Preparing The Sensing & Control Hardware

Analog and Digital Sensing and Control

• Sensing the Flow of Materials
  Defines the locations and types of sensors required to monitor the movement of materials throughout the product or equipment

• Sensing Environmental Conditions
  Determines the environmental conditions such as temperature, humidity, pressure, etc that need to be monitored for operation of the product or equipment
  Establishes the detailed requirements and the methods of monitoring for sensing components
  Determines the sensing components and provides the detailed design and documentation

• Signal Conditioning
  The sensor and control signals are modified to accommodate the interface requirements for the sending and receiving hardware and software
  Amplification, noise suppression, analog to digital conversion, and digital to analog conversion are some methods of signal conditioning

• Analog and Digital Control
  Establishes the voltage, current, power, timing and connection requirements for control and drive hardware
  Designs the necessary control hardware such as interface circuit board assemblies

• Mechanical and Software Interfaces
  Defines the detailed sensing requirements for the product or equipment as related to the mechanical and software interfaces
  Defines the methods for transmitting input and output information for sensing and control
  Defines the mounting methods and mechanical features to support sensing and control hardware

• Sensor Design, Testing and Evaluation
  Establishes the sensing designs and performs the development testing and evaluation