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- OBJECT TYPE
- controller
- DATE
- 2010
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2012.0035.013
- MANUFACTURER
- Trimble Navigation Lt.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Sunnyvale, California, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 13
- Total Parts
- 20
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- A black synthetic cable with metal and synthetic connectors.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- N/A
- Width
- N/A
- Height
- 4.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- 76.5 cm
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Agriculture
- Category
- Power sources
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Trimble
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- California
- City
- Sunnyvale
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- 2010+
- Canada
-
The Smiths used the two devices on their mixed field crop operation outside of Port Colborne, Ontario where they grew mostly corn and soy beans for sale to livestock feed suppliers. They have farmed in the area for about the past fifty years. Specifically it was used on their John Deere 7800 series tractor and either their Tyler Patriot or Argo-Trend self-propelled sprayers. Mr. Smith also used the technology in his custom planting. - Function
-
It is the cable that connects the controller to the EZ-Steer motor. - Technical
-
It uses satellite technology to map the fields in which the implement is working. The cab is outfitted with an antenna to receive these signals and the unit collects that material in its "brain". Trimble touts the unit as allowing longer operating days as the normal visual control required during seeding and spraying can be replaced by the combination of the GPS and Auto-Steering attachments. The guidance system is equipped so that records can be transferred via USB to a PC for long term storage on its hard drive. When mounted in, the implement a small screen displays the field position in relation to data that either has been stored or is currently being received from a satellite. According to Trimble sales material the system has accuracy down to one inch of control. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- Mfr's labels:"TO/EZ-STEER /CONTROLLER/[trash can picture] [trimble logo] Trimble/62257/REV B1/DCA 0826/TO MOTOR."
- Missing
- Nothing.
- Finish
- A synthetic cable with metal and synthetic connectors.
- Decoration
- None.
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Trimble Navigation Lt., Cable, circa 2010, Artifact no. 2012.0035, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2012.0035.013/
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