René Heidl, Indu-Sol
“IMMS with its many years of experience in energy-autonomous systems and in developing integrated hardware and software complemented our own work perfectly and developed us a battery-operated current clamp for us. We are more than happy with the product, which is now being mass-produced and is a valuable addition to our range.”
”The devices and software solutions made by our company are the means of improving EMC quality around field buses in industrial plant. We were in search of a solution for our customers which would enable the parasitics on communication wires to be registered and evaluated while keeping the plant working. The aim was to create a small, mobile device which would be capable of much more than any previous analytic instruments or procedures because it enabled users themselves to identify sources of interference on site, to determine the level of interference and to store the data for analysis later.
IMMS with its many years of experience in energy-autonomous systems and in developing integrated hardware and software complemented our own work perfectly. The staff partnering us defined the exact specifications for the target system and developed a battery-operated current clamp for us which will take, process and store measurements in the kHz range over a period of 14 days. In addition, IMMS carried out a range of tests on magnetic circuits (and more), applied efficiency criteria so that the right hardware, analogue adaptive circuits and software elements could be selected, then developed the software and optimised the energy consumption of the entire system. We are more than happy with the product, which is now being mass-produced and is a valuable addition to our range. We estimate that we will sell about 200 of these current clamps a year, with prospects of an increase.
The collaboration was, besides, a smooth one, marked always by a problem-solving attitude with high self-motivation. It went without saying that the IMMS colleagues would find a solution when we asked for a modification; not only that, but they made various suggestions of their own, like the implementation of the menu structure, the conservation of the insulation and the positioning of the SD card. Thanks to the housing designed and made by IMMS as well, we have been able to go into the early stages of mass production with a complete, ready-made solution. For these early stages IMMS is still our supportive and competent partner.
We shall certainly come to IMMS again for help on combined hardware and software development so that we can launch further attractive products on the market, again with the benefit of their know-how in funded research projects.“
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Service for R&D
Development of embedded systems
We develop embedded systems for you as complete solutions consisting of sensors and actuators, signal processing and communications technology as well as open-loop and closed-loop controls.
Research field
Smart distributed measurement and test systems
Integrated sensor ICs are the heart of sensor and measurement systems like wireless sensors, stationary or handheld devices. We are researching solutions for ever more powerful sensors with more intrinsic intelligence and task allocation in the network.
Project
Current Clamp
The clamp developed by IMMS registers and evaluates parasitic currents of data cables in industrial plant without interrupting production.
Press release
Intelligent measuring clamp detects parasitic currents in industrial plant
Presented by IMMS at the embedded world 2015, Hall 4, Booth 160 (OSADL joint booth).
Contact
Contact
Dr.-Ing. Tino Hutschenreuther
Head of System Design
tino.hutschenreuther(at)imms.de+49 (0) 3677 874 93 40
Dr. Tino Hutschenreuther will answer your questions on our research in Smart distributed measurement and test systems and the related core topics Analysis of distributed IoT systems, Embedded AI and Real-time data processing and communications, on the lead applications Adaptive edge AI systems for industrial application and IoT systems for cooperative environmental monitoring as well as on the range of services for the development of embedded systems.