How to Choose the Best MEMS Sensor for a Wireless Condition-Based Monitoring System-Part 1

Part 1 of this article series will discuss some of the design considerations for choosing a suitable MEMS sensor and wireless transceiver suitable for use in harsh RF environments. This article introduces the Voyager platform, a robust, low power, wireless mesh, vibration monitoring platform that enables designers to rapidly deploy a wireless solution to a machine or test setup. Part 2 of this article series will look at the different faults Voyager can detect such as imbalance, misalignment, and bearing defects. Part 3 of this article series on Voyager will focus on the actual power performance in detail, as well as several different operating modes that vary between higher data rates and ultra low power modes.