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The Truth AboutInteractive WhiteboardOperating Speciications
 
Interpreting temperature and relative humidity
October 2006
SMART Technologies Inc.
White Paper
 
This white paper is or inormational purposes only, is subject to change without notice and should notbe construed as oering any uture product commitments on the part o SMART Technologies Inc. Whilesigniicant eort has been made to ensure the accuracy o the inormation, SMART Technologies Inc.assumes no responsibility or liability or any errors, omissions or inaccuracies contained herein.© 2006 SMART Technologies Inc. All rights reserved. SMART Board, the SMART logo and smarttech aretrademarks o SMART Technologies Inc. in Canada and the U.S. All other third-party product and companynames may be the trademarks o their respective owners.2
 
Introduction
When it comes to evaluating operating speciications orinteractive whiteboards,
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it is important to understand whatthe numbers mean and to be wary o claims about the abilityo dierent boards to withstand extreme temperature andhumidity conditions. The speciications used to prove ordisprove such claims may be cited out o context, and they maybe irrelevant given the other technology products that connectto your interactive whiteboard. It is best to consider operatingspeciications or interactive whiteboards in the context o thewhole technology package that you are assembling.
UnderstandingOperatingSpeciications
All technology manuacturers recommend certaintemperature ranges and humidity levels or the saeoperation o their product. These are typically set by a serieso ormal or standard tests. Product speciications oten listthis inormation under a heading such as
Environment 
. Here,or example, are the operating speciications or a SMARTBoard
™
680 interactive whiteboard:
Storage
–40°F to 120°F (–40°C to 49°C) with up to95% humidity noncondensing
Operating
41°F to 95°F (5°C to 5°C) with up to 80%humidity noncondensing
Temperature ranges
The temperature ranges are straightorward. Within these,the manuacturer typically ensures a product will work. I itdoes not, the manuacturer will oten repair the deect orreplace the interactive whiteboard within a speciied period.
Relative humidity
Generally speaking,
humidity 
reers to the amount o watervapor in the air relative to the amount o water vapor theair can potentially hold. But these amounts vary, dependingon temperature: warm air can hold more water vapor thancold air. The term relative humidity is used to describe thisphenomenon and is expressed as a percentage.In operating speciications, relative humidity is oten said tobe noncondensing when the manuacturer has perormeda standard environmental test conirming the point atwhich water vapor condenses to a liquid orm and coatselectronics, rendering them inoperable or unsae.At SMART, or instance, all SMART Board interactivewhiteboards undergo standard environmental tests,including temperature and humidity.
Considering theWhole Package
Interactive whiteboards do not unction in isolation. Theyare part o a system that usually includes at least a computerand projector. You should review the operating speciicationso each o these products in order to assess the optimumenvironment or an interactive whiteboard.For instance, a sae room (or ambient) temperature rangeor most computers is 60–75°F (16–24°C),
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which is armore restrictive than the typical speciications or interactivewhiteboards. As well, many o the most commonly availableprojectors will not tolerate operating temperatures lowerthan 41°F (5°C) or more than 80% humidity noncondensing.
Hardware Temperature Relativehumiditynoncondensing
Interactivewhiteboard41–95°F (5–5°C)Max 80%Computer60–75°F (16–24°C)Max 80%
Projector41–95°F (5–5°C)Max 80%
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This white paper discusses only ront-projection interactive whiteboards. SMART oers a variety o rear-projection interactive whiteboards. For more inormation,visitwww.smarttech.com.
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 http://searchdatacenter.techtarget.com/sDefnition/0,290660,sid80_gci106212,00.html, August 29, 2006
 http://pcsupport.stritch.edu/cobhelp/laptop.php, September 1, 2006
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Temperature and humidity specifcations based on survey o 15 projectors on brand name manuacturers’ websites, September 1, 2006
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