Development for industry and automation
Industrial machines need controllers that run full shifts in an electrically noisy environment under heavy loads. We have developed power controllers of up to 1500 A, valve controllers, field IoT systems and remote control.
What is special about this field
- High power and currents of hundreds of amperes
- Electrically noisy environments: EMC and protection
- Industrial communication: CAN, RS485, Modbus
- Interfacing with existing systems
How we work in it
- Thermal design and protection from the schematic stage
- Load testing before delivery
- Documentation that lets the maintenance team work with the system
// Projects
Projects in this field
Industrial · High power
Multi-channel spot-welding controller
- Challenge
- Deliver pulses of up to 1500 A with precise timing, without burning parts on every pulse.
1500AMaximum pulse current
Rail · Reverse engineering
Sniffer for communication and engine operations in diesel locomotives
- Challenge
- Replace old systems in locomotives when there is no full documentation explaining how they work, and without disturbing the locomotive during testing.
14 channelsPer board, up to 72 V, over CAN
Fire safety · Power · SD log
Controller for smoke ventilation and automatic window opening
- Challenge
- In a fire, smoke vent windows must open immediately and reliably, even during a power outage. And after every event you need to know exactly what happened and when.
2×10ASeparate drive channels with battery backup
Fire safety · Power · 6 channels
Smoke ventilation controller with 6 drive channels
- Challenge
- A large building has many groups of windows and hatches. In a fire they must all open immediately and reliably, even during a power outage, and one controller has to manage all of them.
6×10ASeparate drive channels with battery backup
IoT · LoRa · FOTA
IoT · LoRa · FOTA
Remote firmware updates for a LoRa field network
- Challenge
- Update the firmware of about 150 units already in the field, over a slow LoRa channel with a 1% duty-cycle limit, without changing a single hardware pin and without bricking devices.
~150End units in the field
Industrial · Automation
Controller for a safety valve in automation systems
- Challenge
- A safety valve must close when needed, every time. Even during a power outage, even after months without operating.
Fail-safeDesigned for fault conditions
Industrial · Power · CAN
Power management board with CAN
- Challenge
- Control two heavy loads, lighting and heating, from an input of up to 56 V, and protect the board from short circuits and overload.
56VMaximum input voltage
Industrial IoT
Industrial IoT system for the field
- Challenge
- Connect dozens of sensors and outputs in the field, in a sealed box, and manage everything from the cloud.
24/7Remote monitoring
IoT · Cellular
IoT gateway with 4G/LTE
- Challenge
- Connect equipment at a remote site to the cloud where there is no wired network.
4G/LTEConnect from anywhere
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