Swedish Embedded Award 2016

This year's nominees for the Swedish Embedded Award competition span an even wider field than usual. They range from an extremely accurate measuring instrument for the research world to a self-driving golf ball picker and an energy-efficient electric longboard with astonishing performance. The awards ceremony will take place on the evening of November 22 at the Embedded Conference Scandinavia. www.embeddedconference.se

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NOMINEE OF THE YEAR

Enterprise Category

Automotive platform ACU-3
Company: Actia Nordic AB
ACU-3 is a vehicle platform for monitoring and remote control of, for example, cars and trucks. The tasks can be to handle remote diagnostics and service or "fleet management". The platform is Linux-based and communicates via a number of well-known standards such as CAN, WiFi, Ethernet, etc.

ConverLight control system
Company: ChromoGenics AB with development partner Prevas AB
ConverLight is a window glass that allows the amount of light and radiant heat that passes through to be controlled electrically. The scalable ConverLight control system can control from 1 to 1,600 connected windows. The windows can be controlled manually, using a mobile phone or computer, or fully automatically based on information from light and temperature sensors.

The DW 3000 hot air tool
Company: Sievert AB with development partners Elektronikkonsult AB and Realtime Embedded AB
The DW 3000 is a professional heating tool primarily for roofing, flooring and plastic welding. The electronics control the heat supply and the brushless fan motor with a very high level of accuracy. The input voltage range is extremely wide and the tool provides information on the status and quality of the power supply and extension cables, among other things. The compact brushless motor has made it possible to keep the format small and ergonomic.

AmbuMan
Company: Prevas
Sudden cardiac arrest causes about 15 percent of deaths in the Western world. That is why it is important to have realistic training methods. AmbuMan is a training environment that can control up to six training manikins from one system. The student connects wirelessly to the training manikins with their computer or phone and can thus access virtual patient information, or virtual defibrillators. The instructor can control the different manikins and receives all the information from the different users after the lesson.

Multichannel lock-in amplifier
Company: SynkTek AB
The product is a synchronized multi-channel lock-in measurement system with 10 analog inputs and 5 analog outputs. The instrument is used to measure very small voltages with high accuracy. The measurement principle allows measurements down to a few nanovolts and signal-to-noise ratios of 120 dB on a variable frequency. The system is controlled over a network and replaces about thirty large and very expensive instruments.

Optifuse
Company: Enexo AB
Optifuse is a smart connected fuse holder for standard porcelain fuses. The holder contains electronics for current measurement, a relay for breaking the current and a ZigBee radio for communication with monitoring systems. In this way, a user can easily and safely measure and remotely control heating and hot water, without the need for changes to the fixed installations.

Student Category

The mixer Märtha
University: Agstu
The audio mixer can handle any number of analog inputs and outputs, which are sampled and recreated at approximately 100 kHz per channel. The communication between input and output is via Gigabit Ethernet, which means that the distance between input and output can be very long, without affecting the sound quality. The mixing is done via touchscreen or physical motor-controlled MIDI consoles.

The creation of cold plasma for air ionization
University: Halmstad University
Antibiotic-resistant bacteria are becoming more common and new methods are needed to disinfect wounds and infections. One way is to use ionized air, which is blown towards the desired area. Here, high-voltage discharges, also called cold plasma, are used to ionize air and an electronic control device is used to control the process. A touch display is used to give commands and monitor the process.

EVAM System
University: Royal Institute of Technology
Emergency vehicles often risk getting stuck in heavy traffic, as they are not noticed in time. With the EVAM System, warning messages come much earlier, via the cars' sound systems. The system, which is installed in the emergency vehicle, sends warning messages to cars in the vicinity and is played in the sound system regardless of the setting. Nothing needs to be installed in the civilian cars.

Poki
University: Royal Institute of Technology
Poki is an automatic system for collecting golf balls on a driving range. Today, the balls are picked up manually with a golf cart and pick-up counters, which is expensive and disruptive. Poki is electric and articulated and navigates using high-precision GPS, which provides an accuracy of about 2 cm. The route is programmed on the computer and can be optimized at any time. Poki has also been supplemented with a built-in lawn mower.

Sunwell
University: Halmstad University
The sun's UV radiation can be used to purify drinking water from bacteria, parasites and viruses. The amount of UV radiation is highest around the equator, where the problem of contaminated drinking water is also greatest. All that is needed is running water. The control system is powered by a solar cell.

Last Mile Vehicle - Power Board Kit
University: Halmstad University
The product is an electric drive kit for longboards. It is based on vector control of BLDC motors and works in principle with any BLDC motor. The control is capable of cruise control and regenerative braking and the kit has been tested for EMC compatibility. The drive kit is designed to demonstrate usable electric vehicles with a price tag of under 10,000 SEK.

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