Development of a low-power sensor that can be used to trigger or stop other applications that require more energy.

Development of an energy autonomous low-cost monitoring device to monitor cookstove usage and report the information using LPWAN systems

SPECS Zurich is a supplier of Scanning Probe Microscopy (SPM) Controller Systems. A new high-speed communication architecture will be designed and a proof of concept will be built. The new link will be able to transmit up to 16 Gbps with extremely low jitter and high synchronicity between different devices.

The project brings essential innovations which empower Nanosurf to strengthen its market position and open up new customer segments: Fast photothermal off-resonance tapping in combination with data-driven control, dual actuation and advanced data-handling with machine learning support.

A novel approach for a fully automated food waste management solution for commercial kitchens is investigated. Food waste is automatically detected using a new camera device, preprocessed in real-time and classified using machine learning algorithms.

Hard and firmware development of a fail-safe system for drones.

Muscle loss is a concomitant of various diseases (cachexia) and the usual aging process (sarcopenia). Limiting this reduction and, ideally, even reversing it makes medical and economic sense. In medicine, the metabolic function (in addition to the pure movement) of the muscles is increasingly understood and recognized in their therapeutic ...

The AMANDA project aims to stretch the limits of Electronic Smart Systems’ (ESS) autonomy (in terms of energy, decision making & maintenance-free lifetime extension) and miniaturization (by applying high aspect ratio design architecture). Its ultimate goal is to develop and validate a cost-attractive next generation Autonomous Smart Sensing Card ...

Time synchronization according to IEEE 802.1AS is integrated in a TSN-capable switching platform.

This project will investigate and test methods aimed at improving the performance of current popular LPWAN IoT systems. The improvements target several areas such as determinism, latency and energy. They enable new applications that are currently not possible.

Harvesting energy from cyclist heat to power a wireless embedded system on a bike

A TEG is used upon a finger touch to convert thermal flux into electrical energy and power a wireless BLE sensor

A new system for preventing collisions of the cutting head in laser cutting machines with protruding sheet metal parts is being researched. Such parts are detected in real time by image processing in a multi-processor System-on-Chip (MPSoC) to prevent a crash.

TSN is a protocol suite developed by IEEE 802.1. As part of this order, the time synchronization protocol IEEE 802.1AS is implemented.

The project enables a secure authentication of resource-constrained wireless nodes in an IP-based mesh network for building automation. This authentication is an imperative requirement to connect wireless field devices directly to IT networks. An intelligent dual-mode software stack on the wireless node allows a direct integration of smartphones ...

Synchronous LoRa mesh network to monitor processes in underground infrastructure. A novel LPWAN concept based on the LoRa technology that enhances transmission reliability, efficiency, and flexibility in range-critical situations through meshed multi-hop routing and ensures a precise time-synchronization.

The Institute of Embedded Systems and Zurich Instruments are jointly designing a new high-performance platform for digital dynamic signal processing, on which all new ZI products from 2017 onwards will be based. It will replace the previous six-year-old platform. The highly integrated 16-nm semiconductor technology used in the platform, which will ...

Operational communication systems for command and control centers of transport companies or emergency organizations have to cope with complex connection situations that span networks of different technologies (telephony, trunked radio, mobile radio). The requirements in terms of functionality, performance and availability have continuously ...

Development of the next-generation optical sensor for the measurement of the oxygen gas concentration with very low power consumption. The measuring principle is based on the quenching of the luminescence by oxygen molecules.

New techniques will be investigated and developed for car rental/sharing systems. These techniques will give more comfort, convenience and security to the different users while enabling car rental/sharing firms to better control the leasing and tracking of their vehicles.

The door control for the smart door communicates via BLE and can thus be operated with dedicated buttons as well as smartphone applications.

Studer's professional audio mixing consoles are well accepted but require expensive components. A new innovation of using the open computing language (OpenCL) for digital audio processing on graphic processors (GPUs) and on FPGAs allow to reuse the existing software investment of Studer's high-end products also for small mixing consoles with ...

We will investigate and develop technologies to allow the use of the Dynapic Piezo as sole energy source for Wireless Systems based on standard protocols. Features such as very low-power encryption, multi-key and display will be supported. Results will take the form of appropriate concepts, models, circuits, algorithms with associated measurement ...

Modern rolling-stock requires a mixture of standard-technology as well as safe and dependable distributed nodes. The latter are expensive due to high validation and certification costs. To reduce costs and increase application flexibility whilst reducing probabilities of failure and enhancing safety, a HW-SW suite and process will be developed ...