Projects


A small selection of successful projects

Fast data acquisition system for voltage and current measurements

  • Xilinx Zynq FPGA
  • 2 ADCs 250 MSps 16-bit
  • Measurement range: up to 750 V
  • Gigabit Ethernet
  • Ethercat
  • Linux

Condition monitioring using MEMS-Sensor

  • Microchip SAME53
  • ST LIS3DH MEMS 3-Axis Accelerometer
  • Bosch BME680 Gas Sensor
  • Fast-Ethernet
  • PT100 Interface
  • FreeRTOS

Research project Longlife

  • funded by BMBF
  • 2019 to 2022
  • Partners: University of Bremen, aimpulse Intelligent Systems GmbH, DESMA Schuhmaschinenfabrik GmbH, Encoway GmbH
  • Development of a sensor system for condition monitoring of technical systems
  • Integration into a process management and forecasting system

Module for acquisition of live vehicle data

  • ST STM32L452
  • CAN / ISO 9141 / ISO 14230 / J1850
  • OBD-2
  • UDS
  • GPS + GLONASS
  • Datatransfer via LTE

Sensor for bicycle based condition monitoring of roadways

  • Nordic nRF52832
  • Bluetooth LE 5.0
  • Zephyr OS
  • Bosch BME280 Humidity sensor
  • Bosch BMX160 9-Axis IMU
  • Ambient Light Sensor
  • GPS + GLONASS + GALILEO
  • Android APP

Research project Infrasense

  • funded by BMDV
  • 2021 to 2024
  • Partner: worldiety GmbH, VIA eG, baron mobility service GmbH, University of Oldenburg
  • Sensor for condition monitoring of bicycle roadways
  • Integration into mobile app and connecting to cloud-based data analysis

Power Supply Hat for Raspberry Pi

  • 24 V DC Input
  • 5V / 3A
  • 2 LED drivers
  • PWM-Dimming
  • Fault-detection

Control System

  • NXP Vybrid
  • Microchip XMega
  • 24 V I/O
  • 2 RS-485
  • 2 RS-232
  • Fast Ethernet
  • SD-Card

IR Sensorbar

  • Microchip XMega
  • 32 Photodiodes
  • 1 MSps ADC
  • Modbus RTU
  • Support Daisy-Chaining

Stepper motor control system

  • Raspberry Pi 4 Compute Modul
  • 2 NEMA-17 Stepper motors
  • CAN-Bus
  • RS-485
  • 3 Fast Ethernet
  • 2 USB
  • RTC

Condition monitoring using piezo electric sensors

  • Microchip SAME70
  • Analog sensor frontend
  • Dynamically selectable range
  • USB
  • Fast Ethernet
  • SD-Card

Forschungsprojekt Sonorion

  • funded by BMBF
  • 2020 to 2023
  • INVENT GmbH, Bosch Rexroth AG, Fraunhofer IIS
  • Sensor platform for condition monitoring of industrial machinery
  • Integration into Industry 4.0 platform

System measuring surface roughness using optical measurements

  • Xilinx Zynq
  • Camera-Link Full 5.44 Gbit/s
  • Gigabit Ethernet
  • RS-232
  • 4 24V Inputs
  • 4 24V Outputs
  • USB
  • Linux

Research project OptOChar

  • funded by BMBF
  • 2015 to 2018
  • University of Bremen, FRT GmbH
  • Computing system for laser based measuring of metal surfaces

measuring system for piezo electric ultrasound sensors

  • Xilinx Zynq FPGA
  • 10 MSps 16-bit ADC
  • Fast Ethernet
  • RS-232
  • 4 24V Inputs
  • 4 24V Outputs
  • USB
  • Linux

Research project ACME 4.0

  • funded by BMBF
  • Bosch Rexroth AG, Fraunhofer IIS/EAS, Infineon Technologies AG
  • hardware based data capture and analysis for piezo electric ultrasound sensors
  • Connection to analysis platform

Control system for medical device

  • Microchip SAME70
  • Fast Ethernet
  • USB
  • CAN
  • Bluetooth
  • 2 RS-232
  • GPIO
  • FreeRTOS

Remote control module for medical device

  • Nordic nRF52832
  • Bluetooth LE 5.0
  • Bosch IMU
  • Extremly low power consumption

FPGA design for LIDAR-System

  • Xilinx Spartan
  • Microblaze
  • control of ADC / DAC
  • FFT
  • Datatransfer via TCP/IP