Crossbow Technology Expands CrossLink Partner Program for Wireless Sensor Applications.Business Editors/Technology Writers SAN JOSE San Jose, city, United States San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 10, 2001 Total of 20 Companies, Led by Analog Devices Analog Devices (NYSE: ADI) is an American multinational producer of semiconductor devices. Analog specializes in ADC, DAC, MEMS, and DSP chips for consumer and industrial goods. Analog is presently designing circuits in the 65 nanometer to 3 µm process feature sizes range. and Emation, Now Members of Cooperative Group Building Bluetooth-based, Internet-enabled Solutions Crossbow crossbow: see bow and arrow. crossbow Leading missile weapon of the Middle Ages, consisting of a short bow fixed transversely on a stock, with a groove to guide the missile and a trigger to release it. (R) Technology, Inc., the developers of the first wireless sensor network “WSN” redirects here. For the metasyntax, see Wirth syntax notation. A wireless sensor network (WSN) is a wireless network consisting of spatially distributed autonomous devices using sensors to cooperatively monitor physical or environmental conditions, such as architecture, today announced an expanded CrossLink Partners Program that includes leading sensor, hardware, software and applications developers including Analog Devices, Arthur D. Little Arthur D. Little, Inc. is the world's first management consulting firm. Founded in 1886 by Arthur Dehon Little, an MIT chemist who discovered acetate, and co-worker Roger Griffin, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Arthur D. Little pioneered the concept of contracted technology research. , and Emation. Crossbow set up the CrossLink Partners Program in summer 2000 to help build reliable, interoperable data acquisition and industrial control applications based on the Bluetooth wireless standard. Companies working with Crossbow use the company's CrossNet Wireless sensor see mote. architecture to develop remote data acquisition, overlay monitoring, security, compliance, actuation ac·tu·ate tr.v. ac·tu·at·ed, ac·tu·at·ing, ac·tu·ates 1. To put into motion or action; activate: electrical relays that actuate the elevator's movements. 2. , data broadcast and logging, environmental facilities mapping, machine performance monitoring, and other applications. New members of the program that produce sensor products include: Analog Devices, a manufacturer of precision high-performance ICs used in signal processing See DSP. applications; Futek, a manufacturer of strain gauge strain gauge Device for measuring the changes in distances between points in solid bodies that occur when the body is deformed. Strain gauges are used either to obtain information from which stresses in bodies can be calculated or to act as indicating elements on devices for based load cells and force sensors; Gagetek, maker of strain gauge-based load cells and weighing systems; Mountz Torque, a manufacturer of torque sensors A torque sensor or torque transducer is a device for measuring the torque on a rotating system such as an engine crankshaft or a bicycle crank. Static torque is relatively easy to measure; dynamic torque is not, since it generally requires transfer of some effect (electric ; Therm-X, maker of thermocouples; Advanced Sensing Products, a maker of temperature sensing products; and Sensor Technologies, maker of pressure sensors.
-- Several industrial software suppliers also have joined, including:
San Francisco Industrial Software, which makes custom software and
system integration for data acquisition and instrumentation
control based on National Instruments' LabVIEW system; Emation, a
developer of enterprise-level web solutions; and Arula, which
develops secure Internet-based remote access for control,
monitoring, diagnostics and software upgrades.
-- Application developers are led by Arthur D. Little, which supplies
web-based solutions and equipment condition monitoring solutions;
BTR, which develops medical monitoring applications; Cyrano
Sciences, makers of networked sensors and software for processing
monitoring in the food, chemical, medical and environmental
industries; and SmartSignal, which provides equipment condition
monitoring systems for machine health, transportation, process
control and other applications.
-- Development partners in the CrossLink program include Quincy
Street, a software and systems developer for the automated test
industry; Datastick Systems, which is the leader in Palm platform
data acquisition; Extended Systems; a provider of mobile data
management and short-range wireless connectivity systems; and ARC
Advisory Group, a research organization that specializes in the
industrial market.
"The CrossLink Partners Program was set up to help us build a reliable set of wireless sensor applications with the industry's strongest companies," said Rudy Mui, vice president of marketing for Crossbow Technology
Crossbow Technology, Inc. (also referred to as XBow) is a California-based company with two distinct product lines. One is based on MEMS inertial sensor systems. , Inc. "We are developing data acquisition and industrial control solutions for our customers, and we are pleased to welcome such a prestigious group of leading hardware, software and sensor companies into the program, which has grown very quickly." The CrossNet architecture supports a broad range of sensor vendors and types including temperature, pressure, motion, flow, gas, chemical, humidity, magnetic, light and strain. The architecture lets computers quickly gather data from sensors in industrial and medical equipment, on vehicles, in buildings and in factories or on large structures, such as bridges or towers. This enables the use of sensor technology in applications that are difficult or impossible to wire or that are subjected to harsh physical conditions. Data can be moved instantly through the CrossNet system to the Internet for review by multiple, authorized users authorized user Radiation physics A person who, having satisfied the applicable training and experience requirements, is granted authority to order radioactive material and accepts responsibility for its safe receipt, storage, use, transfer and disposal in remote locations. About Crossbow Technology Crossbow Technology, Inc. is the leading supplier of low-cost, intelligent digital sensor solutions. Crossbow is located at 41 E. Daggett Drive, San Jose, CA 95134. Telephone: 408/965-3300. Fax: 408/324-4840. Email: info@xbow.com. Visit Crossbow at www.xbow.com. Note to Editors: Crossbow is a registered trademark and CrossNet is a trademark of Crossbow Technology, Inc. Bluetooth is a trademark of Telefonaktiebolaget LM Sweden. All other product, service and company names are trademarks, registered trademarks or service marks of their respective owners. |
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