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Crossbow Technology

Crossbow Technology

Former California-based electronics company

This article is about the company. For alternate uses, see Crossbow (disambiguation).

Crossbow Technology, Inc. (also referred to as XBOW) was a California-based company that specialized in navigation products, including gyroscopes and guidance, navigation, and control units.

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Company

Crossbow was founded by Mike A. Horton in 1995. It created products based on technology developed at the University of California, Berkeley, supported by A. Richard Newton,[1] and had investment from Cisco, Intel, and the Paladin Capital Group in 2005.[2][3]

Crossbow was one of the first suppliers of the Berkeley-style MICA sensor nodes that it called "motes",[4] which ran the TinyOS operating system.

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

Formerly a joint venture, Crossbow Japan became the Sensor Networks and Systems department of Sumitomo Precision Products.[7]

On June 5, 2011, Crossbow was acquired by Moog Inc. for about $32 million.[8]

Products

The AHRS500GA, introduced in 2003, was the first stand-alone, completely solid-state FAA certified attitude and heading reference system (AHRS).[9] It was designed into the Eclipse Aviation mode 500 very light jet, and was used in the Capstone Program of the US Federal Aviation Administration.[10]

Products that utilized "motes" included the MICA2 (868/916 MHz) and MICAz (2.4 GHz) motes, and the Intel-designed IMOTE2. Crossbow also made a software design platform for its hardware called MoteWorks.[citation needed]

In 2008, Crossbow released eKo Pro Series System,[11] a wireless sensor system that monitors crops, vineyards, agriculture, and the environment. In the same year, Crossbow Japan released the NeoMote to monitor energy usage in a building and provide a visual display for energy saving.[12]

References

  1. [1]
    Olga Kharif (October 18, 2004). "Bringing MEMS and Motes to Life". Business Week. Archived from the original on August 29, 2012. Retrieved November 17, 2013.
  2. [2]
    Crossbow Technology : Inertial Systems : Company Overview – Crossbow, Investors Archived July 11, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  3. [3]
    "Crossbow". Investment portfolio page. Paladin Capital Group. Retrieved November 17, 2013.
  4. [4]
    Marshall Brain (February 28, 2004). "How Motes Work". How Stuff Works web site. Archived from the original on April 7, 2004. Retrieved November 17, 2013.
  5. [5]
    Report From Sensors Expo Part 1: Best of Sensors Expo Gold Winners – Sensors Archived February 24, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  6. [6]
    BP Global – Press – Winners announced in 2005 helios awards
  7. [7]
    "Global Leader in Sensory Systems". official Crossbow Japan website. 住友精密工業㈱ センサネットワーク事業室 営業グループ. (In Japanese)
  8. [8]
    Moog Inc. (November 30, 2011). "Annual Report for the fiscal year ended October 1, 2011". Form 10-K. US Securities and Exchange Commission. Retrieved November 17, 2013.
  9. [9]
    "New Products: MEMS-Based AHRS". Avionics Magazine. April 1, 2003. Retrieved November 17, 2013.
  10. [10]
    "Eclipse Aviation – Partners". Archived from the original on May 9, 2007. Retrieved May 8, 2007.
  11. [11]
    Reuters
  12. [12]
    "Wireless Sensor Network and NeoKIT: green technology for clean energy use". Commercial product page. Archived from the original on March 10, 2009. Retrieved November 17, 2013.
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