The horticulture applications section of Mouser.com contains valuable resources for engineers interested in developing small-scale horticulture and agriculture systems. The applications section provides an overview of horticultural lighting, including a detailed system diagram with recommended components. Clicking on a block in the diagram displays a list of applicable components, including LEDs and LED drivers, thermal substrates, and heat sinks. The section also includes a clickable visualization of horticultural LED colors, with links to the corresponding products available on Mouser.
The Featured Products section lists important components used in horticulture systems, such as LEDs, sensors, and embedded solutions. Products include the Duris® S 5 horticulture LEDs from Osram Opto Semiconductors, the Bosch BME280 humidity and pressure sensor, the AVR-IoT WG evaluation board from Microchip Technology, and much more.
The articles section of the applications webpage contains links to documents focusing on key horticulture topics. Solution-based articles include "A Smarter Green Thumb," which presents a sensor-based monitoring platform using a Microchip Xplained board, and "LEDs and Li-Fi Brighten the Future of Connected Lighting Systems," which examines how LEDs and Li-Fi technology enable simultaneous lighting and data transfer.
The Resources section provides links to vendor application pages, white papers, and more, all helping engineers with device selection and other considerations for horticulture applications. The section also includes a video from Mouser’s Shaping Smarter Cities series, part of the award-winning Empowering Innovation Together™ program. In the video, renowned engineer Grant Imahara travels to Tokyo to learn how indoor vertical farming uses 40% less energy and 99% less water than traditional outdoor agriculture.
