Many setups and projects can be improved by monitoring pressure, temperature and humidity. There are a range of sensors that can be used and the Pilot-CAN supports a number of them including the Sensirion SHT range of sensors. There are many other sensor options included in the yellowcog software library. This all makes it simple to add, for example, in cockpit temperature and humidity reading and have these logged by a CAN data logger.

There are many bespoke, Temperature/Humidity and Pressure products, fist check the Temperature (and pressure) Module.

Speed and Cadence sensors connect using ANT wireless communications that are standard in the Pilot range. Speed and/or cadence sensors are normally designed to be mounted on a bicycle; the sensor magnet on the wheel spokes and a sensor on the bicycle frame. By counting the pulses from the passing magnet, the speed the bicycle is traveling can be calculated (the only piece of extra information is the wheel circumference). Other uses include the hand-crank pedestals on racing yachts and any other similar hardware setups.

IMPORTANT: ANT+ certify three different types of Speed & Cadence sensors: Speed; Cadence; and Speed & Cadence. They are not the same ANT+ type but all three are individually supported by yellowcog's Pilot range.

There are large numbers of Speed and Cadence Products on the market but our Speed and Cadence Sensor help should assist with most of them.

Yellowcog has an off-the-shelf version of the Pilot-CAN board that has a single, very large, RGB LED mounted on one side. Providing feedback in active situations can be tricky in many circumstances since small displays, or worse, having to check on a smart phone, can be unreliable ways to alert users. The large, bright LED can be seen from 100 metres and react to any parameter or variable available to the Pilot system (e.g. received from the CAN bus or a wireless device). Some examples for the use of the LED are to show: the proximity of a user; the status of a data up-link; physiological stress warnings, remote data values; or warning lights for any available parameter. The LED can pulse or flash in reaction to any parameter so the options are endless. The boards have been used in everything from security access control to art installations.

Some yellowcog products can control external LEDs but we also have a Pilot with a RGB LED and help on RGB LED Module.

There are three ways that yellowcog provide a "proximity" stream that can be logged or transmitted. Firstly, the Pilot devices collect data only from devices that are in range; for most sport (racing, yachting) this is enough of a measure of proximity. Secondly, a device can be configured to collect the serial number of devices that are near enough to provide data. Since each device has a unique serial number, and if the allocation of devices is known (e.g. each driver in a rally has their own wearable device) then not only is the dataset automatically assignable to each device (e.g. and therefore a driver) but also it provides a record of what (or who) was nearby. In situations where you want to know physically where someone is (say, on a yacht) then there is also a measure of signal strength which allows a relative indication of distance or proximity. Using one or more of these methods, datasets can be automatically annotated with user activity or the location of assets.

See product listing for Proximity Sensor or help on proximity sensors.