TinyBoards

Bluetechnix did several challenging development projects for nameable companies.

For only a few of them we got the permission to mention them on our website. They were listed below.

Based on Freescale’s multimedia processor i.MX31 Bluetechnix developed an embedded system to simplify the intubation process. It consists of a camera which is located at the top of the ETT (endotracheal tube) and a handheld device where the video signal can be recorded and shown. Therefore it is easier for the medical staff to differ between the air tube and the esophagus. The challenges of the project were the integration of the MPEG-4 decoder, the interaction between the Linux camera and V4L as well as the height of the board. To achieve the mechanical barrier Bluetechnix developed an i.MX31 based Core Module with Ball Grid Array instead of connectors.

A wearable computing system to support mobile forces in the field was developed in cooperation with SpinTower KG. This control system transmits audio, video and user data over UMTS from the mobile force to the control center in real-time. The data is accumulated and evaluated in the control center and advice for mission fulfillment is given back. The system core is based on the i.MX27 multimedia processor. Based on mobility it was necessary to build the system as small as possible and with low power consumption for an operation period of several hours. SpinTower and Bluetechnix developed a new generation wearable computer system integrating the latest technologies of data transmission, sensors and visualization into one single device.

Schmid Engineering developed an powerful complete system for a mobile measured value application and the analysis of sensors as small as a matchbox. This system is based on Bluetechnix CM-BF548 Core Module and is designed to measure, save, display and for the wireless submission of physical measurements like acceleration, incline, rotation, vibration and temperature.

Tinyphoon represents a completely autonomous robot with integrated digital camera. Since it is derived from Roby-Go, a MiroSOT Soccer Robot, it is still a two-wheeled differentially driven robot with the dimensions of a cube with an edge length of 75mm. The first version of Tinyphoon was finished and introduced in September 2003.

It consists of a motion unit containing the motor driver, a micro controller, digital encoders for the measurement of the wheels' speed, acceleration sensors and a yaw rate sensor. Furthermore it consists of a mono vision system unit equipped with a CMOS camera and a DSP (Digital Signal Processor). Both units are connected via CAN (Controller Area Network) bus.

The robot was presented on the largest exhibition for embedded Systems in Europe, at the Embedded World 2004 in Nürnberg and in the USA (Redmond: Microsoft Headquarter and San Francisco: Embedded System fair).
www.tinyphoon.com  

The project Nano aims at developing a walking robot that imitates a natural being; the model for the construction is the Indian Stick Insect Carasaus morosus.

 On the basis of the biological information needed, mechanical and electrical and computing sience complement each other in order to achieve the transition from insect to robot.

www.tappotec.com

Armor is AUV (Autonomous Underwater Vehicle) that is used to deploy and read information from underwater sensor nodes.

The application of wireless sensor networks to the underwater domain has huge potential for monitoring the health of river and marine environments. The oceans alone cover 70% of our planet and along with rivers and lakes are critical to our well-being. Monitoring these environments is difficult and costly for humans: divers are regulated in the hours and depths at which they can work, and require a boat on the surface that is costly to operate and subject to weather conditions. A sensor network deployed underwater could monitor physical variables such as water temperature and pressure as well as variables such as conductivity, turbidity and certain pollutants. The network could track plumes of silt due to dredging operations or pollutants flowing in from land, and it could monitor and model the behavior of underwater ecosystems.
http://groups.csail.mit.edu/drl/underwater_robotics/amour/amour.html
http://www.worldswimformalaria.com/en/Sponsorme.aspx?SwimmerID=43
http://www.csail.mit.edu/index.php