Technical Articles

LORD MicroStrain Sensing Systems has published these technical articles:

Energy Harvesting Wireless Sensors for Helicopter Damage Tracking
(RF, Microwave, and Wireless Components)
From this Article:
The knowledge of operational loads on a helicopter rotating components is important for condition based maintenance (CBM) and health usage monitoring systems (HUMS). In the past, the need to deploy...
I have connected my WSDA -1000 directly to my PC, why can't I communicate with it?
(Data Acquisition Products)
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The most common cause of this issue is that the customer connects the WSDA directly to the PC via the ethernet cable without setting the WSDA -1000 up for Static IP first....
SOLUTION BRIEF: Machine Monitoring Applications in the Oil and Gas Industry
(Data Acquisition Products)
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Reducing unplanned downtime in the oil and gas industry: use of the SensorCloud™ platform allows operators to characterize machine fatigue, perform predictive analysis, improve system design,...
SOLUTION BRIEF: Safer and Smarter Mining Machines
(Data Acquisition Products)
From this Article:
Equipment health monitoring and analysis enables predictive maintenance, reduces downtime, and reveals design improvement opportunities. Remote sensing and data collection saves labor, time, and...
Synchronized System for Wireless Sensing, RFID, Data Aggregation, & Remote Reporting
(RF, Microwave, and Wireless Components)
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We report on the development and test of an integrated structural health monitoring and reporting (SHMR) system for use on Navy aircraft. Our goal was to develop and test a versatile, fully...
Tracking Pitch Link Dynamic Loads with Energy Harvesting Wireless Sensors
(RF, Microwave, and Wireless Components)
From this Article:
Direct load monitoring of helicopter rotating structural components could provide enhanced condition based maintenance and improved flight regime recognition for future health and usage monitoring...
What RF channel works best with WiFi?
(Communication Devices)
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In general 802.15.4 and WiFi (802.11) coexsist without much interference to either type of signal....
White Paper: Reducing Flight Test Cycle Time from Weeks to Hours
(Data Acquisition Products)
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Immediate data feedback allowed flight engineers to make critical adjustments shortly after each test, enabling multiple tests per day. Previous test programs required week-long delays between flights...
Why does the time-stamp look wrong in Microsoft Excel?
(Industrial Computing)
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FAQ: Microsoft Excel....