FreeWave Technologies
| FreeWave Technologies, Inc. | |
| File:FreewaveN.PNG | |
| Type | Private |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1993 |
| Headquarters | 1880 South Flatiron Court Suite F Boulder, Colorado 80301 |
| Key people | Jonathan Sawyer, Steve Wulchin CEOs |
| Industry | RF Communications |
| Products | Spread Spectrum Radios |
| Revenue | Undisclosed |
| Employees | 40 |
| Website | www.FreeWave.com |
FreeWave Technologies, Inc. is a B2B company based in Boulder, Colorado where it manufactures and designs frequency hopping, spread spectrum radios. Wireless data solutions are utilized in industrial, scientific, military, and commercial applications. The U.S. Army is one of their biggest customers. The company also does network design, path studies, and pre-installation engineering services to ensure reliable, error free data-flow under any condition and in all environments. FreeWave is the only long term radio provider with 100 percent backward compatibility with older products. All radios are tested to operate over the temperature range of -40ºC to +75ºC.
History
Founded in 1993 by Jonathan Sawyer and Steve Wulchin.
Accomplishments
The National Science Foundation's Wires Field Test Project found the DRG Series the best radios for establishing wireless links to and from data loggers in the field.
Uses
LTER uses FreeWave at several sites such as Trout Lake, Alaska, Luquillo, and Niwot Ridge. Denver University used the radios to beam images from their mountain-top observatory. NCAR’s Marshall Test Site uses FreeWave in a complex weather measurement system. Denver International Airport uses the radios in a 30 mile weather link to that Marshall Test Site. BMW Oracle Racing uses FreeWave radios in the America's Cup.
Products
Commercial Frequencies RS232/RS422/RS485/TTL.
900 Mhz
- FGR-Series
- HT/Ethernet Series
- IO Series
- Ranger Series
2.4 GHz
- IM-series
Military
- P-Series
- F-Series
- Q-Series
- IM-E Series
- 3.4 Series
1.4 GHz & 400 MHz
- LRS Series
Legacy
- DGR
Software
- FreeWave CommControl
- EZ Config
- Freewave Enterprise Gateway
Miscellaneous
- Antennas
- Cables
- Filters
- Kits
- Mounting Brackets
Competitors
- AeroComm, Inc.
- Alligator
- Bentek Systems
- Cirronet
- Coyote
- Dataradio
- Maxstream
- Microwave Data Systems
- Microhard Systems
- Moseley
- Oleumtech Corp.
- Omnex Controls
- Satel Oy
- Terabeam