Pub Date : 2015-12-01DOI: 10.1109/ICSENST.2015.7438418
D. Smorgon, V. Fernicola
Wireless sensors networks (WSNs) are constantly expanding their application field, from simple two-state measurements (e.g., on/off, proximity detection, etc.) to distributed many-parameter measurements. Commercial WSNs offer a wide range of functions and performance with sensors sometimes achieving accuracy comparable with desktop instrumentation. However, the advantage of using such sensors for in-situ monitoring is often offset by the need of partially dismantling the network at the time of periodic network nodes calibration. As a result, new reference standards suitable for automatic and in-situ calibration of such sensors networks are needed in order to reduce the calibration cost, the inherent inefficiency and the logistic problems of a laboratory calibration, further exploiting the communication capabilities of a WSN. This work discusses the development of a wireless reference node (WRN) for the measuring of environment quantity such as air temperature (T) and relative humidity (RH). The module was developed for accurate measurements of additional environment-related quantities whose principle is based on a capacitive sensing mechanism (e.g. pressure, air-flow, moisture, etc...). The WRN performance was investigated in the temperature range from 0 °C to 40 °C and in the relative humidity range from 10 %rh to about 90 %rh for its potential use as a transfer standard for automatic in-situ calibrations. Some of novelties here reported were patented and are now available to upgrade a basic WSN with an automatic in-situ calibration capability.
{"title":"A wireless reference node to provide self-calibration capability to wireless sensors networks","authors":"D. Smorgon, V. Fernicola","doi":"10.1109/ICSENST.2015.7438418","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICSENST.2015.7438418","url":null,"abstract":"Wireless sensors networks (WSNs) are constantly expanding their application field, from simple two-state measurements (e.g., on/off, proximity detection, etc.) to distributed many-parameter measurements. Commercial WSNs offer a wide range of functions and performance with sensors sometimes achieving accuracy comparable with desktop instrumentation. However, the advantage of using such sensors for in-situ monitoring is often offset by the need of partially dismantling the network at the time of periodic network nodes calibration. As a result, new reference standards suitable for automatic and in-situ calibration of such sensors networks are needed in order to reduce the calibration cost, the inherent inefficiency and the logistic problems of a laboratory calibration, further exploiting the communication capabilities of a WSN. This work discusses the development of a wireless reference node (WRN) for the measuring of environment quantity such as air temperature (T) and relative humidity (RH). The module was developed for accurate measurements of additional environment-related quantities whose principle is based on a capacitive sensing mechanism (e.g. pressure, air-flow, moisture, etc...). The WRN performance was investigated in the temperature range from 0 °C to 40 °C and in the relative humidity range from 10 %rh to about 90 %rh for its potential use as a transfer standard for automatic in-situ calibrations. Some of novelties here reported were patented and are now available to upgrade a basic WSN with an automatic in-situ calibration capability.","PeriodicalId":375376,"journal":{"name":"2015 9th International Conference on Sensing Technology (ICST)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131289753","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2015-12-01DOI: 10.1109/ICSENST.2015.7438497
T. Nakadai, R. Yoshida, Tomoki Taguchi, Hiroshi Mizoguchi, Ryohei Egusa, Etsuji Yamaguchi, S. Inagaki, Yoshiaki Takeda, M. Namatame, Masanori Sugimoto, F. Kusunoki
Interest in sound interfaces is increasing because such interfaces do not need advanced knowledge about particular devices, nor do they require physical operation. However, such interfaces are difficult to use because the general living environment often contains background noise. In order to solve this problem, sound separation systems that use a microphone array sensor have been proposed. In previous work, this microphone array sensor was a small system that considered only two-dimensional (2-D) directivity control. In this paper, we present the design of a spherical microphone array sensor with 3-D directivity. This 3-D directivity property is confirmed via an experimental evaluation.
{"title":"Novel application of spherical microphone array sensor with three-dimensional directivity for home and office environments","authors":"T. Nakadai, R. Yoshida, Tomoki Taguchi, Hiroshi Mizoguchi, Ryohei Egusa, Etsuji Yamaguchi, S. Inagaki, Yoshiaki Takeda, M. Namatame, Masanori Sugimoto, F. Kusunoki","doi":"10.1109/ICSENST.2015.7438497","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICSENST.2015.7438497","url":null,"abstract":"Interest in sound interfaces is increasing because such interfaces do not need advanced knowledge about particular devices, nor do they require physical operation. However, such interfaces are difficult to use because the general living environment often contains background noise. In order to solve this problem, sound separation systems that use a microphone array sensor have been proposed. In previous work, this microphone array sensor was a small system that considered only two-dimensional (2-D) directivity control. In this paper, we present the design of a spherical microphone array sensor with 3-D directivity. This 3-D directivity property is confirmed via an experimental evaluation.","PeriodicalId":375376,"journal":{"name":"2015 9th International Conference on Sensing Technology (ICST)","volume":"73 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125761890","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2015-12-01DOI: 10.1109/ICSENST.2015.7438363
D. Preethichandra
Continues health monitoring of healthcare facility environments is vital in maintaining their quality of service standards. This paper discuss a suitable hardware implementation using reconfigurable network nodes to setup such a network with monitoring facilities to measure carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, methane, ammonia gas concentrations, light and noise levels, and people movement information within the facility. These information can be fused together to make vital decisions alerting the healthcare facility staff to attend to a particular location without having dedicated staff for continuous monitoring. This will help dedicating the healthcare facility staff for other important care duties while the wireless sensor network looks after the health of the facility environment.
{"title":"Wireless sensor network for monitoring the health of healthcare facility environments","authors":"D. Preethichandra","doi":"10.1109/ICSENST.2015.7438363","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICSENST.2015.7438363","url":null,"abstract":"Continues health monitoring of healthcare facility environments is vital in maintaining their quality of service standards. This paper discuss a suitable hardware implementation using reconfigurable network nodes to setup such a network with monitoring facilities to measure carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, methane, ammonia gas concentrations, light and noise levels, and people movement information within the facility. These information can be fused together to make vital decisions alerting the healthcare facility staff to attend to a particular location without having dedicated staff for continuous monitoring. This will help dedicating the healthcare facility staff for other important care duties while the wireless sensor network looks after the health of the facility environment.","PeriodicalId":375376,"journal":{"name":"2015 9th International Conference on Sensing Technology (ICST)","volume":"16 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127889022","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2015-12-01DOI: 10.1109/ICSENST.2015.7438513
S. Silva, D. Dias
We present a sensor platform to be mounted on the white cane used by the visually impaired. This can estimate the direction of user movement and enable the user to detect obstacles lying on the path in advance. The sensor platform contains an ultrasonic sensor and an IMU (Inertia Measurement Unit). We develop a model to estimate distances to obstacles in the path and their width based on sensor measurements. The model is demonstrated to have an overall accuracy of 84%, with accuracy as high as 90% for obstacles within 50cm in front of the user. Knowledge of obstacle locations and their size in advance, would enable us to guide visually impaired persons to deviate from their path and return to it after the obstacle has been passed.
{"title":"A sensor platform for the visually impaired to walk straight avoiding obstacles","authors":"S. Silva, D. Dias","doi":"10.1109/ICSENST.2015.7438513","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICSENST.2015.7438513","url":null,"abstract":"We present a sensor platform to be mounted on the white cane used by the visually impaired. This can estimate the direction of user movement and enable the user to detect obstacles lying on the path in advance. The sensor platform contains an ultrasonic sensor and an IMU (Inertia Measurement Unit). We develop a model to estimate distances to obstacles in the path and their width based on sensor measurements. The model is demonstrated to have an overall accuracy of 84%, with accuracy as high as 90% for obstacles within 50cm in front of the user. Knowledge of obstacle locations and their size in advance, would enable us to guide visually impaired persons to deviate from their path and return to it after the obstacle has been passed.","PeriodicalId":375376,"journal":{"name":"2015 9th International Conference on Sensing Technology (ICST)","volume":"463 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127535326","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2015-12-01DOI: 10.1109/ICSENST.2015.7438375
Liming Qiu, K. Wang, Z. Salcic
The Wireless Sensor Network (WSN)-based pipeline monitoring systems are expected to have long life time in order to make their deployment cost-effective. In reality, wireless transceivers are considered one of the main consumers of energy in individual sensor nodes of WSNs. The duty cycling technique which puts transceiver module into sleep state for the majority of sensor node's operating time is considered a highly effective method to reduce energy consumption. In this paper we present the use of Wake-on-Radio (WoR) for reduction of used energy and conducted power consumption experiments using CC430-based WSN nodes. The results show promising performance improvement when using WoR in the CC1101 radio transceiver of CC430. Then, an adaptive duty cycle algorithm based on the WoR functionality, which enables sensor nodes to dynamically adjust their WoR duty cycles according to the real-time wireless channel conditions in achieving reduced power consumption, was proposed.
{"title":"Dynamic duty cycle-based Wireless Sensor Network for underground pipeline monitoring","authors":"Liming Qiu, K. Wang, Z. Salcic","doi":"10.1109/ICSENST.2015.7438375","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICSENST.2015.7438375","url":null,"abstract":"The Wireless Sensor Network (WSN)-based pipeline monitoring systems are expected to have long life time in order to make their deployment cost-effective. In reality, wireless transceivers are considered one of the main consumers of energy in individual sensor nodes of WSNs. The duty cycling technique which puts transceiver module into sleep state for the majority of sensor node's operating time is considered a highly effective method to reduce energy consumption. In this paper we present the use of Wake-on-Radio (WoR) for reduction of used energy and conducted power consumption experiments using CC430-based WSN nodes. The results show promising performance improvement when using WoR in the CC1101 radio transceiver of CC430. Then, an adaptive duty cycle algorithm based on the WoR functionality, which enables sensor nodes to dynamically adjust their WoR duty cycles according to the real-time wireless channel conditions in achieving reduced power consumption, was proposed.","PeriodicalId":375376,"journal":{"name":"2015 9th International Conference on Sensing Technology (ICST)","volume":"24 3 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130993954","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2015-12-01DOI: 10.1109/ICSENST.2015.7438394
R. Ueno, K. Ishii, Kazuhiro Suzuki, H. Honda, H. Funaki
This paper reports the implementation of a silicon-based infrared (IR) multiband pass filter (BPF) on an uncooled microbolometer IR focal plane array (IR-FPA), both of which are fabricated by the standard CMOS process. IR spectroscopy has been widely used as a sample identification technique, exploiting the fact that each molecule structure has a unique spectral feature. Using IR-BPF and IR-FPA, a low-cost and compact IR-spectral imaging system is realized. The microbolometer IR-FPA exhibits broad spectral response sufficient to cover the IR-region from the mid-infrared (3 μm) to far-infrared (8 μm~), which is broader than the coverage of conventional non-silicon-based photodetectors such as mercury cadmium telluride. Single-band images of invisible gases such as ethanol vapor and CO2 in breath are obtained with the IR-FPA. For multiband imaging, a guided-mode resonance IR filter is fabricated by patterning aluminum (Al) layer of 100 nm thickness on a silicon-on-insulator wafer. Measured peak transmittance wavelengths (λc) of square and hexagonal Al array are compared with results of rigorous coupled-wave analysis, as a function of the Al pattern period. The λc of 3.3, 3.9, and 4.4 μm are obtained at the pattern period of 1.8, 2.4, and 2.8 μm for the square array. In all cases, the λc slightly decreases for the hexagonal array. The full-width at half-maximum (FWHM) of each filter is approximately 200 nm for the λc of 4.4 μm, 400 nm for λc of 3.3 μm.
{"title":"Infrared multispectral imaging with silicon-based multiband pass filter and infrared focal plane array","authors":"R. Ueno, K. Ishii, Kazuhiro Suzuki, H. Honda, H. Funaki","doi":"10.1109/ICSENST.2015.7438394","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICSENST.2015.7438394","url":null,"abstract":"This paper reports the implementation of a silicon-based infrared (IR) multiband pass filter (BPF) on an uncooled microbolometer IR focal plane array (IR-FPA), both of which are fabricated by the standard CMOS process. IR spectroscopy has been widely used as a sample identification technique, exploiting the fact that each molecule structure has a unique spectral feature. Using IR-BPF and IR-FPA, a low-cost and compact IR-spectral imaging system is realized. The microbolometer IR-FPA exhibits broad spectral response sufficient to cover the IR-region from the mid-infrared (3 μm) to far-infrared (8 μm~), which is broader than the coverage of conventional non-silicon-based photodetectors such as mercury cadmium telluride. Single-band images of invisible gases such as ethanol vapor and CO2 in breath are obtained with the IR-FPA. For multiband imaging, a guided-mode resonance IR filter is fabricated by patterning aluminum (Al) layer of 100 nm thickness on a silicon-on-insulator wafer. Measured peak transmittance wavelengths (λc) of square and hexagonal Al array are compared with results of rigorous coupled-wave analysis, as a function of the Al pattern period. The λc of 3.3, 3.9, and 4.4 μm are obtained at the pattern period of 1.8, 2.4, and 2.8 μm for the square array. In all cases, the λc slightly decreases for the hexagonal array. The full-width at half-maximum (FWHM) of each filter is approximately 200 nm for the λc of 4.4 μm, 400 nm for λc of 3.3 μm.","PeriodicalId":375376,"journal":{"name":"2015 9th International Conference on Sensing Technology (ICST)","volume":"66 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131156038","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2015-12-01DOI: 10.1109/ICSENST.2015.7438383
Soumen Das, D. Das, Sudipto Maiti, K. Biswas
Cell counting in microfluidic platform finds many interesting applications in healthcare and medical technology. In microflow cytometers, cells are counted based on either optical or electrical properties. In this paper, a bioimpedance based microflow cytometer has been fabricated to detect and count the microparticles flowing through a microchannel. The numerical simulation suggests that the proposed device is capable to detect microparticles having different sizes and properties. Initially, the signal produced from cytometer are collected by data accusation system demonstrating generation of voltage pulse corresponding to each particle. Additionally, an instrumentation system has been developed to detect and count those pulses in real-time and display on a screen.
{"title":"A bioimpedance-based microflow cytometer with compact electronic instrumentation for counting of microparticles","authors":"Soumen Das, D. Das, Sudipto Maiti, K. Biswas","doi":"10.1109/ICSENST.2015.7438383","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICSENST.2015.7438383","url":null,"abstract":"Cell counting in microfluidic platform finds many interesting applications in healthcare and medical technology. In microflow cytometers, cells are counted based on either optical or electrical properties. In this paper, a bioimpedance based microflow cytometer has been fabricated to detect and count the microparticles flowing through a microchannel. The numerical simulation suggests that the proposed device is capable to detect microparticles having different sizes and properties. Initially, the signal produced from cytometer are collected by data accusation system demonstrating generation of voltage pulse corresponding to each particle. Additionally, an instrumentation system has been developed to detect and count those pulses in real-time and display on a screen.","PeriodicalId":375376,"journal":{"name":"2015 9th International Conference on Sensing Technology (ICST)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132712458","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2015-12-01DOI: 10.1109/ICSENST.2015.7438366
B. Jagyasi, Jabal Raval
Wireless sensor networks have been found to be useful for detection of events like volcanic eruption, landslide, and agricultural crop stress. The problem of in-network data aggregation for binary event detection has been well studied in literature for multihop wireless sensor networks with tree topology. In this paper, we propose a novel Neural Network based distributed detection approach for multihop wireless sensor networks with mesh topology. As compared to the tree topology, the unidirectional mesh topology resembles more closely to a neural network wherein each sensor node has been modeled as a neuron in the neural network. An exhaustive analysis has been presented to compare the proposed approach with the existing approaches for tree topology along with their modified counterparts for the mesh topology. The simulation results depicts a substantial gain in the detection accuracy by the proposed neural network based data aggregation approach in wireless mesh sensor networks as compared to the other existing methods for tree and mesh topologies of the wireless sensor networks.
{"title":"Data aggregation in multihop wireless mesh sensor Neural Networks","authors":"B. Jagyasi, Jabal Raval","doi":"10.1109/ICSENST.2015.7438366","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICSENST.2015.7438366","url":null,"abstract":"Wireless sensor networks have been found to be useful for detection of events like volcanic eruption, landslide, and agricultural crop stress. The problem of in-network data aggregation for binary event detection has been well studied in literature for multihop wireless sensor networks with tree topology. In this paper, we propose a novel Neural Network based distributed detection approach for multihop wireless sensor networks with mesh topology. As compared to the tree topology, the unidirectional mesh topology resembles more closely to a neural network wherein each sensor node has been modeled as a neuron in the neural network. An exhaustive analysis has been presented to compare the proposed approach with the existing approaches for tree topology along with their modified counterparts for the mesh topology. The simulation results depicts a substantial gain in the detection accuracy by the proposed neural network based data aggregation approach in wireless mesh sensor networks as compared to the other existing methods for tree and mesh topologies of the wireless sensor networks.","PeriodicalId":375376,"journal":{"name":"2015 9th International Conference on Sensing Technology (ICST)","volume":"139 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128136649","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2015-12-01DOI: 10.1109/ICSENST.2015.7438460
P. Arpaia, D. Caiazza, G. Deferne, C. Petrone, S. Russenschuck
A versatile measurement system has been designed and commissioned at CERN, which is based on a wire sensor in different modes of operation: the classical single-stretched wire mode, the oscillating wire mode employing frequencies well below the first natural resonance, as well as the vibrating wire mode where the wire is excited in the first or higher-order resonance conditions. In this paper, the main technical challenges and constraints of the wire methods are presented, together with the applications to locate the magnetic axis of a string of magnets on a common girder and to the measurement of multipole errors. Sources of uncertainty, stemming from the wire motion unsuitability, are discussed, different wire motion transducers are compared, and the effect of background fields and environmental effects is studied.
{"title":"Advances in stretched and oscillating-wire methods for magnetic measurement","authors":"P. Arpaia, D. Caiazza, G. Deferne, C. Petrone, S. Russenschuck","doi":"10.1109/ICSENST.2015.7438460","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICSENST.2015.7438460","url":null,"abstract":"A versatile measurement system has been designed and commissioned at CERN, which is based on a wire sensor in different modes of operation: the classical single-stretched wire mode, the oscillating wire mode employing frequencies well below the first natural resonance, as well as the vibrating wire mode where the wire is excited in the first or higher-order resonance conditions. In this paper, the main technical challenges and constraints of the wire methods are presented, together with the applications to locate the magnetic axis of a string of magnets on a common girder and to the measurement of multipole errors. Sources of uncertainty, stemming from the wire motion unsuitability, are discussed, different wire motion transducers are compared, and the effect of background fields and environmental effects is studied.","PeriodicalId":375376,"journal":{"name":"2015 9th International Conference on Sensing Technology (ICST)","volume":"137 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128140333","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2015-12-01DOI: 10.1109/ICSENST.2015.7438488
Marcelo Ribeiro
The RAMSRS (Robot-Aided Magnetic Sensors Readout Suit) consists of a system that integrates a robot arm with magnetic sensor readout units through a software which controls both the robot movements and the acquisition of data from the sensors. Permanent magnets are fixated to the robot arm though application specific magnet holders, while sensors read magnetic flux densities in 1D, 2D and 3D, so the integration software is able to combine accurate position information with magnetic field strength and present the output graphically for real time visualization as well as in comma separate value files for further analysis in external mathematical tools. The graphical interface of the integration software has a tabbed layout, where information is grouped into areas such as: status, configuration, control and measurement. The system has been developed to allow controlled magnet movements around magnetic sensors in order to identify the behavior of the magnetic field as seem by the sensor, which allows various different test experiments to be quickly performed in order to realize conceptual checks and validation of simulations, which saves development time and is a valuable step before manufacturing actual prototypes. Current applications include linear position detection, magnetic angle measurement, sensor characterization, validation of concepts, simulations and analytics, among others.
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