The Solution
Airgain’s team worked hand-in-hand with ATEK, communicating via daily emails and weekly meetings. The proof-of-concept phase was completed in just over a month, which impressed both ATEK and their customer. Three months later, ten units were ready for beta testing. After a few tweaks and with Airgain’s continued support ATEK went directly into production.
The new monitoring device collects data from sensors checking inlet and outlet pressures of very large multi-canister filter systems. It provides early warning when a pattern of pressure increase indicates that canisters need changing. The fuel storage systems are often placed in remote locations, so the monitors need to run on battery power. To conserve power, they wake up every few minutes, just long enough to collect data from the sensors. A microprocessor analyzes the data and decides when to stay awake and send data over the cellular network to the cloud-based ATEK Intelligence Platform (AIP). Careful control of that wake-sleep cycle ensures that the monitor can run for two to three years on a single lithium battery.
