The biggest obstacle to large scale implementation of wireless sensors in manufacturing is the battery. If you are going to put sensors in hard-to-reach areas, then you don’t want to have to go back often and replace batteries–for example a vibration sensor on every motor in every hidden location. If this product works as billed, [...]
Dust Networks has announced their SmartMesh-XT wireless sensor networking system. The Networks’ SmartMesh-XT family of products consists of motes and managers in both the 900 MHz and 2.4 GHz bands. Every mote in a TSMP-based network acts as a router, enabling simplified network installation and extremely high reliability. As a result, SmartMesh-XT products achieve >99.9% [...]
