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Happy Holidays from Innovaer – New Product Coming in Early 2023

Santa! I know him!

This Holiday Season, the Team at Innovaer Technologies has been working behind the scenes with Santa to ensure that all the good girls and boys have the best air quality monitoring solutions under the Christmas Tree.

As the year winds down, we hope that you have an opportunity to decompress and relax after a busy 2022 and recharge for a successful 2023.

Respectfully,

The Innovaer Team

Coming Q1 2023

AM7000 with MQTT Networking Protocol

As IoT becomes ubiquitous in Air Quality Monitoring applications it became clear to the Innovaer Team that the AM7000 air quality monitor needed an upgrade to meet the market demand. Coming in Q1 2023 the AM7000 with MQTT networking protocol directly integrated within the device will be stocked and on the shelf to support applications that use Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure for the IoT backend.

Features:

  • “Desk Top” device that can be commissioned rapidly
  • USB powered
  • Carbon Dioxide (CO2), Particulate Matter (PM2.5), temperature, humidity, tVOC and HCHO transmitted every 10 seconds
  • HCHO and tVOC sensor is replaceable!

As we wrap up our product validations throughout the reminder of the year, don’t get left behind and miss out on this amazing technology that will disrupt the market.

Call, email, text for a product demo…. early samples have arrived and are in stock!

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Designing Battery Powered CO2 & Particulate Matter Air Quality Solutions?

Keep reading… we did the math for you!

Breathing clean air is essential to a long healthy life and should be viewed in a manner similar to drinking clean water. Given that we spend the majority of our time indoors, indoor air quality (IAQ) is coming into focus as something that needs to be measured, controlled and optimized. As such, our buildings are not “ready” for the widespread implementation of air quality sensors without significant investment in upgrading the building infrastructure.

Innovators in the building automation space are accelerating the development of solutions that can measure IAQ in near real-time, analyze the IAQ trends and optimize the air we breathe. To remove one of the major cost barriers in implementing these solutions, there has been an increased focus on battery powered devices as these devices reduce the capital required to bring IAQ measurements into the building.

PM2105L Low Power Particulate Matter Sensor

The PM2105L is a laser scattering particulate matter measurement technology that can provide mass concentration output measurements as well as a particle count measurement.

Additional Features:

  • Sensor can be repeatedly be powered on / off
  • Stable performance within 4 seconds after power on
  • PM1.0, PM2.5, PM10 particulate matter mass concentration output
  • 0.3µm, 0.5 µm, 1.0 µm, 2.5 µm, 5.0 µm, 10.0 µm particle count output
  • Calibrated to the GRIMM standard (TSI available)
  • UART and I2C communication interface
  • 14+ years lifetime

Example designs from Cubic Sensors & Instruments have calculated the battery life for some common applications using AA batteries as the power source. These calculations have shown that the AA battery life can be optimized to achieve close to 3 years of battery life!

The battery life is dependent on the number of AA battery cells and the measurement interval of the PM2105L. Here are some examples of how the number of battery cells and measurement period impact the battery life:

4 AA Batteries

  • 4 sequential readings every 10 minutes – 1.10 years battery life
  • 4 sequential readings every 20 minutes – 2.03 years battery life
  • 4 sequential readings every 30 minutes – 2.91 years battery life

3 AA Batteries

  • 4 sequential readings every 10 minutes – 0.80 years battery life
  • 4 sequential readings every 20 minutes – 1.53 years battery life
  • 4 sequential readings every 30 minutes – 2.18 years battery life

2 AA Batteries

  • 4 sequential readings every 10 minutes – 0.55 years battery life
  • 4 sequential readings every 20 minutes – 2.03 years battery life
  • 4 sequential readings every 30 minutes – 1.45 years battery life

CM1106SL-NS Low Power CO2 Sensor

The CM1106SL-NS is the next generation of NDIR carbon dioxide (CO2) measurement sensors specifically designed for battery powered applications without sacrificing measurement accuracy.

The integrated ABC algorithm ensures that the sensor is providing reliable carbon dioxide (CO2) measurement for over 15 years.

Additional Features:

  • Range: 0-5000ppm
  • +/-40ppm +3% with dynamic averaging
  • 37uA current consumption with 2-minute measurement cycle
  • 74uA current consumption with 1-minute measurement cycle

Example designs from Cubic Sensors & Instruments have calculated the battery life for some common applications using AA batteries as the power source. These calculations have shown that the AA battery life can be optimized to achieve close to 7+ years of battery life!

The battery life is dependent on the number of AA battery cells and the measurement interval of the CM1106SL-NS. Here are some examples of how the number of battery cells and measurement period impact the battery life:

3 AA Batteries

  • 6 sequential readings every 2 minutes – 1.91 years battery life
  • 6 sequential readings every 5 minutes – 4.25 years battery life
  • 6 sequential readings every 10 minutes – 7.18 years battery life

2 AA Batteries

  • 6 sequential readings every 2 minutes – 1.27 years battery life
  • 6 sequential readings every 5 minutes – 2.83 years battery life
  • 6 sequential readings every 10 minutes – 4.79 years battery life

1 AA Battery

  • 6 sequential readings every 2 minutes – 0.64 years battery life
  • 6 sequential readings every 5 minutes – 1.42 years battery life
  • 6 sequential readings every 10 minutes – 2.39 years battery life

Contact Us To Learn More!

Tony Nowak

President

630 222 5835

tony.nowak@innovaertech.com

Don O’Brien

Vice President

224 297 1925

don.obrien@innovaertech.com

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NASA Detects “Super-Emitter” Zones Around The World

Woof….. 50 methane “super emitter” zones identified by NASA. TLDR – being a “super emitter” is NOT a good thing.

Kudos to Innovaer President Tony Nowak for bringing this information to the fore. The tailwinds around methane leakage detection and indoor air quality monitoring are accelerating at an exponential rate.

Take a moment to read the article from ScienceAlert.com

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CO2 and Methane in our atmosphere reach record levels

Updates and new product innovations will be streaming out as we approach the end of the year and into the beginning of 2023.

Innovaer and Cubic S&I are rapidly innovating to provide solutions that will address the most critical Greenhouse Gas Monitoring applications across the globe.

Take a look at this article form the United Nations on how CO2 and Methane are impacting the global climate.

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1ppm Methane (CH4) MDL TDLAS Sensor – CH4 Connections

(Sneak peek – our TDLAS technology can detect down to a 1ppm minimum methane (CH4) detection level with a 5ppb option available)

CH4 Connections is getting started at Colorado State University. What a great way to get industry thought leaders connected to emerging disruptive technologies.

Come visit me today or tomorrow… can’t miss me, I am right outside the conference entrance!

#CH4Connections#methane#methaneemissions#ch4

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What’s the old saying? “The devil is in the details.”

When it comes to Particulate Matter (PM1.0, PM2.5 and PM10) sensing, there is no single detail that Cubic Sensor & Instruments has overlooked. Having a vertically integrated manufacturing mindset means you have to ensure you are addressing all of the critical failure modes of an engineered system while ensuring high reliability of all subcomponents as well.

Cubic S&I designs and manufactures the laser diodes and internal fans within our particulate matter sensors. This allows for an uninterrupted supply chain, superior performance and expected lifetimes of greater than 14 years!

Cubic Sensors & Innovaer Technologies …moving at the speed of Innovation.