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Aanderaa Data Instruments AS, a Xylem brand

Sanddalsringen 5b, Midtun, within the Xylem Analytic family giv- deraa in order to achieve the extreme 5828 Bergen, Norway ing it a global access to its customer low power requirements of the Under-

T: +47 55 60 48 00 base and systems integration capabili- water Observatories. The master-slave

E: [email protected] ties in remote parts of the world. protocol extends the CANBus protocol

Website: http://www.aanderaa.com Aanderaas’ latest innovative envi- with extra signaling to ef? ciently wake

CEO: Patrick Decker ronmental products such as the new up sensors or datalogger to receive data

No. of Employees: 90 in-line ZPulse DCS for easy system in- when necessary. Sensors on the bus tegration, the Doppler Current Pro? ler perform their own measurements at the

Aanderaa’s roots were formed in the Sensor Sensor as a stand-alone product required intervals and send collected need to make reliable measurements as well as the SeaGuardII DCP with data to the SeaGuard or SmartGuard in the earth’s most harsh environ- Dual Head , marks a turning point in logger. These dataloggers assemble the ments. Founded in the early 1960s by distributed instrumentation for under- datasets and package them to ensure

Ivar Aanderaa, the Aanderaa name water measurements of Hydro Acous- safe communication of data to a receiv- quickly became synonymous for robust tic, Electro-Optical, Electro-Chemical, ing station utilizing the Real-Time and reliable instrument solutions for Pressure, Temperature, Meteorological communication system. Sensors on the oceanographic and other environmental data in observing networks and self- AiCaP bus are utilizing Smart Sensor measurements. Now as part of Xylem, contained instrumentation. At the core technology and can operate both in the

Inc., the Aanderaa reputation continues of the system is the CANBus based bus con? guration and as stand-alone to serve the global need to have better, AiCaP protocol, which enables self- entities. In the latter mode, they can be smarter, and more robust sensor and detection of connected sensors and interfaced to any computer or logger systems solutions. Aanderaa actively dynamic setup of con? guration menus. using the RS-232 port and can be pro- collaborates with other companies This protocol was developed by Aan- grammed to varied modes of operation.

20 Stewart Road, P.O. Box 97, Collingwood, Ontario, Canada L9Y 3Z4 20 Stewart Road, P.O. Box 97, Collingwood, Ontario, Canada L9Y 3Z4

T: +1-705-444-1440 / E: [email protected] / W: http://www.sensortech.ca T: +1-705-444-1440 / E: [email protected] / W: http://www.sensortech.ca

CEO/President: Niru Somayajula CEO/President: Niru Somayajula

Sensor Technology Ltd. (Sen- development is the key to its ability to sorTech) designs and manufactures design custom devices for such a broad custom acoustic transducers, hydro- range of applications and industries.

phones and piezoelectric materials.

The company was founded in 1983 and (1.) SensorTech manufactures piezo- in the early days had a strong focus on electric ceramics, including hard and research. It has conducted experiments soft PZT meeting the speci? cations for on the space shuttle, the Mir space sta- Navy Types I, II, III, V and VI. tion and in ocean depths below 20,000 (2.) It uses its own ceramics to de- ft. More than 30+ years in business it sign and manufacture custom acoustic has shifted our focus to industrial ap- transducers and hydrophones. Vol- plications. umes range from one-offs and proto-

SensorTech produces custom acous- types to high volumes, producing as tic sensors for companies building sys- many as 6,000 hydrophones per week, tems for mine hunting, sonic ranging, month after month. sub-bottom imaging, trawl monitoring, (3.) It designs and manufactures hy- ? sh tagging, marine seismic explora- drophone preampli? ers and transform- tion and more. It also makes acoustic ers for piezoelectric acoustic transduc- transducers and hydrophones for use ers. These components provide the outside the marine environment, for ? rst layer of electronics, simplifying applications such as medical imaging, the process of integrating our custom oil well logging and gas ? ow mea- sensors into the systems of our custom- surement. Its history of research and ers.

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