Instrumentation and Control News

The department has completed testing a prototype 98-foot tall mobile sensor tower, a critical component of SBInet, which is the department's multi-billion dollar effort to gain operational control of the nation's borders. The towers will hold an array of sensors, cameras and communications nodes, becoming a central part of giving Border Patrol agents improved situational awareness, or what is commonly referred to as a "common operating picture."

Multiple X-ray line detectors with different energy thresholds will be used for X-ray scanning. The application of 3D inversion algorithms and algorithms of data synthesis facilitate the receipt of three-dimensional images of an object from both of these detectors. The detectors will be made on the basis of a semiconductor GaAs and related compounds.

Sarah Bergbreiter has developed an "autonomous robotic flea has been developed that is capable of jumping nearly 30 times its height," thanks to what could possibly be hailed as the "world's smallest rubber band."

The tower houses cameras, radar, wireless data access points, communications and computer equipment, and a tower security system. When combined with Border Patrol agent vehicle modifications, the mobile sensor towers will provide surveillance data to the Common Operating Picture, a critical component of U.S. Customs and Border Protection's comprehensive border security solution.

The MTL 9331-TI Foundation fieldbus multiplexer is a field-mounted temperature input block for 2 and 3 wire RTDs, thermocouple, voltage and resistance inputs for eight temperature inputs

Recently MeshNetics, still little known in Russia, presented itself to the public telling both about itself and about potentials and opportunities in the wireless sensor market, MeshNetics' main field of activity...

This module can support up to 16 readers in EMS' Submet16 network, allowing virtually unlimited expansion of RFID information within a plant environment. With an Ethernet network of RFID readers, operators can monitor networks, run individual controller diagnostics, change commands, and much more whether on or off site...

M2M is an abbreviation for machine-to-machine, or technology that supports wired or wireless communication between devices. Virtually any communication network may accommodate M2M applications. Fixed-line networks are viable for monitoring fixed assets, whereas wireless networks may be used under all circumstances even though they are required for mobile assets.

Sophisticated Identification System to Help Optimize Fleet Management and Reduce Losses