Vertical farming is increasingly being regarded as one of the solutions to the problems faced by global food production systems, and in the following article Antti Viitanen from Vaisala explains why measurement and control technology will be key to the success of this rapidly growing sector.

The new MOSFETs leverage ST's advanced STPOWER STripFET F8 technology, which introduces an oxide-filled trench that permits low conduction losses combined with low gate charge for efficient switching performance. As a result, the STL120N10F8 has 4.6mΩ maximum RDS(on) (at VGS = 10V) and can operate efficiently at switching frequencies up to 600kHz.

Vaisala has unveiled a next-gen process refractometer platform Polaris. The products are designed to optimise industrial manufacturing processes, product quality, enhance productivity, and save resources, energy, and time in various industries and hundreds of industrial applications.

Gathering a decade of accurate measurement data is a major feat in itself, but to do so on a robot travelling around the surface of an inhospitable planet 140 million miles away is almost unbelievable.

Vaisala, a global specialist in weather, environmental, and industrial measurements, has announced the launch of Xweather.

In common with many other types of pharmaceutical products, vaccines have to be stored and transported within tightly specified temperature limits.

Vaisala has received recognition for the industrial design of a new Indigo handheld instrument.

The guiding mantra in Vaisala’s design department is ‘no design without reason’.

Vaisala introduces a new immersion type temperature transmitter for data centres. To support the growing demand for uninterrupted data, Vaisala, a global leader in weather, environmental, and industrial measurements, expands its product portfolio for data centres by launching the new immersion typeVaisala TMI110 Temperature Transmitter.

A humidity and temperature module for climate and environmental chamber customers is being featured by Vaisala at Sensor + Test in Nuremberg (June 25-27). The HMM170 is optimised specifically for original equipment manufacturers (OEM) to bring reliable humidity measurement in very demanding environments with easy integration and compact size.

Pressure and humidity measuring devices are being delivered by Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI), based on Vaisala's technology to NASA's Mars 2020 Rover. The pressure measurement devices were finalised earlier this year and now also the humidity measuring instruments are completed and ready for the final testing. 

Electronics-based medical product manufacturers seeking continuous monitoring systems specifically geared for larger enterprises can deploy viewLinc 3.5 –http://www.veriteq.com/viewlinc-logger-monitoring-alarming-system/index.htm) recently launched by Veriteq, a Vaisala company.