Included in this post are a variety of news announcements from ISA Expo in Houston, TX.

Perpetuum releases vibration energy harvester

PMG17 is the next major breakthrough in vibration energy harvesting technology. The wireless and battery-free device is capable of generating useful energy from levels of vibration that are 35% lower than previously possible, and across a large bandwidth of vibration frequencies. OEMs, sensor manufacturers and end-users can benefit from using the generators to power easy-to-install devices that accurately monitor machinery and processes such as the condition of plant equipment.

Read at automation.com

Honeywell offers 'wireless cloud' at MCAA

Industrial wireless users already take the technology for granted--testimony to its reliability--and those not yet using wireless are hesitant for the usual reasons.

Honeywell offers wireless cloud at ISA

Alliance head sees rapid growth in wireless

ZigBee The chairman of the ZigBee Alliance expects shipments of ZigBee wireless technology chips to double this year, compared to 2005, and increase fivefold in 2007.

Zigbee sees growth at ISA

'Ask me about ISA-SP100'

The lapel buttons that pronounce, "Ask me about ISA-SP100," referring to the ISA wireless committee and standard, were pinned on people walking the EXPO floor here at the Reliant Center in Houston.

Wireless is everywhere. Peter Fuhr jokingly said, "100% of the display booths on the show floor have wireless phones." That is a safe bet.

More about the SP100 work at ISA

Nanotron and ST Team on Wireless Sensors

STMicroelectronics, one of the world's largest semiconductor companies, and Nanotron Technologies GmbH (Nanotron) today announced a definitive, non-exclusive agreement under which the two companies will jointly develop complete solutions for the Real Time Location Systems (RTLS) market. These solutions offering robust communication, precision ranging, and high-accuracy positioning, will operate on emerging low-data rate networks that meet the recently begun efforts to establish a low-data-rate wireless personal area network (IEEE 802.15.4a) standard.

View Nanotron's Press Release

Oil & gas, wireless propel business growth for ISA exhibitors

Fueled in part by growth in oil and gas industries--despite lower oil prices--plus demand for new communications systems, including wireless technologies, exhibitors at ISA EXPO 2006 said they are enjoying generally positive business growth.

Oil and gas use wireless at ISA

HART talks wireless

One of HART's key challenges is "getting industry out of the box they've been in with respect to HART being part-time, and recognizing the value of integrated systems and what they can do for the plant," said Ron Helson, HART Communication Foundation executive director.

More information about Wireless HART at ISA

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