Field device for process automation in industrial or private environments, which has an operating element with a button and a luminous display, the luminous display being set up for optical feedback of the operating command issued by a user to the button.

There is provided a method for real time monitoring of environmental parameter(s) in an interior of a structure. The method includes providing an environmental monitoring system with a microprocessor system, one or more sensors, a power supply, and a visual feedback display assembly. The method includes installing the sensor(s) in the interior of the structure, and collecting, with the sensor(s), environmental data relating to the environmental parameter(s) of the interior of the structure, to obtain collected environmental data. The method includes processing the collected environmental data, and comparing, with the microprocessor system, the processed environmental data to one or more predetermined values, to obtain environmental data results. The method includes alerting, with the visual feedback display assembly, one or more visual signals corresponding to one or more of, in-specification environmental parameter(s) of the interior of the structure, and out-of-specification environmental parameter(s), of the interior of the structure.

A display device includes a display unit having a first area for displaying measurement values and a second area for displaying a plurality of icons, and a display control unit for controlling the display of images on the display unit. The display control unit performs the controls of (i) displaying, on the display unit, a first image including the measurement values in the first area and an icon image of a rotation button in the second area, and (ii) when the rotation button is touched, drawing a second image including a representation of the measurement values corresponding to a state in which the measurement values in the first image are rotated in the first region.

A process measurement display is disclosed that includes an indicator configured to change position to indicate a process variable. The display also includes an illumination source configured to provide light to the indicator. The display further includes a processor configured to control the illumination source to provide at least one additional output modality.

A sensor device for detecting transport parameters representative of those experienced by a sample during transportation is provided. The sample is stored in a container. The sensor device includes a housing with a configuration that generally matches the configuration of the container, a hardened substrate portion formed from a substrate material, and a sensor assembly comprising at least one sensor for detecting at least one transport parameter (e.g. acceleration, orientation, temperature, etc.). The sensor assembly is secured within the housing by the hardened substrate portion. Optionally, a weight of the device approximates a combined weight of the container and the sample stored therein. The weight of the sensor device can be adjusted. When the device is positioned proximate to the container during transportation, the at least one transport parameter detected by the at least one sensor is analogous to that at least one transport parameter experienced in the container.

A sensor device includes a sensor module housing, a sensor module, a communication module, and a universal interface. The sensor module housing is configured to contain the sensor module. The sensor module disposed in the sensor module housing. A communication module is operably coupled to the sensor module. The universal interface configured to couple to an option module to provide an additional function. An extended sensor system is also provided.