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Crossbow Technology

 
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Crossbow Technology, Inc.
4145 N. 1st St.
San Jose, CA 95134
CA Tel. 408-965-3300
Toll Free 800-926-9832
Fax 408-324-4840

Type: Private
On the web: http://www.xbow.com
Employees: 40

Crossbow Technology can help you target the appropriate sensors and instrumentation. The company manufactures inertial sensor systems for aviation, land, and marine applications. Crossbow also provides wireless sensor networking products, including wireless sensing devices and mesh networking platforms for applications such as environmental monitoring, industrial monitoring and control, building automation, and security and asset tracking. Crossbow's more than 1,000 customers include defense, technology, and industrial manufacturing companies such as Honeywell and BP. The company was founded in 1995.

Key numbers for fiscal year ending 2007:
Sales: $4.5M

Officers:
President, CEO, and Director: Mike A. Horton
COO: Mike Dierks
CFO: Julianne M. (Julie) Biagini

Competitors:
Dust Networks, Inc.
Ember Corp.
Millennial Net, Inc.

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Wikipedia: Crossbow Technology
 

Crossbow Technology, Inc. (also referred to as XBow) is a California-based company with two distinct product lines. One is based on MEMS inertial sensor systems. The other is based on wireless sensor network platforms. Crossbow Technology is a privately-owned company and has taken investment from Cisco, Intel and the Paladin Capital Group.[1]

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Inertial Systems

Crossbow was started in 1995 to exploit MEMS inertial sensors. Notable products include the AHRS500GA, used in the FAA-sponsored Capstone program. The AHRS500GA was the first stand-alone, completely solid-state FAA certified AHRS system.[2] A follow-on product, the AHRS510GA is designed into the Eclipse Aviation Very Light Jet, the Eclipse 500.[3]

Wireless Sensor Networks

Crossbow was one of the first suppliers of the Berkeley-style MICA motes.[4] These implement the TinyOS operating system. Follow on products include the MICA2 (868/916 MHz) and MICAz (2.4 GHz) motes, and the Intel-designed IMOTE2. Crossbow also makes a software design platform for its hardware called MoteWorks.

Crossbow has received a number of awards for these products, including a "Best of Sensors Expo Gold 2006"[5] and the BP Helios Award.[6]

In 2008, Crossbow released eKo Pro Series System[7], a cost-effective wireless sensor system that monitors the health and vigor of crops, vineyard, agriculture and the environment. Built upon Crossbow's wireless sensor technology, eKo Pro collects your vital data which can be viewed from anywhere in the world via a simple internet browser. eKo's sensors can monitor soil moisture, ambient temperature, leaf wetness of your vineyard and crop. In the same year, Crossbow Japan released NeoMote System that monitors energy usage in a building and the enhanced visual display allows for easeness in smart energy saving.

References

  1. ^ Crossbow Technology : Inertial Systems : Company Overview - Crossbow, Investors
  2. ^ Avionics Magazine :: New Products
  3. ^ Eclipse Aviation - Partners
  4. ^ Howstuffworks "How Motes Work"
  5. ^ Report From Sensors Expo Part 1: Best of Sensors Expo Gold Winners - Sensors
  6. ^ BP Global - Press - Winners announced in 2005 helios awards
  7. ^ Reuters

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