Abstract: A protective device for sealing a sensor device of an intermediate area outside a sensor device attached to a container, a measuring device, a container with a fastening device for fastening a protective device and the use of a protective device for sealing a sensor device of an intermediate area outside a sensor device attached to a container, in particular a level radar sensor arrangement. The protective device comprises a housing and a circumferential seal arranged on a side of the housing intended for abutment against the container or on an outer side of the housing.

Abstract: A base sensor for process variable determination in an industrial environment. The base sensor includes first wireless communication circuitry that transmits signals to a first expansion device and/or receives signals from the first expansion device, and a first housing including a first receiving device that receives the first expansion device or a second housing, the first housing completely enclosing the base sensor.

Abstract: A sensor device for process variable determination in an industrial environment, comprising a sensor base and a first expansion module. The sensor base includes circuitry that determines the process variable, a first mechanical interface for mechanically accommodating a first expansion module and a first communication interface to the first expansion module for transmitting measurement and/or control data. In this case, the first expansion module has a second mechanical interface to the sensor base, a third mechanical interface for mechanically accommodating a second expansion module, a second communication interface to the sensor base for transmitting measurement and/or control data, and a third communication interface to the second expansion module for transmitting measurement and/or control data.

Abstract: A fill level measuring device for measuring a fill level of a container including a fill level measuring circuit that measures a filling level of a container, at least one transmitter/receiver that communicates with data processing circuitry, at least one fastener that fastens the fill level measuring device to a surface of the container, at least one monitoring circuit that monitors a fastening of the fill level measuring device to the container by the at least one fastener, the monitoring circuit further transmits an alarm message to the data processing circuitry via the transmitter/receiver when the monitoring circuit detects a loosening of the fastening of the fill level measuring device from the container.

Abstract: A method of adjusting a quantization accuracy of a fill level radar for detecting a fill level of a container is provided, the method including the steps of: acquiring amplitude values of an echo curve of the fill level radar by an analog-to-digital converter (ADC); determining a first amplitude value of a first echo having a highest amplitude or a highest local amplitude maximum of the echo curve; determining a second amplitude value of a second echo having a lowest local amplitude maximum of the echo curve; setting an adjusted quantization accuracy as a function of a quotient of the first amplitude value and the second amplitude value; and determining the fill level of the container with the adjusted quantization accuracy. A field device including a fill level radar and/or an ultrasonic measuring device configured to perform the method is also provided.

Abstract: Described is a process measurement device having an interface for connecting a plug-in memory, in which a processing measurement device includes a memory operating device that can switch the process measurement device into a memory access mode when the memory is connected to the process measurement device. Also described is a power supply that ensures that the energy demand required for read access or write access to the process measurement device is automatically covered after the connection of the memory by increasing the amount of electrical energy that is freely available in the process measurement device. Undesired undersupply of the process measurement device can thereby be effectively avoided.

Abstract: A fill level measuring device for determining a fill level of a medium is provided, including a radar module configured to emit a transmission signal and to receive a received signal reflected on the medium, a controller configured to detect, based on the received signal, a measurement signal correlating with the fill level, and including a detector configured to detect a movement signal indicating a movement of the fill level measuring device and/or a position signal indicating a geographic position of the fill level measuring device. The controller includes activation circuitry configured to at least partially activate and/or deactivate the radar module depending on the movement signal and/or on the position signal detected by the detector.

Abstract: A measuring device, configured to detect a process variable in a container, is provided, the measuring device including: electronic circuitry with a housing and a sealing abutting the housing, the measuring device being further configured to be arranged in a container opening, and when the measuring device is arranged in the container opening: the sealing is configured to seal the container opening, and the electronic circuitry is arranged below a geometric plane of the sealing. A container including a container opening and the measuring device is also provided.

Abstract: A radar fill level measurement device includes an arrangement having at least one radar chip which has a plurality of transmitting channels and a plurality of receiving channels. In addition, the device includes an antenna arrangement having a plurality of transmitting elements and receiving elements. The device has more transmitting channels than transmitting elements and/or more receiving channels than receiving elements.

Abstract: A radar fill level measurement device includes an arrangement having at least one radar chip which has a plurality of transmitting channels and a plurality of receiving channels. In addition, the device includes an antenna arrangement having a plurality of transmitting elements and receiving elements. The device has more transmitting channels than transmitting elements and/or more receiving channels than receiving elements.

Abstract: A radar sensor for factory and logistics automation is provided, including: a radar circuitry including a radar chip, configured to generate, emit, receive, and evaluate radar measurement signals; and a housing in which the radar circuitry is located and in which the radar chip has a cross-sectional area of less than 1 cm2, the radar measurement signals having a frequency above 160 GHz and being focused such that a resulting beam aperture angle is less than 5°.

Abstract: Method for measuring the flow velocity of a medium in an open channel with a radar meter, wherein a primary emission direction of the radar meter forms with a direction of a surface of the medium a first angle from 20° to 80° and with a flow direction of the medium a second angle between 0° and 80°, comprising the following steps: Sending a transmission signal with a plurality of frequency ramps, Receiving a reception signal per frequency ramp of the transmission signal, Saving the reception signals, Performing a first spectral analysis of the reception signals, Performing a second spectral analysis of several receiving signals or output signals of the first spectral analysis, Determining a flow velocity based on the phase change yielded from the output signals of the second spectral analysis in at least one distance in the distance range.

Abstract: A radar fill level measurement device for determining a fill level of a medium is provided, including a transmitter configured to transmit a transmission signal towards the medium; a receiver configured to receive a reception signal reflected by the medium; and a controller configured to determine the fill level of the medium based on the reception signal and based on at least one evaluation parameter, the radar fill level measurement device being configured to vary a transmitting power of the transmission signal, the controller being further configured to determine a current transmitting power of the transmission signal, and the controller being further configured to vary, based on the determined current transmitting power, a value of the at least one evaluation parameter and/or at least one measurement signal that correlates with the reception signal, such that the fill level is determined taking into account the transmitting power.

Abstract: A removable display and operating module for a measuring device and/or a field device for level measurement or for limit level determination is provided, the removable display and operating module including a radio module; and an electrical connection element configured to form a detachable connection with a connection counterpart for transmitting radio frequency signals from the radio module to a radio frequency housing feedthrough and/or to an antenna of the measuring device and/or the field device. There is also provided a sensor housing for a field device for level measurement or for limit level determination, the sensor housing being configured to completely accommodate the removable display and operating module. A method of manufacturing a field device for level measurement or level limit determination is also provided.

Abstract: A fill level radar device is provided, including two at least partially different signal source assemblies for heterodyne mixing of the received reflected signal of the filling material surface with a second signal in order to create an intermediate frequency signal having a uniform frequency that does not depend on the frequency of the first signal.

Abstract: A radar sensor is provided, including sensor circuitry, electronic evaluation circuitry, communication circuitry, power supply circuitry, and a housing, the sensor circuitry being configured to emit and/or to receive a radar signal through the housing, the housing being configured such that the radar signal can be transmitted through the housing, the electronic evaluation circuitry being configured to detect an object based on the radar signal and/or to determine a distance between the radar sensor and the object, the electronic evaluation circuitry being further configured to determine at least one parameter representative of the detected object and/or of the determined distance, the communication circuitry being configured to wirelessly communicate the at least one parameter through the housing to a receiver, and the housing completely enclosing the sensor circuitry, the electronic evaluation circuitry, the power supply circuitry, and the communication circuitry.

Abstract: Described herein is a gateway for sensor data forwarding, including first communication circuitry adapted to receive sensor data from at least one sensor data source, processing circuitry connected to the first communication circuitry and adapted to collect and buffer the sensor data and to execute programs, which map a communication protocol, second communication circuitry connected to the processing circuitry and arranged for transmitting the collected and buffered sensor data, wherein the processing circuitry is arranged to switch on the second communication circuitry for transmitting the collected data and to switch the second communication circuitry off after transmitting the collected data.

Abstract: A radar fill level measurement device for fill level measurement or for detecting a topology of a filling material surface in a container is provided, including: a first radar chip and a second radar chip, the first radar chip including a first synchronization circuit configured to generate a high-frequency signal, and the second radar chip including a second synchronization circuit; a high-frequency line arrangement configured to transfer the high-frequency signal from the first synchronization circuit to the second synchronization circuit for synchronizing the two radar chips; and a high-frequency amplifier arranged in the high-frequency line arrangement and configured to amplify the high-frequency signal.

Abstract: An antenna apparatus that comprises processing circuitry that transmits a transmission signal by at least one transmitter and that receives at least two reception signals by at least one receiver. The antenna apparatus is used for topology measurement and can switch to outright fill level measurement if there is a deviation from a threshold for a quality measure.

Abstract: A battery-operated measuring device with a housing in which a magnetic switch is located is described. An adhesive layer is attached to the outside of the housing, with which the measuring device can be stuck to a desired measuring location. The adhesive layer is covered by a protective film. The protective film is connected to a magnet, so that pulling off the protective film from the adhesive layer is accompanied by removing the magnet from the housing. The removal of the magnet from the housing leads to a switching of the magnetic switch, whereby the power supply of the electronic sensor circuitry of the measuring device is activated.