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This monthly e-newsletter, written by the editors of Sensors & Transducers Magazine (ISSN 1726-5479), delivers the product and research news you asked for, and updates you on happenings in the sensor science and industry. Who should read this Newsletter ? All who are interested in the newest information and trends in sensors, transducers, MEMS and sensor instrumentation, including DAQ.

IFSA Newsletter, No. 3, March 2005

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In this issue:

1.   World Wireless Sensors and Wireless Sensor Networks

2.   Use, Awareness of Smart Sensor Standard Limited Among Users of Industrial Electronic Temperature Controllers

3.   New Sensors Books (February 2005)

4.   Monthly Web Spots

5.   Sensors & Transducers Magazine (e-Digest), No.3, March 2005

6.   Sensors Web Portal Up-dates Briefs

7.   Subscriber services

8.   Additional Information

Plus lots more information to be found on Sensors Web Portal: http://www.sensorsportal.com

World Wireless Sensors and Wireless Sensor Networks (Report)

Although wireless sensor networks are easy to deploy at exceptionally low costs in comparison to a wired network, there are several technical challenges such as network management, monitoring tools, optimal gateway design, and several other hardware considerations that need to be addressed. However, the biggest challenge to date is increasing the average deployable network size from the existing few hundred nodes to a thousand nodes or more. Most companies in this field are working toward systems that can perform robustly and efficiently when scaled up to a size of around 500 nodes. Test demonstrations of 800 node networks are have already been completed successfully but more concerted efforts are required for gaining a competitive advantage in the mainstream market.

This research analyzes emerging developments that will enable wireless sensor networks to make an impact across various industry verticals. In addition to identifying major technology drivers and challenges, the research provides in-depth application analysis. Participants can also easily identify potential collaborators to stay ahead of the competition and remain shoulder-to-shoulder with critical developments.

Table of Contents and pricing info: http://www.gii.co.jp/english/fs26401_wireless_sensors_toc.html

Related to this report are:

1) Wireless Machine-to-Machine: An In-depth Study of Applications and Vertical Markets

http://www.gii.co.jp/english/dt21131_wireless_machine.html

2) U.S. Wireless Sensing Networks: R&D and Commercialization Activities

http://www.gii.co.jp/english/mr21762_us_wireless_sensing.html

Jeroen Van Heghe

Global Information, Inc.

Use, Awareness of Smart Sensor Standard Limited Among Users

     of Industrial Electronic Temperature Controllers

A recently published study by Venture Development Corporation (VDC) entitled "The Global Market For Industrial Electronic Temperature Controllers, Eighth Edition" found a high majority of industrial electronic temperature controller users to be unfamiliar with the IEEE 1451 smart sensor standard. VDC also found that of the users familiar with the standard, only 11% are using smart sensors with TEDS (Transducer Electronic Data Sheets).

In development since 1994, IEEE 1451 attempts to provide an industry standard to reduce the cost of creating unique smart sensors for each bus/network to which these would be connected. TEDS is an embedded memory chip in the sensor that contains sensor-related data, enabling the sensor to automatically identify itself once connected to a bus or network. More information about this standard can be found at: http://www.sensorsportal.com/HTML/standard.htm

Overall, VDC found among the temperature controller users in its survey:

• Slightly over 2% to be using smart sensors with TEDS, with another 10% expecting to be using these by the end of 2006.

• Twenty percent of those familiar with TEDS indicated they did not know when they would use this technology, and another 20% indicated they never will. However, included in these percentages are users familiar with IEEE 1451, but who have no plans to use any smart sensors at all with temperature controllers, and thus have no need for TEDS.

New Books (February 2005)

Monthly Web Spots

Are you looking who is a manufacturer of an integrated circuit where is only a manufacturer logo ? To determine an IC manufacturer based on a logo on IC lets you ELNEC Web site (Engineering and manufacturing device programming equipment for programmable integrated circuits, Slovak Republic). There are two search possibilities: select by manufacturer name and  by manufacturer logo.

The second web spot - ADIsimADC^TM : a virtual evaluation board for ADCs, is from the Analog Devices web site. It give you a great opprtunity to eliminate labour and time-cost hardware prototyping and preliminary experimental investigation for ADCs in terms of reduced system design risk and time to market. Just download ADC Analyser and the ADC model file free. It's that easy. ADI is now offering ADC behavioral models to more precisely model performance of Analog Devices products at specific operating conditions.

Do you have some interesting web spots in your bookmarks ? You are welcome inform me about it and share these web pearls among sensor community. Please send me the web address to: webmaster@sensorsportal.com

Sensors & Transducers e-Digest (ISSN 1726-5479), Vol. 53, No. 3, March 2005

The deadline for articles, press releases and sponsored White Papers for the next  issue of S&T e-Digest No.4, Vol.54, April 2005 is
15 April 2005

Sensors Web Portal Up-Date Briefs:

News:

• New issue of Sensors & Transducers e-Digest, Vol.53, Issue 3, March 2005 is in the DIGEST section with products news

• IFSA Newsletter (March 2005) online

• Measurement Systems And Sensors - new book editorial review

• Organic And Inorganic Nanostructures - new book editorial review

• New online store (Showcase 15) with digital, contact and non-contact tachometers

• New online store (Showcase 16) with pH meters and sensors

Up-Dated:

• Sensor Industry News subsection in NEWS section

• Sensor Industry News Archive section

• Sensor Industry News Syndication page

• Measuring and Control News page

• Biosensors section

• Optical Sensors List of Manufactures with frequency and digital output sensors

• Temperature Sensors List of Manufactures

• Projects Section with new project description

• Online Store Catalog

• Links Section with coming sensor related event calendar up to 2006

• Archive 6 section with new Ph.D. theses

• Training Courses with new courses

• New contents of 'Sensor Review'  Vol. 25, Issue 1, 2005

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