Products

Austriamicrosystems has announced the AS8510, a high precision data acquisition front-end IC for automotive battery current, voltage, temperature sensing applications. It is also suited to sensor interface applications where precise measurement of small signals close to ground is required.

Digital Ally has begun production of its new DVM-250 Digital Event Recorders, and has also won its first order for 65 of the units from one of the largest ambulance service providers in the United States.

Global weather specialist Vaisala has launched a newly developed non-invasive road weather information system with substantial benefits for road operators. The Guardian Road Weather Information System (RWIS) uses laser spectroscopy to gauge pavement condition during all types of weather. It measures a variety of parameters: amount of accumulated water, frost, ice, slush, snow, and humidity as well as air and pavement temperature. For the first time ever for non-contact sensors, Guardian also derives a measu

K-headquartered CCTV storage systems manufacturer Visimetrics has launched FiND (Forensic investigation Network Database), which is the result of a US$1.6 million research and development project. The system has the capability of linking to any CCTV recording system to create and index key objects of interest at the time of video capture and storage. Visimetrics claims that FiND can help locate critical evidence from major CCTV systems in seconds.

Safe Driving Systems has launched Key2SafeDriving for general release for BlackBerry, Windows Mobile, and Symbian powered mobile phones, with other operating systems and phones planned for the future. Key2SafeDriving uses easy to install handset software and a plug-and-forget Activator that installs in the vehicle without tools. Activated when the car starts, the software automatically puts the mobile phone into Safe Driving Mode, disabling its ability to send or receive calls or text messages. It monitors,

Advanced video surveillance solutions manufacturer Siqura, a member of the TKH Group, has announced that its newest cameras will use the Seawolf image sensor from Pixim which, the company says, are renowned for their excellent image control, superior performance in extreme lighting and low-light conditions, and 690 HTVL effective resolution.

Sicore is the new-generation ANPR (Automatic Number Plate Recognition) camera system designed by Siemens Mobility to read number plates automatically. The company says Sicore caters for a wide range of applications in parking space monitoring and security, vehicle speed and journey time measurement, as well as toll collection. Sicore can scan up to two lanes of traffic and even opposite directions of travel at the same time. The operating range is 5 to 30 metres for single-lane and 10 to 35 metres for two-l

Pulse Electronics Corporation has launched its new, ultra-thin, active GPS antenna with global 3G functionality including GPRS, GSM, UMTS and WCDMA.

Jenoptik Robot has launched the new Robot Smart Camera IV for speed and red light surveillance. This high-resolution digital system operates with a two-lens technology, enabling simultaneous still photos and video recordings, for example. Although compact in size, the device can monitor up to six lanes of traffic. The integrated, intelligent technology allows for immediate and automatic number plate identification which can be matched with a database, for example, for identification of wanted vehicles and s

Cambridge Pixel, a developer of primary radar, acquisition, processing and display solutions, has extended its product offering in radar display with the introduction of the SPx Radar Image Server (SPx-RIS). Developed to provide a cost-effective single-licence solution for point to multipoint radar display applications, it can distribute up to four scan-converted images to multiple display clients including standard web browsers or custom-written applications in Linux or Windows. No client license is requir

The newly launched Zeag Orion Xbit is designed for smaller enterprises (up to 100 spaces) with a need for a simple but professional car parking solution but who don't require a lot of peripherals, complex software and reporting systems. The unit accepts all payment methods including cash, cards, credit tickets and tokens, and provides a basic level of services including transaction reporting. The Xbit can work in standalone mode, meaning installation is quick and easy with minimum disruption as no costly ca