PHOTONICS OPEN PROJECTS

See beyond conventional vision.

Hyperspectral imaging solutions for research, innovation and industry.

Photonics Open Projects develops compact, reconfigurable spectral imaging solutions that turn invisible spectral information into actionable data: from ONE-PIX for hands-on research and teaching to PRO-PIX for demanding industrial deployment.

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A PRO-PIX VIS camera unit labelled with its network address, ready for deploymentA field robot scanning young crop seedlings with hyperspectral sensorsA multi-sensor hyperspectral imaging rig with cameras and illumination modulesA hand holding an assembled PRO-PIX camera unitA laser-cut ONE-PIX kit prototype next to a colour-calibration target on a workbench
OUR SOLUTIONS

Start experimenting. Develop your application. Scale when you’re ready.

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Explore

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Develop

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Deploy

Assembled ONE-PIX hyperspectral single pixel imaging kit
EXPLORE

ONE-PIX

Start exploring hyperspectral imaging with a community, accessible and modular platform for teaching, research and experimentation.

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A custom optical assembly being aligned by hand, next to the assembled PRO-PIX camera unit on a lab bench
CUSTOM

Need something specific?

From sensor configuration to application development, we can help adapt hyperspectral imaging to meet your requirements.

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PRO-PIX sensor head mounted above a LIDAR unit in the workshop
DEPLOY

PRO-PIX

Hyperspectral imaging for demanding applications. A reconfigurable spectral imaging platform designed for professional and industrial use.

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TECHNOLOGY

The right spectrum, in the right place, at the right time

Actionable data in near real time, without a hypercube to store.

A targeted, intelligent measurement, in near real time

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Wheat plants in a field, standard RGB image

RGB image

View of the scene

One optical chain for both the RGB and the hyperspectral image

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The same wheat scene segmented: ears in red, leaves in green, stems in blue

Segmentation

Identification of the zones of interest

Algorithm dedicated to your use case

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Optical spatial modulator displaying the mask of the selected wheat ears

Spatial modulation

Only the useful zones are selected

Optical spatial modulator (or equivalent)

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Spectral detector splitting light into a spectrum

Resolved spectral measurement

Each zone is analysed with a spectral detector

Spectra measured only on the zones of interest

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  • Plant health
  • Nutrient needs
  • Yield estimation
  • Stress detection
  • Local maps and decisions

Actionable results in near real time

Directly usable indicators

Diagram: a segmented wheat scene is turned into ear, leaf and stem masks, sent to an optical spatial modulator so that only the selected zone is measured
Segmentation masks (ears, leaves, stems) drive the optical spatial modulator, so only the selected zone is measured.
VIS/NIR spectral signatures of wheat organsSchematic normalised curves for leaf, ear and stem, from 400 to 1000 nm. They help visualise the spectral differences reported in the literature and do not represent a single experimental measurement.
VIS/NIR spectral signatures of wheat organs00.250.50.7514005006007008009001000

Sources: Vergara-Diaz et al. (2020); Bruning et al. (2020).

Advantages of compressed hyperspectral imaging

PRO-PIX does not produce hypercubes, but useful data.

Near real time

Decisions closer to the field

Targeted measurement

Only what is needed is measured

No hypercubes

Less storage, less processing, lower costs

Accessible

Technology designed for field users, with no advanced spectral expertise needed

Application areas

RGB photo of a young wheat seedling next to its AVI vegetation-index map, highlighting the plant against the soil background

Precision agriculture

Crop health, water stress and phenotyping from field-scale spectral maps.

Food processing

Food processing

Sorting and quality control based on real spectral signatures, not visual inspection alone.

Geology

Geology

Mineral and material discrimination in the field or on the production line.

Health care

Health care

Non-invasive tissue and sample analysis built on the same compressive sensing core.

Food and mineral photos: Maksym Kozlenko and JJ Harrison, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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UPCOMING WEBINAR

ONE-PIX Webinar 2026

We are delighted to invite you to the third edition of our webinar dedicated to the ONE-PIX single-pixel hyperspectral sensor, on the 27th of November 2026.

Tuesday 27 November 2026 · 07:00 UTC

Join us to discover this year's advances around this open-source unconventional imaging platform, designed for higher education and applied research.

Register (English session)S'inscrire (session francophone)

Program

  • Extended functionalities: introducing the release of a new version of the ONE-PIX software on GitHub.
  • Photonics practical work: pedagogical workflows co-developed with teaching teams, including an original teaching pathway to revisit Fourier optics.
  • Industry applications: feedback on automated sample measurement, with a guest demonstration of the kit in the plant nutrition sector.
  • Research and innovation: implementation of state-of-the-art concepts in compressed sensing imaging, and perhaps a few surprises to discover together!