The advent of GPS and RFID wireless communication technologies has significantly expanded opportunities to effectively manage the movements of commercial fleets, cargo shipped by air, land or sea, and other mobile assets.

GPS asset and container tracking systems are also becoming increasingly feature-rich to serve complex functions such as determining and reporting location status, monitoring internal environmental conditions, capturing data and sending alarms if a container is tampered with or if it contains contraband such as illegal drugs or prohibited nuclear or biochemical materials.

A crucial decision for system designers and end users involves the choice of power supply. In instances where power cannot be generated from a vehicle borne system, the GPS tracking system is typically powered by a self-contained battery.

Tadiran Lithium thionyl chloride batteries are ideally suited to meet the power requirements of today’s advanced GPS tracking systems, remote sensors and communications technologies.

For example, Axonn LLC chose PulsesPlus high current pulse batteries for use in their AXTracker mobile asset tracking device, a ready to go, self-contained telemetry unit capable of delivering long-term service life through the use of an advanced low power GPS engine coupled to a Globalstar-compatible simplex satellite transmitter.

PulsesPlus batteries proved to be an ideal fit for the AXTracker, as they are able to operate continuously at an extremely low power state, drawing less than 10uA, which is lower than the self-discharge rate of the battery. During active transmission mode, the AXTracker mobile asset tracking device uses PulsesPlus batteries to deliver high current pulses of up to 1.2A for intervals of 1.3 seconds, before returning to a low power state, permitting long-term reliable performance even in extreme environmental conditions.

For GPS asset and container tracking applications, Tadiran primary batteries and PulsesPlus high current pluse batteries deliver an ideal combination of high pulse current, low leakage current, wide environmental operation and years of service life.

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