PalmSource, Inc. announced that Aceeca Limited, a Christchurch, New Zealand electronics company has licensed its Palm OS operating system. Palm OS software will be incorporated into a new Palm Powered diagnostic measurement handheld from Aceeca to address the needs of enterprise and industrial instruments markets. Aceeca’s new mobile handheld device, called the Meazura, features a proprietary expansion slot, called the MZIO, that allows third party developers to add custom modules. MZIO is a proprietary interface developed by Aceeca to specifically meet the requirements of interfacing sensor signal conditioning circuitry as well as external memory cards to the main microprocessor and internal memory. The MZIO provides developers with various options for communications with the system processor and memory and minimizes the amount of development effort required to interface with virtually any sensor. These mobile sensors can enable government and scientific agencies to monitor things like vibration, displacement, and temperatures and provide mobile in-the-field measurement solutions for a wide range of industries, including agriculture, automotive, aviation, geology, machinery maintenance, and medical.