2017.10.04
Swedish Embedded Award – nominated entries
SWEDISH EMBEDDED AWARD – NOMINATED ENTRIES 2017
DeviceRadio Multi-Link
Company: DeviceRadio AB
Christian Klemetsson, 073-506 56 81
christian@deviceradio.com
DeviceRadio is developing a new infrastructure for connected products. It acts as a global horizontal layer on top of, for example, WiFi, 4G, Bluetooth and LoRa, but underneath IoT platforms, apps and services. This creates a clear separation between hardware and software, meaning that a hardware company can focus on just the hardware.
QR77SAW
Company: Qamcom Research and Technology
Robert Rehammar, 073-6619027
Robert.rehammar@qamcom.se
Fabian Wenger, 070-4262787
fabian.wenger@qamcom.se
The QR77SAW is a 77 GHz radar based on a chipset designed for automotive radar. It is designed to monitor intersections between train tracks and roads to ensure that the tracks are clear for trains to pass.
The two major challenges for this type of system are stationary targets, such as a car parking on the track, and changes in the background environment, such as snowfall. To handle these, unique algorithms have been designed by Qamcom.
The radar has recently passed safety testing and achieved SIL 4 for detection capability.
Pillox Pillbox
Company: Pilloxa AB with development partners Prevas AB
Francesco Mazzotta, 073-8046663
francesco@pilloxa.com
Rodrigo Lorenzo Leal, 073-9815536
rodrigo@pilloxa.com
Stefan Norrwing 070-2795381
Stefan.Norrwing@prevas.se
Pilloxa Pillbox is a smart medication dispenser with built-in sensors that is connected to a mobile application via Bluetooth or GPRS. The sensors measure the contents of each dose compartment and notify the user, relative or caregiver when the user has missed a dose. The app displays an automatically updated medication list and a motivational tool for long-term adherence (henceforth HälsaFörMig).
Profoto A1
Company: Profoto
Carl Grubbström, 0709-215104
carl.grubbstrom@profoto.com
The Profoto A1 is the world's smallest studio flash. It is for image makers who want to actively work with light for their creative process. In addition to a beautiful and malleable light image, it is also very easy to use. A graphical interface on the screen with a small depth of the menus helps the user to find the right one and the device works as part of Profoto's radio system. The maximum power is 65,000 W and the energy can be regulated in real time down to 1/4000 of full energy. The entire construction weighs only 560 g.
Student Category
Osics – Western Blot Washer
University: Royal Institute of Technology
Gustav Osswald, 0704-589070
gosswald@kth.se
Lukas Hennicks, 073-2099090
lukashen@kth.se
In today's biotechnology, medical technology and pharmaceutical research, it is common to analyze proteins using a method called the Western Blot process. The process includes a washing sequence that is currently most often done by hand and where the researcher must manually change a liquid every 5-15 minutes. This takes about 3-5 hours.
Osics – Western Blot Washer automates the washing sequence, meaning that the machine operator only needs to fill the machine with fluids and press a few buttons to save several effective working hours. The machine consists of a precise fluid dispensing system, a Cartesian positioning system, an automatically rocking board to keep the fluid moving, and an automated drainage system.
UpSense
University: Uppsala University
Elmar van Rijnswou, 076-9366779
elmarvanrijnswou@hotmail.com
Anna Blasi, +34 667 24 48 82
blasianna.24@gmail.com
Maximilian Stiefel, 070-8200692
stiefel.maximilian@online.de
33,618 people died of heart failure in Sweden in 2013 (Eurostat). This corresponds to 37.4 percent of all deaths in Sweden and shows that heart disease is a major problem affecting the population in industrialized countries. UppSense is a cheap biosensor that patients can use at home. It measures and stimulates fluorescence and is already relatively accurate in its development stage.
Fluorescence is the interface to many chemical analysis processes. UppSense is primarily designed to determine the concentration of NTproBNP in blood, but the device can also be used as a universal platform.
CAN adapter card
University: Royal Institute of Technology
Name: Niklas Ernmark, 0763-933592
ernmarkniklas309@gmail.com
Correct tire pressure on vehicles is good for the economy, the environment and safety. Today, many trucking companies read tire pressure manually by having a person walk around the vehicles. Automating this would make the process cheaper and more efficient.
The CAN adapter card is a further development of a sensor system for monitoring tire pressure. It makes it possible to view measurement data from wireless valves on a PC.
MeDoc
University: Halmstad University
Johanna Ejesson, 0701-450401
johanna_ejesson@hotmail.com
Rasmus Andréasson Persson, 0730-882750
Rasmus.Andreasson-Persson@hotmail.com
MeDoc is a medicine box that communicates with a smartphone application to provide users with medicine several times a day, ensuring that the medicine is taken at the right time. The medicine box is designed as a bottle to make it easy to carry. The application includes a scheduling function that indicates when the medicine should be taken. The medicine box then starts flashing green to show that it is time for medication.
Ultra-wideband Tracker
University: Chalmers University of Technology
Fredrik Treven, (+1)214 460-9730
fred.treven@gmail.com
Gabriel Ortiz Betancur, 0700-233807
g6ortiz@gmail.com
Robots and other mobile devices need systems to determine position, navigate, and follow another device. This is often done with vision systems, which in turn require the target to be within line of sight. This limits the possibilities and makes the systems sensitive to disturbances.
The Ultra-wideband Tracker uses UWB (Ultra Wide Band) technology to create a tracking system where one device can follow another without the need for fixed references. The following device has four ”anchors” (UWB devices) placed in the corners and with their help the device can keep track of the target with high accuracy. The technique is called the ”flipped anchors method”.
Pressure Distribution Measurement System for Wheelchair Seats
University: Mid Sweden University
Jawad Ahmad, 010-1428196
Jawad.Ahmad@miun.se
Johan Sidén, 070-6717171
Johan.Siden@miun.se
Henrik Andersson, 010-1428635
Henrik.Andersson@miun.se
Pressure ulcers (formerly known as bedsores or decubitus ulcers) are a major problem for many wheelchair users. The injuries can be very serious and deep. As little as 32 mm Hg of pressure can obstruct blood flow.
Many disabled people, especially those with spinal cord injuries, are unable to change positions on their own and thus reduce the risk of pressure injuries. A system that senses the pressure distribution on the wheelchair seat makes it easier to deal with the problem.
The measurement system uses printed thin flexible pressure sensors with, among other things, piezoresistive ink. The sensor matrix has 16 sensors over an area of 23.5 x 21.5 cm. Data from the sensors is processed and provides information about pressure and sitting position, among other things.
About the Swedish Embedded Award
Sweden is good at electronics. We want to strengthen and encourage this.
The Swedish Embedded Award is presented to the year's best designs in embedded technology – smart solutions that have the potential to create improvements and growth in their various application areas. The designs span everything from industrial applications to communications and medical electronics. The requirement is that the entries must contain built-in intelligence and be commercially interesting.
The award is established to stimulate and encourage creative applications of embedded technology, and is aimed at both companies and students. The best student submission will receive a scholarship of SEK 50,000.
The award ceremony will be held on November 7, in conjunction with Embedded Conference Scandinavia, November 7-8, Kistamässan. www.embeddedconference.se
Organizers of the Swedish Embedded Award
* The Swedish Electronics Industry Organization – with the Embedded Technology section
* Electronics in the Nordics
Contact
Lena Norder, CEO of the Swedish Electronics Industry Association
0705 61 58 70, lena.norder@svenskelektronik.se
Johan Nordin, chairman of the jury for the Swedish Embedded Award
+46 8 683 03 12, johan.nordin@recab.com
