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Autor: Ben Todt | Ultima atualização: 12/04/2023 | Comentários: 0
Should you be concerned about the impact of soiling or fouling on your photovoltaic (PV) power plant performance? Did you know that in a recent estimate, more than US$6 billion of annual revenue is lost because of diminished power generation at PV facilities due to... Leia maisAutor: Nathanael Wright | Ultima atualização: 10/31/2023 | Comentários: 0
In this blog article, and the next two in the series, I’m going to share with you some tips you can use to help troubleshoot your radio frequency (RF) networks. In large RF networks, it can be challenging to achieve reliable spread-spectrum radio communications. (For our... Leia maisAutor: Nathanael Wright | Ultima atualização: 10/17/2023 | Comentários: 0
Typically, when you use long cable lengths for your vibrating wire measurements, you experience a weaker signal with a greater chance of interference. So, how do you overcome this challenge and improve your measurement quality? Keep reading to find out. At Campbell Scientific, our vibrating wire... Leia maisAutor: Jacqalyn Maughan | Ultima atualização: 08/29/2023 | Comentários: 0
You may not realize just how helpful our handheld instrumentation can be—especially when it makes it easy for you to test your vibrating wire sensors, saving you time and money if a failed sensor is identified prior to installation. Let’s dive deeper into the five... Leia maisAutor: Jacqalyn Maughan | Ultima atualização: 08/22/2023 | Comentários: 3
Understanding the benefits of VSPECT® will help ensure you are maximizing your benefits when using this technology. In this article, we’ll explore this topic to provide you with a better measurement experience. Why do Campbell Scientific monitoring platforms give me extra vibrating wire data? Have you ever... Leia maisAutor: Jacqalyn Maughan | Ultima atualização: 04/06/2023 | Comentários: 0
Have you ever thought your bad vibrating wire sensor measurements were caused by erratic or erroneous data? You may be surprised to learn that data issues may not be the cause. If you are using a data-acquisition system other than one of the Campbell Scientific... Leia maisAutor: Nathanael Wright | Ultima atualização: 03/28/2023 | Comentários: 0
Campbell Scientific vibrating wire measurement hardware, with our patented VSPECT® technology, offers a distinct advantage over all other vibrating wire measurement systems. Unlike non-Campbell Scientific vibrating wire interfaces that use pulse counting to derive vibrating wire frequency, Campbell Scientific's VSPECT vibrating wire measurement products use spectral... Leia maisAutor: Nathanael Wright | Ultima atualização: 01/12/2023 | Comentários: 2
Campbell Scientific’s CELL2XX cellular modems (CELL205, CELL210, CELL215, CELL220, and CELL225) are commonly used as a low-power alternative to the many industrial cellular solutions available on the market today and are built to easily interface with all Campbell Scientific data loggers and data-acquisition systems. Occasionally,... Leia maisAutor: Nathanael Wright | Ultima atualização: 09/12/2022 | Comentários: 8
As organizations throughout the world continue to strengthen their network and data communications systems to counter increased security threats, we’ve noticed a trend: there’s been an increase in the number of Campbell Scientific customers setting up secure communications between their data loggers and other devices. SSH... Leia maisAutor: Dirk Baker | Ultima atualização: 07/29/2022 | Comentários: 9
About a year ago (May 2021), I installed a weather station next to the National Weather Service’s (NWS) official station at Furnace Creek in Death Valley National Park (California, USA). To familiarize yourself with this project, read my previous article. The purposes of this installation... Leia maisAutor: Libbie Anderson | Ultima atualização: 05/05/2022 | Comentários: 0
At Campbell Scientific, we redesigned our back-of-module temperature sensors and launched the CS241 and CS241DM purpose-built sensors to optimize performance on bifacial photovoltaic (PV) modules and help you collect data as precisely as possible. These newer sensors have some similarities to our previous sensor models, but... Leia maisAutor: Dirk Baker | Ultima atualização: 06/21/2021 | Comentários: 6
In this article, I'll share my experience collaborating on a research project to record some extreme weather conditions that may even set a world record! On August 16, 2020, the weather station located at Furnace Creek in Death Valley National Park (California, USA) recorded a temperature... Leia maisAutor: Bruce Smith | Ultima atualização: 04/15/2021 | Comentários: 2
Has an electrical surge or other event made you concerned that your COM port or short haul modem may not be operating properly? Do you know how to test for this? In this brief article, we’ll look at some simple tests you can perform to... Leia maisAutor: Dana Worley | Ultima atualização: 04/09/2021 | Comentários: 0
Do you currently use SMSSend() in a CRBasic data logger program to send SMS messages through a Campbell Scientific CELL2XX internal or external cellular module? There are some things you should know about the recent improvements we made that affect how SMSSend() works. With the release... Leia maisAutor: Dirk Baker | Ultima atualização: 03/05/2021 | Comentários: 0
In this article, I’ll explain how errors can occur when measuring the precipitation amount, discuss a correction approach, and demonstrate how an algorithm can be used to design high-quality tipping bucket rain gauges. Introduction Liquid precipitation (rain) is at once one of the simplest measurements mechanically and... Leia maisAutor: Carolyn Ivans | Ultima atualização: 10/23/2020 | Comentários: 0
You may already know that you can add external data storage to your data logger with flash-memory cards. But do you know what kind of card you need—or if you even need one? In this article, I’ll answer these and other memory card questions. In... Leia maisAutor: Carolyn Ivans | Ultima atualização: 10/22/2020 | Comentários: 5
You may use CompactFlash or microSD memory cards for external storage of your data logger data, but are you using your cards correctly? In this article, I’ll answer some common questions you may have about memory card usage. Recommended for You: If you haven’t done... Leia maisAutor: Ajay Singh | Ultima atualização: 10/13/2020 | Comentários: 0
When we are faced with challenges, there is often an opportunity for improvement. In this blog article, learn how our engineers redesigned our back-of-module (BOM) temperature sensor to resolve specific challenges that impacted the quality of bifacial solar photovoltaic (PV) panel performance monitoring. Bifacial PV panels... Leia maisAutor: Timothy Jeppsen | Ultima atualização: 10/07/2020 | Comentários: 0
In 1997, I had my first introduction to using vibrating wire piezometers to measure groundwater fluctuations. A large engineering firm was monitoring water level to ensure that construction of a large pipeline through the San Bernardino Mountains was not intruding on the groundwater. I was... Leia maisAutor: Libbie Anderson | Ultima atualização: 09/21/2020 | Comentários: 2
Solar photovoltaic (PV) monitoring projects often use a variety of sensors to gain information about the site performance and its available resources. To obtain this information, solar-monitoring sensors need to be connected to a database that can collect, evaluate, visualize, and interpret data from all... Leia mais