Explore our world-class, dynamic solutions built to empower leading Original Equipment Manufacturers in
perception, navigation, route planning, monitoring, and connectivity.
MACH NEXUS
Communication system to operators and machines.
Mach Nexus integrates WiFi, 900MHz Radio, and a LTE telematics gateway with a powerful ECU into a single rugged design. Developed for off-road agricultural, construction and industrial machines, it provides onboard processing and secure connectivity for applications in a wide range of scenarios, such as tractors, ISOBus implements, loaders, skid steers and more.
Equipped with a cloud-based management platform, it offers over-the-air (OTA) updates and security, as well as in-field, online or offline, machine-to-machine mesh networking and monitoring for autonomous control, logistics, asset tracking.
Data Processing
- Microprocessor: Dual Core 650 MHz ARM Cortex A7
- Real-Time MCU: 209 MHz Cortex M4
Data Storage
- Memory: 512MB DDR3 RAM
- Storage: 4GB eMMC Flash
Wireless Connectivity
- Signals: 4G LTE Cat 1 with 3G fallback, Wi-Fi (802.11ac), 900 MHz M2M Mesh Radio
- Simultaneous Communication: Three radios allow simultaneous communication over: LTE, 900 MHz, 2.4GHz, or 5GHz
- Machine-to-machine: Machine-to-machine (M2M) mesh capable
- Optional: GNSS receiver
Mach Perception
Obstacle perception for safe operations and visual guidance to augment or replace GPS.
Mach Perception provides a rugged, high-performance stereo vision platform capable of running proprietary Mach or client-specific neural networks. Mach’s pre-built functionality includes obstacle detection, row following, and vision-based odometry. With optional radar or lidar sensor fusion, Mach Perception is designed to function efficiently in a wide range of harsh environments, making it ideal for agricultural, construction and industrial applications.
Data Processing
- CPU: Dual Core NVIDIA Denver 64 bit, Quad core ARM Cortex A57
- GPU: 256-core Pascal GPU, 1.33 Tera-flops (TFLOPs)
Data Storage
- Memory: 4GB 128 bit LPDDR4
- Storage: 16GB eMMC Flash
- Solid State Drive: M.2 2280 PCIe NVMe SSD
MACH COMMAND
Navigation, path planning, section control, rate control, and implement control.
Mach Command serves as the heart of the vehicle’s autonomous capability, providing the central processing and dynamic path planning for agricultural, construction and industrial applications. Hardened to endure challenging vehicle environments, equipped with high computing power, data-handling capabilities and storage capacity. Command delivers a continuous, uninterrupted stream of data and instructions to fulfill job execution while handling people, obstacles and other potential real-time hazards.
Data Processing
- Microprocessor: Quad core Cortex A72 at 1.5Ghz
- Real Time MCU: 480 MHz Cortex M7
Data Storage
- Memory: 4 or 8GB RAM
- Storage: 256GB SSD
MACH OPS
Mach Ops is a comprehensive off-board software platform designed to manage, monitor, and scale connected machinery. Featuring a flexible, cloud-based infrastructure and local App based UI, Ops supports OEMs, dealers, and users with secure, customizable user interfaces and a range of services for managing and deploying fleets of autonomous and automated machines.
Ops Cloud is the backend machine, services and user management solution to deploy connected equipment at scale. It incorporates the following functionality.
- Device provisioning.
- Distributed software release management.
- Subscription management.
- Over-the-air software updates
- User management and account creation with a variety of Auth levels for each.
- Customizable dashboard creation and data analysis.
- Live machine information and tracking
- Machine configuration management
- API access to CRM and ERP systems.
Mission Control, part of the Ops suite, is a flexible, customizable User Interface that supports machine setup, mapping, job creation, and operational monitoring. It runs natively and is available on Android and iOS. Mission Control can is built to be customized to OEMs’ specific machinery, brand and applications, allowing full control over deployed machines at a local and remote level. Some of the available modules included in Mission Control are:
- Customer-site-zone or client-farm-field data structuring.
- Machine setup and persistent configurations and equipment pairing.
- Field/Site mapping and setup and importation of GIS files.
- Job Creation with multi-function path planning.
- Operational monitoring and coordinated control of multiple machines.
- Remote monitoring and operation mapping.
- Event notifications and user overrides when necessary.
- API to 3rd party cloud backend servers.
Web Portal
- Secure login and role structuring.
- MFG, Dealer, User role creation and management of sub-roles within each.
- Features dependant on users role.
SUBSCRIPTION SERVICE
- Accepts credit card payment via integration with a third party payment gateway for equipment capabilities - RTK, row-following, telematics, etc. for end users
- Subscription management and tracking, allows for "add on services" from dealers or OEMS
DATA MANAGEMENT
- Secure data storage, for vehicles, users, services, log files, images etc.
- Dashboard visualization and live tracking of Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
- Machine and fleet analysis tools to create diagnostics and prognostics of connected equipment.
3RD PARTY API'S
- John Deere Ops Center.
- OEM enterprise software.
- OEM specific cloud services, user interfaces or legacy systems.
SOFTWARE UPDATE SERVICES
- Release version management and over the air (OTA) updates
Mach Radx
RadX, Mach’s patent-pending phased array radar product, employs
an array of individually controlled antenna elements. By adjusting
the phase and amplitude of the signals emitted by each antenna
element, the radar beam’s direction and characteristics can be
precisely controlled.
Key features of RadX include beam steering, improved resolution and accuracy, adaptive beamforming, and a scalable, modular design.
Applications:
- Tillage depth sensing (distance to soil)
- Tillage organic matter detection (distance to spent crop)
- Tillage job quality (surface roughness)
- Obstacle detection
Rugged Design
- Enclosure sealed to IP67
- Designed to meet MIL-STD-810
- Operating temperature: -30°C to +70°C
- Storage temperature: -40°C to +85°C
Tillage Sensing
- Depth sensing from 0.5m to 2.0m,±1cm
- Organic matter depth sensing up to 2.0m
- Tillage surface map FOV: 60° (H) x 30° (V)
- X-band frequency: 6.8GHz
- Depth sensing up to 20Hz
Obstacle Detection
- Max range: 5m
- Obstacle detection FOV: 120° (H) x 30° (V)
- Obstacle detection rate > 10Hz
Wired I/O
- Input power: 9-32VDC, 6A max
- CAN (1x)
- Ethernet (10/100Base-TX)
Mach Remote
E-Stop, multi-machine, mesh network enabled UI and Remote Control