About our company


SenSys is a second-generation company that has stood the test of time.


Our company has been providing great service for nearly 40 years and in that time we have built a solid reputation for reliable and consistent software and electrical engineering and consulting.  We specialise in process control, data acquisition and system modelling. 


In addition to accessPRO, other sensor and control products we have designed include PastureProbe, a Chlorophyll Photometer and tree Water Status Sensors, all of which have gone worldwide.


Our expertise is based on long practical experience and the hard-won knowledge that comes from designing, manufacturing and servicing a wide range of control systems and instrumentation in an equally wide range of applications - science, horticulture, agriculture, Councils, food, beverage and manufacturing industries - large and small. Supporting control systems throughout New Zealand and Asia-Pacific has been our business since 1976 so we’ve been here for the long haul and are optimistic about the future. We are based in Nelson, New Zealand, with a Service Centre in Palmerston North, and soon to open a branch in Melbourne, Australia.


Our registered company name is Design Electronics Ltd and our trading name is SenSys - coined from ‘Systems for sensing our world’, which is what we are about.


We won’t unduly rave about ourselves, so here’s just one comment a valued client says about us:


“We have had a long-standing relationship with Design Electronics (SenSys) for purchasing and repairing instrumentation, especially with LI-COR laboratory and field equipment. We have always enjoyed excellent service that is far ahead of that provided by most agents importing international instruments into New Zealand. Their expert advice and familiarity with electronic complexities and use of sophisticated instruments is invaluable.”

(David Whitehead, Chief Scientist, Landcare Research NZ)


We value building great relationships with our clients and meeting their needs with the best technology and the best value that will stand the test of time. 


We look forward to being of service to you.


See it. Know it. Control it.

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for dairy farms, farms, horticulture

Derive data from pumps, dams, soil, storage tanks, irrigation, run-off and flow meters to aid water reticulation management, reporting and auditing. Ensures machinery operates safely and optimises water usage.

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for laboratory and remote field research, educational research

Seamless, lossless, collection of precision data. Modern programmable  logger, secure storage, remote processing of data and remote control of instruments for multiple users.

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for aged care, property, gateway, vehicle, remote work sites, animal care on-farm and in-transit

Know who or what just came in your gate, if appliances are operating unsafely, or what’s happening at home or work with securely stored imagery and alerts to anything unusual.  More...

for Council water and wastewater, landfills, factory process control

Integrate and supervise measuring and controlling technology,  tie disparate systems together, and translate the information through to one viewing panel or translate data to an existing user interface.

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