Airmar's WeatherStation 200WX is the best choice for mobile, land-based, weather-monitoring applications. Sensor-rich, in a durable, rugged, small housing that is IPX6† rated, makes the 200WX ideal for dynamic platforms such as agricultural tractors, weather chasing vehicles and military vehicles.
Being aware of the Dynamic True wind speed and direction is important and often mission-critical. The 200WX calculates the Dynamic True wind speed and direction based upon the Apparent wind, speed of the vehicle, and vehicle heading. Apparent wind is the wind you would feel on your hand if you held it out while moving. The 200WX has internal 10 Hz GPS and three-axis electronic compass that provide the heading, position, speed-over-ground, and course-over-ground functionality that is necessary for Dynamic True wind-data processing on a moving vehicle.
The 3D compass with dynamic stabilization provided by the three-axis rate gyro enhances compass accuracy in heavy pitch and roll conditions. The patented 200WX maintains dynamic compass performance in hilly and mountainous terrain—common in military situations.
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Applications
- Mobile weather vehicles
- Agricultural vehicle system integration
- Construction site awareness
- Autonomous vehicles navigation and data collection
- Chemical and fertilizer sprayer monitoring
Features
- Ultrasonic measurement of apparent and theoretical wind speed and direction
- Barometric pressure
- Air and wind chill temperature
- Relative humidity (field serviceable option)
- Speed over ground, GPS position and course over ground
- Three-axis and solid-state compass with dynamic stabilization
- Three-axis accelerometer for top-rated pitch and roll information
- Housing IPX6 rated for water-ingress protection
- Estimated heat index and dew point
- Three-axis rate gyro provides rate-of-turn data
- Data output through a single cable (comes with various lengths)
- NMEA 2000 protocol over CAN
- NMEA 0183/ASCII serial data protocol over RS-232 interface
AIRMAR® 200WX WeatherStation® Instrument
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Options
- Relative humidity module
- Allows dew-point and heat-index calculations
- WeatherStation housing rated IPX4
- Field serviceable
Specifications
- Weight: 300 g (0.7 lb.)
- Wind speed:
- Accuracy: 5% at 10 m/s at four angles
- Range: 0–40 m per second (0 to 89 MPH)
- Resolution: 0.1 m per second
- Calculations: User-configurable damping
- Wind direction:
- Accuracy: ±3° at 10 m per second
- Range: 0 to 359.9°
- Resolution: 0.1°
- Calculations: User-configurable damping
- Air temperature:
- Range: −40 to 80 °C (−40 to 176 °F)
- Accuracy: ±1.1 °C at 20 °C
- Resolution: 0.1°C
- Barometric pressure:
- Accuracy: ±0.5 hPa at 25 °C (or better)
- Range: 300 to 1100 hPa
- Resolution: 0.1 hPa
- Three-axis compass:
- Range: 0–359.9°
- Resolution: 0.1°
- Accuracy:
- 1° static heading accuracy
- 2° dynamic heading accuracy
- Pitch and roll:
- Accuracy: ±1° in range of ±30°
- Measurement Type: MEMS
- Range: 50°
- Resolution: 0.1°
- Operating Temperature Range: −25 to 55 °C (−13 to 131 °F)
- GPS Position Accuracy: 3 m (10') CEP
- Optional Relative Humidity:
- Range: 0 to 100% RH
- Accuracy: ±5% RH at 0 to 90% RH at 20 °C
- Resolution: 0.1% RH
- Power:
- Supply Voltage: 9 to 40 VDC
- Supply Current: <75 mA (<0.9 W) at 12 VDC
- NMEA 2000® Load Equivalency Number (LEN): 2
- Communications:
- Available interface: Serial RS-232, Serial RS-422, CAN
- Serial output rate: 1 Hz typical, 10 Hz maximum recommended, user selectable
- Available protocol: Comma delimited ASCII, NMEA 0183, NMEA 2000
- Mounting-thread Size on base: Standard 1"–14 UNS (3/4" NPT optional)
- Certifications and Standards: CE, IPX6 (IPX4 with optional Relative Humidity sensor), RoHS, IEC61000-4-2, IEC60945, IEC60950_1C, IEC60950_22A, EN55022, EN55024, EN15014982
Note: Cables are sold separately
Dimensional Drawing
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