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Technical background
The philosophy behind NeuLog's plug and play
technology is based on each sensor's ability to store its
own data due to an internal flash memory chip and
micro-controller in each plastic NeuLog body. This
technology allows the sensor to collect and then store
the digital data in the correct scientific units (for
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example:
C,
F, Lux, %, ppm).
The sensor is pre-calibrated at the factory. The built-in
software in the logger can be upgraded for free at any
time using the provided firmware update.
The acceleration IC sensor houses three small thin
silicon accelerometers. Each accelerometer is oriented
along a different axis (X, Y, or Z) connected to a weight
and based on piezoresistive technology. When an
accelerometer experiences acceleration along its axis,
the silicon changes its resistance proportionally to the
acceleration it is experiencing.
These resistor changes are converted into voltage by a
Wheatstone bridge circuit and read by the IC internal
controller. The IC transmits, upon request, the 3D
accelerations in a digital form.
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