November 3, 2008 - Phidgets announced that the new version of the 1051 shows significant improvements in both reliability and accuracy through the addition of on-board filtering, cold junction compensation and optimized calibration methods. The new version replaces the previous version of the product.Product Specifications
Temperature Update Rate: Approximately 30Hz
Ambient Resolution: 0.25C
Thermocouple Resolution: 0.05C
Thermocouple Accuracy: 2C (K-type)
Thermocouple Resolution (Potential): 2mV
USB-Power Current Specification: 100mA
Device Quiescent Current Consumption: 25mA
Device Active Current Consumption: 25mA MaxSoftware EnvironmentUsers can program Phidgets using a simple yet powerful and well documented Application Programming Interfade (API) that is supported under Windows (2000, XP, Vista), Windows CE, Mac OS X, and Linux. Users can write programs in Visual Basic, VB.NET, C#, C/C++, Flash/Flex, Java, Labview, Matlab, ActionScript 3.0, and Cocoa. Phidgets also provides programming examples for all its products to help programmers write their own programs. The API Libraries as well as the examples and the documentation are available at no charge on the company¡¯s website."Users of the previous version of the 1051 have asked us if we could improve on the reliability and accuracy of the product without increasing the selling price; we had a hard look at our previous design and came up with the current version which does address all our users concerns," says Chester Fitchett, CEO of Phidgets. "Unlike a lot of our competitors' products that require their users to write some firmware code in order to use their sensor, we are completely Plug and Play," says Bernard Rousseau, Director of Marketing. "With Phidgets, you plug it in and start using it and when it comes to programming, the user, not us, decides which operating system and which computer language he wants to use," added Rousseau.Pricing and AvailabilityThe new version of the 1051 PhidgetTemperatureSensor is available now. The suggested resale price remains at $60.00 Canadian. About PhidgetsPhidgets, Inc. is a technology leader in the design and manufacture of low-cost control and sensing modules connected to personal computers through the USB port. Phidgets products are ideally suited for fast prototyping. The privately held company is based in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
