JigSense

The JigSense project aims to reduce the high cabling volume when integrating sensors in an assembly line jig, and to contribute to its increased reliability, increased sensor lifetime, decrease maintenance requirements while adding significant added value to its product. The JigSense project also aims to reinforce and consolidate AOF’s competencies in the development of sensed devices and anticipate the market evolution in this field, through the synergies with the involved entities, namely CeNTI and INL. From the technical-scientific point of view, the JigSense project has the following specific objectives:

• Development of a sensor interface module capable of measuring the different sensor topologies and provide a low-power bus communication, reducing, thereby, the number of required cables for communicating with the PLC and their respective weight;
• Development of a low-power wireless communication module that allows the interface between the sensor bus in the movable jig structures and the control system attached to the workstation, in order to eliminate the connection cables between the movable and fixed structures;
• Development of a module for wireless charging, or pulse charging, with a temporary internal storage unit, which can eliminate the required power cables to the communication and sensor modules.