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Posted by: Charles Bonville
on Sep 03, 2010
Rob Nicol and Chris Peskin provide an engineering overview of the Nomad product development. Rob Nicol discusses the challenge of making a rugged, sealed device which still offers the user the option of customizing the hardware configuration. Rob also shows you
Posted by: Charles Bonville
on Aug 30, 2010
Rob Nicol and Chris Peskin provide an engineering overview of the Nomad product development. Rob Nicol's team is responsible for the mechanical and electrical engineering. Chris Peskin's team is responsible for implementing the firmware and the
Posted by: Guest
on Aug 16, 2010
If you're new to rugged computing and are hungry for a comprehensive-yet-understandable overview of what "rugged" means, I'd recommend that you read this article by Group Mobile Rugged Computers. They cover everything from non-rugged laptops all the way through rugged standards and IP ratings, wrapping up with the concept of price vs cost. One note: you'll see that the definition of "fully rugged" can vary, e.g., they consider IP54 (standing up to a heavy spray) to be a "fully rugged" laptop. For those who need something more durable, our handhelds have an IP67 rating, which we differentiate with the term "outdoor rugged" -- standing up to dust and temporary immersion. If your application calls for working outdoors, be sure you know the IP rating of the computer you select. Weather is unforgiving, and you don't want to lose your device and your data to the elements.
Posted by: Charles Bonville
on Jun 09, 2010
At Trimble Mobile Computing Solutions we value you, our customers and business partners. We’re always looking for ways to enhance your experience with our products. One way we’re doing that is through the Outdoor Rugged Forum. If you have a question, we want to hear from you. If you have something to discuss with other Trimble users, we want to hear from you. If you’re looking for a solution, we want to hear from you.
Posted by: Guest
on May 31, 2010
Humphrey Bogart and some of those guys from Hollywood's good old days may have had rugged good looks, but other than that, not much was rugged back then. Cars certainly weren't, and a couple decades later, computers definitely weren't. In the early days of Pen Computing Magazine, which we launched in 1993, we often saw "rugged" machines that looked tough but were little more than science projects inside. Maybe the manufacturers thought we wouldn't take them apart. We did. And what we saw often wasn't pretty. Even today it's not always clear what "rugged" means. Or "semi-rugged" or "durable." A few years ago word reached us that a manufacturer was all bent out of shape because we had listed one of their products as "semi-rugged" and their competitor's as "rugged." Well, they had it as "semi-rugged" on their own website. Oh well. Point is, it's really not easy to figure out what is rugged, or how rugged. One thing that gets me is how much "rugged" stuff these days is shiny and gleaming. To my way of thinking, shiny and gleaming surfaces get scratched, and very easily at that. They sure look good, but personally I wouldn't mind some good old-fashioned real protection, like rubber or plastics -- stuff that is really scratch-proof. And what's with those eensy-teensy little Phillips screws use in so many "rugged" products? Here's Blickenstorfer's law: all Phillips screws must be hard enough not to get stripped by a screw driver. They must be large enough so a regular screw driver can handle them. And they should all be the same size.
Posted by: Charles Bonville
on May 26, 2010
I'm happy to share another follow up to the research on Magellenic penguins in Punta Tombo, Argentina. The Summer of 2009 - 2010 (remember, we're talking about the Southern Hemisphere) was the first time researchers used a Yuma to collect data, instead of pen and paper. After talking with researcher Olivia Kane, I learned more about why the Yuma was such a welcome tool. Olivia says the Yuma made data gathering easier and data processing was much quicker.
Posted by: Charles Bonville
on May 19, 2010
In a couple of earlier blogs, I talked about penguin researchers in Punta Tombo, Argentina. They've tracked and researched the Magellenic penguin for years, and they've been doing it using pen and paper - and a lot of notebooks. In the Summer of 2009 - 2010, they tested a Trimble Yuma. I checked in with Olivia Kane, a researcher from the University of Washington, to see what she thought of working with the Yuma and in a nutshell, she loved it!
Posted by: Charles Bonville
on Apr 30, 2010
The following is a customer testimonial that was posted on our prior Outdoor Rugged Community web site. Data collection has taken on new importance in the past few months here in the agriculture industry. High fertilizer prices and fuel prices force us to maximize our management efforts like never before. The Recon has become one of the key components of that intensive management planning. Coupled with the Trimble AgGPS 132 receiver we collect soil samples and record the location. The samples are then sent to a lab that provides detailed fertility information that in turn is used to precision apply fertilizer.
Posted by: Charles Bonville
on Apr 14, 2010
I am writing to let you know how satisfied we are with our Trimble Yumas. We bought 4 with 3 of them currently in the field collecting data on electric utility assets for a fiber optic project. We are using the Yumas with a custom ESRI ArcPad application that I developed. I set up ArcPad so that the users in the field can attach voice tags and up to two photographs per feature. I was able to create a work around so that the user can start the Yuma's internal camera from within ArcPad. This has been an issue since the Yuma was released.
Posted by: Charles Bonville
on Apr 14, 2010
I mentioned in an earlier blog that researchers of the Magellanic penguin in Punta Tombo, Argentina were using a Yuma to collect data. Now that field work is complete, they're now working on data analysis.
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