W8 Shock Sensor
Piezoresistive Accelerometer: ± 500g
Digital Capacitive Accelerometer: ± 40g
Battery: 4000 mAh
Storage: 16 GB
W8-R500D40
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Unfortunately, due to supply issues, we will be temporarily discontinuing the W8-R500D40. We plan to bring back this sensor in 2025. We appreciate your patience and understanding as we work through these supplier challenges.
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Develop a Shock, Vibration and Environment Profile with ease & confidence for your specific application!
Take a deep dive of our applications pages for specific application resources.
- Vibration Sensing & Recording
- Shock & Impact Testing
- Shipping & Transport Monitoring
- Wi-Fi Enabled Wireless Monitoring
- Environmental Testing
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Accelerometer Type | Range | Sampling Rate | Bandwidth | Noise | Resolution |
Piezoresistive | ± 500g | 20,000 Hz | 0 to 2,000 Hz | < 0.40 gRMS | 0.015 g |
Digital Capacitive | ± 40g | 4,000 Hz | 0 to 300 Hz | < 0.01 gRMS | 0.00008 g |
Sensor | Measurement Range | Resolution | Sampling Rate |
Microphone | 105 dB | 0 (off) to 20,000 Hz | |
GPS Location | 2.5 m | 0 (off) to 1 Hz | |
GPS Time | 60 ns | 0 (off) to 1 Hz | |
Gyroscope | 2000°/s | 0.06 °/s | 0 (off) to 3,200 Hz |
Magnetometer | ± 1300 µT | 0.3 µT | 0 (off) to 10 Hz |
Temperature | -40 to 85 °C | 0.01 °C | 0 (off) to 10 Hz |
Pressure | 1 to 200 kPa | 1.6 Pa | 0 (off) to 10 Hz |
Humidity | 0 to 100 %RH | 0.04% RH | 0 (off) to 10 Hz |
Light | 0 to > 20 uV | <100 mlx | 0 (off) to 4 Hz |
Parameter | Range | Notes |
Operating Temperature | -40°C to 80°C (-40°F to 176°F) | |
Recommended Storage Temperature | 15°C to 30°C (59°F to 86°F) | Recharging Temperature 0°C to 45°C (32°F to 113°F) |
Humidity | 0 to 95 %RH | Non-Condensing |
Pressure | 20 kPa to 110 kPa (2.9 psi to 16.0 psi) | Absolute Pressure |
Shock Limit | >3,000 g | Refer to Shock Report (PDF) |
No Electric Field Susceptibility | 2 MHz to 18 GHz @ 200 V/m | Refer to EMI Test Report (PDF) |
No Magnetic Field Susceptibility | 30 Hz to 100 kHz | Refer to EMI Test Report (PDF) |
Sample Rate | Storage Capacity | Continuous Recording | Main Accel. Trigger | 2nd Accel. Trigger | Periodic/Time Trigger |
100 Hz | 44 days | 7 days | 8 days | 33 days | 2.0 years |
1,000 Hz | 18 days | 7 days | 8 days | 33 days | 1.9 years |
5,000 Hz | 6 days | 6 days | 8 days | 33 days | 1.7 years |
20,000 Hz | 34 hours | 3 days | 8 days | 33 days | 320 days |
Mass | 250 grams |
Case Material | Aluminum Base, Polycarbonate Top |
Mounting - Screw | 10-32 Bolts (23 ft-lb) |
Mounting - Tape (Double Sided) | 3M 950 Tape |
Length | 99.8 mm (3.93") |
Width | 58.6 mm (2.31") |
Thickness | 45.6 mm (1.80") |
Ingress Protection | IP 50 (Dust Protected) |
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- View multiple sensor channels concurrently
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- Batch export and convert data
enDAQ CLOUD
Upload raw data directly to the Cloud to generate standard and advanced custom reports.
- Pre-Configured Standard Reports
- Advanced Analysis Metrics
- API Access
- 100 GB Storage
- Unlimited Custom Alerts
Open Source Python Libraries
Provides the functionality to adapt analysis and give you the exact data you need for your specific application.
- Directly Load & Parse data from IDE files
- Generate power spectral densities (PSD) and shock response spectra (SRS)
- Double integrate into velocity & displacement and resample data

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