Industrial Automation Magazine India

Industrial Wireless Vibration And Temperature Sensor

Published on : Tuesday 30-11--0001

Introducing NCD’s Long Range IoT Industrial wireless vibration and temperature sensor, boasting up to a 2 Mile range using a wireless mesh networking architecture. Incorporating a precision 16-bit vibration and temperature sensor, this device transmits highly accurate vibration and temperature data at user-defined intervals.

During Power-Up, this vibration sensor learns “normal” base-line vibration from the monitored device.  This base-line vibration is subtracted from regular sampled vibration readings to improve relevant vibration data.  Ideally, the monitored device should be off while the sensor is learning.  Once the sensor stabilizes and starts sending data, the device/machinery being monitored can be powered on.  This Industrial IoT wireless vibration sensor samples 3-axis of Vibration data for 500ms and then calculates RMS, Maximum, and Minimum vibration readings. This sensor combines these data with temperature data in a data packet, and transmits the result to modems and gateways within wireless range.  Once transmission is complete, the vibration sensor goes back to sleep, thus minimizing power consumption.

Powered by just 4 AA batteries and an operational lifetime of 500,000 wireless transmissions, a 10 years battery life can be expected depending on environmental conditions and the data transmission interval.  Optionally, this sensor may be externally powered, making it an ideal choice for wireless vibration monitoring system for industrial equipment.  With an open communication protocol, this sensor transmits hardware encrypted data that can be integrated with just about any control system or gateway.  Data can be transmitted to a PC, a Raspberry Pi, to Losant IoT cloud, Microsoft® Azure® IoT, and an embedded system all at the same time. Sensor parameters and wireless transmission settings can be changed using our free LabVIEW® monitoring software on a desktop PC.

We take IoT security very seriously, which is why we encrypt every IoT sensor, gateway, modem, and device in the NCD Enterprise product line.  Encryption is much easier to manage than you might expect, as the encryption does not get in the way of using the device.  We include a standard 128-Bit AES Encryption key with every device or we can help you integrate a new encryption key into all of your devices.  All hardware devices must use the same encryption key.  Once the keys are set, the hardware manages the rest for you, 100% in the background.

Features

• Industrial Grade 3-axis Vibration Sensor with RMS, MAX and MIN
• Calculates g Vibration Data Across ±16g Range with Low Pass Filter
• Frequency Range (Bandwidth) up to 408 Hz Samples up to 952Hz
• Operating Temperature Range -40 to +85 °C
• External Probe with Integrated Sensor
• Wall-Mounted or Magnet Mounted IP65 Rated Enclosure
• 2 Mile Line-of-Sight Range with On-Board Antenna
• Superior LOS Range of up to 28 Miles with High-Gain Antennas
• Interface to Raspberry Pi, Microsoft® Azure®, Losant, and More
• Example Software for Visual Studio and LabVIEW®
•  Wireless Mesh Networking using DigiMesh®
• Open Communication Protocol for Easy Software Integration
• Small 3″ x 3″ Form Factor Wireless IoT Vibration Sensor
• Power-Efficient Sleep Mode, Up to 10 Year Battery Life

1. User Configurable Sleep duration
2. Up to 500,000 Transmissions from 4 AA Batteries

• Includes Battery Level with Every Transmission
• Validates and Retries Lost Communication Packets

National Control Devices,LLC,USA