 History
Datawell was established in 1961 as a research laboratory for the development of general instrumentation. Specializing in the marine environment, Datawell developed the basic principles of the gravity stabilized long period motion sensors. That, in combination with designs for very low power electronics, resulted in the Waverider® wave measuring buoy (1968), the Wavec buoy (1983) and Directional Waverider® buoy (1988) for the measurement of wave height and direction.
 Motion sensors designed for unattended operation in an environment as rough as the sea are well suited to measure the motion of a ship, so the development in the early seventies of the Heave, Piro (pitch-roll) and Hippy (heave-pitch-roll) ship motion sensors was a logical step.
Datawell BV is a private and fully independent company. Sound engineering and high quality are its first priority.
In 2001 a more extensive overview of datawell's history was made for our 40 years anniversary. You can read it here.
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