Power, energy and ruggedisation
Environmental condition classes
Defined climatic and mechanical classes for storage, transport and outdoor use.
We design.
ETSI EN 300 019-1 series · IEC 60721-3 series
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Reference designsDrawn to scale, published once licensed.
Reference designs, inside Hardware & power: environmental condition classes, thermal design and cooling, cold-climate heating, ingress protection (IP code) and more. Every item is traced to its specification, from ETSI EN 300 019-1 series to IEC 60721-3 series, and runs on the open Observatory Protocol.
Plan with usArchitectureThe protocol- Technologies
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- At the frontier
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- Protocol functions
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- Industries served
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Reference design, drawn to scale · drag to turn · hover a part
01What it is
Thermal design and ingress.
How a remote site is powered, stored, distributed, cooled, sealed, tested, grounded, held up and kept safe, from a solar-powered sensor to a hybrid microgrid on a guyed mast. Each technology below carries what it is, what we do with it, and the standard it is drawn against.
Power, energy and ruggedisation
Thermal design and cooling
Passive, heat-exchanger and air-conditioned enclosure designs from heat and solar load.
We design and maintain.
ASHRAE TC 9.9 thermal guidelines · IEC 60068-2-5 (simulated solar radiation)
Power, energy and ruggedisation
Cold-climate heating
Heaters, insulation and cold-start sequences for electronics and batteries.
We design and maintain.
IEC 60068-2-1 (cold)
Power, energy and ruggedisation
Ingress protection (IP code)
Protection against dust and water defined by test, chosen per location.
We design.
IEC 60529 (IP code)
Power, energy and ruggedisation
Impact protection (IK code)
Protection of enclosures against mechanical impact and vandalism.
We design.
IEC 62262 (IK code)
Power, energy and ruggedisation
Enclosure types
Enclosure ratings used in North American specifications.
We design.
NEMA 250 · CSA C22.2 No. 94.2
Power, energy and ruggedisation
Corrosion and coatings
Material and coating selection for coastal, industrial and salt-spray sites.
We design and maintain.
ISO 12944-2 (corrosivity categories) · IEC 60068-2-52 (cyclic salt mist)
Frontier · Power, energy and ruggedisation
Phase-change thermal buffering
Phase-change materials in enclosures that flatten day-night swings without active cooling.
We design and integrate.
IEC 60068-2-14 (change of temperature, verification)
Power, energy and ruggedisation
Solar PV modules
Module design qualification and safety for decades outdoors, including snow, hail and heat.
We design, integrate, deploy, operate and maintain.
IEC 61215 series (design qualification) · IEC 61730 series (module safety)
02Architecture
Where it sits, and what it speaks.
Reference designs draws on 1 domain and 8 layers of the spectrum; the highlighted layers carry this area. It speaks 3 of the protocol’s 8 core functions.
Generation
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Storage
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Microgrids and distribution
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Energy management and monitoring
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Thermal design and ingress
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Environmental and EMC testing
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Lightning, grounding and structures
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Safety and transport
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01JoinIdentity, attestation quote, signed policy.
02AdmitAdmitted for a stated scope, nothing wider.
03DescribeWhat, where, how and by whom, with calibration.
04TimeOne clock across the grid, with its error bound.
05ObserveEvery value with quality and provenance.
06QualifyTested against the specification, state on record.
07FederateSigned exchange across grids and trust domains.
08OrchestrateSoftware and configuration by signed plan.
03On the grid
Every site joins one observing grid.
The open networks on the grid today, over real relief and the geodesic cells we count them into, filtered to the energy industry domain this area serves. A site built here enrols into the same grid.
04In the field
Where this runs, sector by sector.
6 deployment scenarios from the sector research that rely on reference designs.
CitiesHybrid air-quality network
Reference analysers plus calibrated low-cost nodes; low-cost sensors alone do not meet regulatory requirements.Government and public safetyUrban street-flood sensor network
Open-hardware depth sensors with open data and alerts to emergency management.Government and public safetyDeployable communications and sensing for incident command
A cell on wheels with satellite backhaul, mesh telemetry and environment nodes at the incident base.CitiesMunicipal low-power radio or private 5G layer
A city-wide connectivity layer as digital public infrastructure.Communities and ruralRemote microgrid, sensing and connectivity bundle
Solar-plus-storage telemetry with a weather station and a small cell in a diesel-reduction project.Development and humanitarianDisplacement-site connectivity and sensing
Point-to-multipoint wireless, satellite backhaul, solar and water-point sensors with protection safeguards.05Open and enterprise
Open by default. Enterprise by contract.
The open counterpart lives on the main site for anyone to read and run. The enterprise service is designed, deployed and operated with you, under contract.
Open, on the main site
- Device classes with 3D models
- Reference designs (licence pending)
Enterprise, on this site
- Kit supply
- Bills of materials and deployment plans
- OEM co-engineering
06The rest of the line
Hardware & power, area by area.
Hardware & powerForm factors
Sensor node, gateway, 7U rack, shelter.Hardware & powerPower
Solar, battery and microgrids, sized to the load.Hardware & powerRuggedisation
Ingress, thermal, vibration and shock, specified per site.Hardware & powerMobile and deployable
Vehicles, vessels and airborne platforms.Hardware & powerOEM
Co-engineering with instrument and enclosure makers.Bring us the site.
Survey, design, deployment and operation for reference designs. The form names who receives your details.
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