December 2011 Newsletter


Friday, December 16, 2011

 

MicroStrain Applications
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Limited Time Offer: Buy Your SensorCloud Connectivity Kit and Get 6 months Free Premium Account!

The SensorCloud Connectivity Kit includes everything you need to connect your MicroStrain wireless sensor or sensor network to the cloud:

  • WSDA-1000  Wireless Sensor Data Aggregator with 600 MHz XScale Processor and 2GB Flash Storage; this intelligent and autonomous aggregator with Ethernet connection can sync data automatically to SensorCloud
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Website Update: New Application Section Showcases Case Studies and White PapersApplications on Website

  

With our range of innovative sensors, MicroStrain is dedicated to offering each customer solutions across a variety of industries.  We have recently launched anapplications section to our website, which highlights applications in aerospace, robotics and unmanned systems, civil engineering, biomedical, industrial manufacturing, and environmental industries. Now, customers have the opportunity to investigate more closely how our sensors and sensor networks are used.

 

Watch for new application notes, white papers, case studies, and industry categoriesVisit the applications page here

 

Remember, there's still time to submit your application story for a chance to win an Apple iPad! Contest ends December 31st, 2011, so hurry! Full contest details here

 

Node Commander 2.4 Software Upgrade

Last month, we announced the addition of the WSDA-Base-101 Analog Output Base Station and the WSDA-Base-102 RS232 Serial Output Base Station to our wireless gateway offerings.  Now, Node Commander software has been upgraded to fully support the new base stations' features and options, and is fully compatible with Netbooks.  

 

To download Node Commander 2.4, click here.

 

Synchronized Wireless Sensor Technology, Harvesters on Display at IDTechEx Energy Harvesting & Storage

                                                                         

Didn't have a chance to visit MicroStrain at IDTechEx Energy Harvesting & Storage USA last month?  Be sure to check out the video of our synchronized wireless sensor technology that was on display at the show.  MicroStrain EVP, Chris Townsend, demonstrates multiple sensor nodes sampling simultaneously in the video, recorded by ECN Magazine.  

 

 Click here for more information about MicroStrain's Wireless Sensor Networks, or to learn more about our Energy Harvesting Sensors and Harvesterswhich were also on display at the event.

                                                                       MicroStrain's MVEH Harvester           MicroStrain's PVEH Harvester

 

 

MicroStrain Inertial Sensors Monitor Orientation of Lightweight Kites in Flight
3DM-GX3-35 Kite Application
MicroStrain's 3DM-GX3-35 with GPS communicated orientation and positioning data over 200 m to custom graphic interface.

 

MicroStrain Inc. provided engineers at the Quad Cities Collaboration and Hackerspace Laboratory with a miniature inertial sensor to monitor real-time orientation and position onboard lightweight kites.  Historically, weight sensitive platforms have had difficulties supporting high-quality inertial and GPS measurement. because additional weight and space requirements can compromise design and function.  Our inertial sensor successfully communicated synchronized, live data to a ground display without affecting the kite's performance.  The sensor enabled engineers to quickly incorporate precise, cost-effective inertial monitoring in this unmanned and small-scale application.
 
 
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