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Tinynode’s vehicle detection sensors on show

Tinynode, a Swiss specialist in wireless vehicle detection systems, will use Intertraffic Amsterdam to introduce a new generation of vehicle detection sensors that will provide customers with greater value, stability and business continuity. This innovative sensor technology – called Series 4 (S4) second generation – is being integrated into the company’s A4 and B4 car detection devices, as well as in A4-H and B4-H truck detection devices.
April 5, 2016 Read time: 1 min

7366 Tinynode, a Swiss specialist in wireless vehicle detection systems, will use Intertraffic Amsterdam to introduce a new generation of vehicle detection sensors that will provide customers with greater value, stability and business continuity. This innovative sensor technology – called Series 4 (S4) second generation – is being integrated into the company’s  A4 and B4 car detection devices, as well as in A4-H and B4-H truck detection devices.

Now part of Paradox Engineering, Tinynode says its solutions provide a simple, cost-effective and reliable way to detect if a parking lot is free or occupied by a vehicle, offering data reliability exceeding 98%. Installed above or flush with the ground, the products rely on a patented, lowest-power, multi-hop, self-configuring radio communication protocol to build effective and secure wireless networks enabling a number of parking-related applications.

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