Printed electronics system rolled out to integration services

This enables a plethora of new applications that take sensing where it’s never been before, with a faster time to market.

While sensors provide the foundation of the IoT and the IIoT, they are just the first step in obtaining meaningful and usable data output. After the sensor captures raw analogue data, the data must then be processed and converted into information that is used and transmitted by IoT nodes.

Additionally, to fully support the needs of the IoT now and in the future, each node must be designed to perform a variety of functions. Designing these highly customised sensor system solutions requires a combination of analogue and digital engineering expertise, as well as specialised knowledge of printed and flexible sensors, to achieve the desired form factors and sizes.

“Because the stimuli response of a sensor is based on the material science of the sensing layer, it’s important to fully understand the chemistry involved,” explained Dominic Miranda, Printed Electronics Business Development Manager at Brewer Science.

“Materials can have a butterfly effect on the end device. With material science at our core, combined with a team that has deep embedded design experience, Brewer Science is uniquely qualified to take customers through the entire system development process. No other sensor provider can do this for its customers.”

Brewer Science’s Sensor System Solutions programme supports customers throughout the entire development process. Support includes designing a customised sensor so it responds to desired stimuli; integrating it with analogue and digital electronic components for signal conditioning and processing; developing the associated firmware and software; and finally, connecting the processor with communication devices for transmission to a network.

This service provides customers with a faster, more robust path to creating customised sensor systems, regardless of their in-house design capabilities.