensor
The UniRate™ Seed Sensor works with all seed types regardless of seed size and shape.This includes: Rapeseed, Sugar Beets, Peas, Beans, Onions, Corn and Broccoli. The UniRate™ Seed Sensor accurately counts seeds while planting to ensure that the correct rate is being applied. No skips or misplaced seeds have been allowed giving confidence that your precision planting unit is working to its full potential and ensuring the maximum yield and profitability for your planted crop.
Eliminate Seed Sensing Dead Zones
Optical seed sensors work under the principal of photo detection. Light emitting diodes (LEDs) create a thin field of light across the interior of the seed tube. A photo detector on the opposite side of the tube continuously monitors the intensity of the light. Any seed that disrupts the sensing zone’s light source is detected by the photo detector cell and the corresponding seed pulse is communicated to the monitor.
The UniRate Seed Sensor is a compact sensor allowing fitment to many planters where space is at a premium and larger sensors with large amounts of LED’s cannot be used. Its design allows the customization of the sensor mounting brackets by the machine’s OEM, thereby utilizing a standard sensor product which makes the UniRate Seed Sensor an extremely cost effective solution.
The UniRate Seed sensor is an extremely accurate sensor with up to 98 percent accuracy depending upon the seed size and planting rate. When the sensor is exposed to sunlight there is no appreciable degradation in performance for seeds larger than 3mm.
- Accurately monitors seeding rates between 2 — 122 seeds/sec across multiple seed types and sizes
- Low susceptibility to sunlight
- Cost effective design
- Compact design allowing easy customization of mounting brackets to fit many different planter types
- Uses a 3-Pin Weather Pak connector for direct connection to existing planter harnessing
- Compatible with existing DICKEY-john PM series planter monitors, IntelliAg® AI series controllers and the IntelliAg® MVT
- Compatible with most OEM planter monitors in use with older DICKEY-john seed sensors
Sensor Dimensions
- Sensor Heads – 0.90” (22.9mm) long x 0.75” (19.0mm) wide x .50” (12.7mm) deep
Electrical
- Operating Voltage – 7.5 VDC minimum to 8.75 VDC maximum
- Operating Current – 50 mA
Connector – 3 Pin Weather Pak
- Pin A – Green Wire – Signal
- Pin B – Black Wire – Ground
- Pin C – Red Wire – Supply Voltage
Environmental
Conforms to DICKEY-john Environmental Standard for voltage, vibration, thermal shock, physical shock, jet spray, humidity, temperature, chemical, salt spray, emissions, radiated immunity, solar radiation, electric static discharge, jump start, altitude.