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Trimble Yuma and Nomad put to the test
See the Trimble Nomad and Yuma in action.
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Ultrasound Demo on Trimble Windows Mobile 6 Rugged Handheld
This is another example application of our ultrasound probe being used with a rugged mobile computer that runs Windows Mobile 6. The device is much larger than a cell phone, but has a very nice screen and lots of other interesting features for use in harsh environments.
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Trimble Handhelds - Built Rugged from the Ground Up - Part 3
Jerry Steiger, Senior Mechanical Designer for all of the Trimble rugged handheld computers, discusses what it takes to make a product truly rugged. Jerry discusses the electrical design and the firmware. Even the file system is more robust to make sure that the data is as safe as possible. The power supplies and the batteries are also extremely engineered in order to deliver sufficient power when operating at -30 Celsius.
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Trimble Handhelds - Built Rugged from the Ground Up - Part 2
Jerry Steiger, Senior Mechanical Designer for all of the Trimble rugged handheld computers, discusses what it takes to make a product truly rugged. Jerry discusses how to protect the display screen in rugged handheld computers, plus discusses the process of testing the products for immersion and drop durability. He also learns a lot from the customer experiences with the products.
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Trimble Handhelds - Built Rugged from the Ground Up - Part 1
Jerry Steiger, Senior Mechanical Designer for all of the Trimble rugged handheld computers, discusses what it takes to make a product truly rugged. Jerry recounts his multi-decade, multi-corporation career, and how he has long wanted to make truly rugged products, whether it be a toy car, a calculator or a rugged handheld computer.
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The Many Accessories for Trimble Rugged Handheld Computers
Brooks McKee discusses the various CompactFlash cards that can be used in the Trimble Recon and Ranger handheld computers. Mentioned in this overview are several products, including the Socket BlueTooth card, Socket Wi-Fi card, a bar code scanner, a GPS receiver card. To support these 3rd-party devices, Trimble developed special caps for the Recon, including a Midsize Cap, Optical Cap and Extended Cap. Cards are also available for RFID and GPRS.
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Engineering Overview of the Trimble Nomad, Part 2
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 the internals of the Trimble Nomad, including patent-pending over-molded seals. Chris discusses broad application compatibility due to implementation of Microsoft Windows Mobile 6.0 operating system. Microsoft provides development tools that allow software developers to port their desktop PC software products to operate on mobile computers.
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