Inisys Technology Example Projects

A client had a clamp thermometer that required temperature data to be recorded when soldering two copper pipes together in the manufacturing of a boiler system. The use of a wired solution to a data collection point was not practical so the project required the use of wireless technology.

Battery life was an important parameter too, requiring the tool to operate over a working week before re-charge. Data was recorded into a database against the units serial number. Providing this was also a requirement of the project.

A number of radio solutions were considered and eventually a number of radio technologies were used. The data from the hand tool was transmitted using a low power Zigbee module to a permanently wired base station where it was collected and then sent using WiFi to a PC. This data was then used by the production department for product verification and data analysis.

Using a Low power microcontroller and A/D a very satisfactory battery life allowing the battery size to be even further reduced in size.