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RDS Technology Ltd 2013 www.rdstec.com. The Company. Established 1969 89 Employees 2500m² purpose built factory Sales 2012 > £9.3 million (>€10.7m) Assemble approx 25000 circuits p.a. Limited range of hardware platforms Acquired by Digi-Star Holdings LLC November 2012.
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The Company • Established 1969 • 89 Employees • 2500m² purpose built factory • Sales 2012 > £9.3 million (>€10.7m) • Assemble approx 25000 circuits p.a. • Limited range of hardware platforms • Acquired by Digi-Star Holdings LLC November 2012
RDS Factory – Opened 2001 Location
What we do In summary: ‘RDS Designs and Manufactures Electronic Control and Monitoring Systems for the Mobile Machinery Industry’
What we don’t do • High volume electronics assembly • Very low volume/one off items • Development only projects • (We exist by designing, making and selling things)
Where is our ‘Niche’? • AftermarketSupplying a wide range of ‘catalog’ items though specialist distributors. • OEM 1Mainline supplier to medium and large OEM implement manufacturers. • OEM 2Supplying large OEMs with specialist technologies, eg Ceres, or medium volume specialist solutions eg SAM 300 for CNH TC combines, Cane Harvester etc
Market Sectors • Construction • Agricultural • Forestry equipment • Quarry/Mining • Recycling • Ground care • Rail
Customer Groups • 65% of sales directly to over 80 OEMs • 35% of sales to the ‘end user’ through over 30 specialist RDS regional offices • 75% of sales outside UK, primarily to EU but also N. America and Australia
Capabilities/Technologies • Electronic Design and Manufacture • Software development for firmware • Mechanical, Hydraulic and Agricultural Engineering • Mechanical/Electronic/Graphic Design
Product Categories • Instruments A range of generic instruments for control & monitoring purposes • Vehicle Hardware • Supply of junction boxes, wiring harnesses and CAN Modules etc • Sensor Technology • Sensors for specific applications e.g. yield, shaft speed sensors, capacitive, moisture, etc
Wizard • Low cost solution to monitoring and simple control functions • Engine/Vehicle controls • Drills • Forestry equipment • Spreaders • Sprayers • Over 200,000 units sold Power supply: 10 to 30v Input: 8 (digital) Outputs: 5 (on/off or PWM) Sealing: IP67 Comms: RS232 & 1x CAN
G-Wiz • A flexible instrument for controlling operations and the display of data • Vehicle dashboards • Seed Drills • Spreaders Power supply: 10 to 30v Input: 12 (6x digital & 6x analogue) Outputs: 6 (on/off or PWM) Sealing: IP54 Comms: RS232 & 2x CAN
Seed Drill Programming Dashboard Spreader Dashboard + SLI Battery Vehicle Baler G-Wiz
PSi Powerful menu driven instrument with state of the art graphics display for advanced monitoring and control functions • Engine/Vehicle controls • Sprayer control • Yield monitors • Drill control • Weighing systems Power supply: 10 to 30v Input: 20 (16x digital & 4x analogue) Outputs: 13 (3x H/Bridge, 4x transistor & 3x analogue) Sealing: IP54 Comms: RS232 & 2x CAN
SD slot behind rubber door USB slot behind rubber door RDS iSOCAN Terminal • High Brightness (400mcd) colour, 7” widescreen format (800x480) LCD with touchscreen • 16 backlit physical keys for application specific functions • ARM9 CPU running at 400Mhz • Windows CE6.0 operating system • 2 composite video camera inputs • SD card slot • USB slot • 1.5watt loudspeaker • IP65 sealing • W:227mm x H:157mm x D:45mm
Ethernet (optional) Loudspeaker Camera1 (optional) Camera2 (optional) Emergency Stop Switch (optional) RDS iSOCAN Terminal
Power Switch on the end RDS G-CAN Terminal • High Brightness (400mcd) colour, 4.3” widescreen format (480x272) LCD with touch-screen • 4 backlit physical keys for application specific functions • ARM Cortex M3 CPU running at 80Mhz • SD card slot • USB slot • 8x Inputs (analogue or digital) • 2watt loudspeaker • IP65 sealing • W:126mm x H:111mm x D:40mm
26way D connector for power, CAN, 8x inputs etc USB & SD behind rubber door Loudspeaker RDS G-CAN Terminal
Expert Plus • An enhanced version of the standard Expert using a 128 x 160 dot matrix LCD display • Salt/Sand/Fertilizer spreading • Baling and wrapping machines Power supply: 10 to 30V Inputs: 19 (12x digital & 7x analogue) Outputs: 20 (Mosfet/PWM) Sealing: IP65 Comms: RS232, 1x CAN
Junction Box Assemblies Wiring Harnesses Connection Hardware
Sensors • A wide range of sensors and actuators designed for low cost and harsh environments. • Reed switch & magnet • Inductive • Microwave • Angle sensing • Rotary encoders • Capacitive • Force • Pressure • Ground speed • Moisture
Associated Components • RDS is able to provide and integrate with a large number of additional pieces of equipment to enable total systems to be developed. • GPS/DGPS • Telemetry • Joystick controls • Remote control (radio or infra-red) • Printing • Data card readers • Bar code readers
Exhibitions RDS exhibits at all the major international trade fairs i.e.AGRITECHNICA, SIMA, BAUMA, CONEXPO, INTERMAT etc