Key Features & Specifications
Mintaka STAR-TOUCH™ Dual Pressure Precision Barograph with GPS, WiFi & LoRa
- Color Touch Screen
- Two independent, high-precision atmospheric pressure sensors
- Pressure reading and display update every 1 second and stored every 15 seconds. Pressure at synoptic times (00z plus every 06h UTC) is recorded in it’s own file for quick reference
- Graphic pressure history display, past 30 minutes to 120 days
- Unique running 12-h or 24-h average pressure can be displayed to average out semi-diurnal pressure variation present in the tropics
- Prominent pressure trend arrows provide visual warning of significant change in barometric pressure
- Set timezone, control 12-h or 24-h display
- Set instrument date & time from highly accurate GPS network
- Pressure units include: mb, hPa, kPa, in Hg, in H2O, cm H20
- Choose between station or sea-level pressure display
- Unique GPS Summary screen provides date, time, position, course, speed, pressure, tendency, & WMO/NWS Pressure Tendency Characteristic Code on one screen
- Accuracy of <1 mb over full range of atmospheric pressures and temperatures at any elevation
- Long-term drift <1 mb / yr
- Portable or fixed location operation
- WiFi & LoRa for wireless communication
- Web browser access from computer, tablet or phone
- Power: USB and 12 volts DC
- MintakaCommander (Mac & PC): export & analyze data, provide additional functions, firmware updates, integration with other systems
- Made in the USA
Automatically stored with each pressure reading:
- Date & Time (high precision real-time clock)
- Running Average (12-h or 24-h average pressure)
- Tendency (pressure change over last 3 hours)
- WMO/NWS Pressure Tendency Characteristic Code
Integration Support:
- NMEA compliant sentences
- NMEA compliant GPS sentences ($GPGGA, $GPGLL, $GPGSA, $GPGSV, $GPRMC, $GPVTG)
- TurboWin+ integration for weather service Voluntary Observing Ships programs
- Telnet command line access
Mintaka STARXG+™ Precision External Measurement of Atmospheric Pressure, Air Temperature & Humidity with GPS & LoRa
The Mintaka STARXG+™ is a companion instrument to the Mintaka STAR-TOUCH™.
It is designed for external use, sheltered in some way, such as by the thermal radiation shield Mintaka GUARDX (sold separately).
- Two independent, high-precision atmospheric pressure sensors
- NIST Tracable air temperature sensor
- NIST Tracable relative humidity sensor
- GPS sensor
- LoRa for wireless communication with the Mintaka STAR-TOUCH™
- Web browser access from computer, tablet or phone
- Power: 2 Akaline C-Cell Batteries
- MintakaCommander (Mac & PC): export & analyze data, provide additional functions, firmware updates, integration with other systems
- Made in the USA
Mintaka GUARDX™ STARXG+™Thermal Shield
The Mintaka GUARDX is a purpose-designed thermal shield that protects the Mintaka STARXG+™ from the elements.
- PVC enclosure
- Stainless steel bracket
- Ships with four stainless steel clamps
- Made in the USA
Mintaka ENet™ Mintaka STAR™ Ethernet Adapter
The Mintaka ENet™ is a companion device to the Mintaka STAR™. It receives weather observation data from the STAR and STARXG instruments and broadcasts this data on a local internet subnet via an Ethernet connection. The broadcast data can then be received by TurboWin+. It addresses the issue where USB ports are not available on the computer that is running TurboWin+, most notably, virtual terminals, which are becoming more common on ships today.
- Power: 7 V DC via AC adaptor 90-264 V AC, USB On-The-Go full-speed device and host via USB micro-AB connector
- Ethernet compliant with IEEE-802.3-2002 10M/100M
- MintakaCommander (Mac & PC): export & analyze data, provide additional functions, firmware updates, integration with other systems
- Made in the USA