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    Enhancing the 1451.

    2 Standard for
    Smart Transducers
    James Wiczer
    Sensor Synergy, Inc.

    Sensors Expo 2002 - San Jose, CA


    May 20, 2002
    Smart Sensors -
    Why?
    Who Cares?
    What are the Economic Drivers?
    What are the Technical Drivers?
    Why Standards?
    Why Smart Sensors ?
    Smart Sensors provide features required in order
    to further expand applications of sensing
    technologies in a cost effective manner
    „ Electronic “Data Sheets”
    „ Self Identification
    „ Smart Calibration & Compensation
    „ Digital Sensor Data
    „ Sensor Communications for Remote Monitoring
    and Remote Configuration
    Who Cares ?
    Customers
    „ Especially end-users who care about ease of use
    „ And end-users who see the whole picture
    including costs
    System Integrators who need to Minimize
    Acquisition Costs and Setup Time

    System Engineers with Data Acquisition, Signal


    Processing Responsibilities, and Maintenance

    Sensor Manufacturers who want to supply


    technology for today and tomorrow.
    What are the Economic
    Drivers ?
    Total System Costs include Balance of System Costs
    and Life Cycle Costs

    Balance of System Costs are Reduced when Sensors


    Generate High Level Digital Signals – Receiver
    Electronics, Noise Considerations, Signal Robustness,
    Ease of Calibration – all of these Factors Result in
    Improved Performance

    Total System Costs Can Be Strongly Impacted by


    Connectivity Issues – Networking of Digital Devices
    can Reduce Connectivity Costs such as Digital
    Network Wiring Installation Costs Compared to
    Analog Wiring Costs
    What are the Technical
    Drivers ?
    To utilize sensors in an increasingly larger
    number of applications, we need to find a better
    way to keep track of sensor properties – id,
    calibration factors, correction/ compensation
    factors, location, type, data sheet info such as
    operational constraints

    Sensor signal data becomes useless if the sensor


    cannot be: identified, verified to be operating
    within the manufacturers recommended signal
    range, validated as operating within an allowed
    environment, and generally known to be good.
    What are the Technical Drivers ?

    Read my lips:

    It’s the NETWORK!


    Why Standards ?
    Tower of Babel
    “PnP” Plug and Play
    “RnR” – Rip and Replace (plug and play?)
    Economies of Scale
    „ from the Learning Curve …
    „ … to the Cost of Hardware
    Standards mean adhering to one set of
    specifications. This lowers business risks and
    increases product acceptance. Increased product
    demand creates more business opportunity,
    more competition and a healthy business
    environment
    Is it Unusual to Update/
    Change a Standard ?
    Stick Around and Find Out –
    „ Standards Need to Evolve as the (Technology)
    Environment Changes, Standards Need to Morph
    to Comply with New Requirements and New Types
    of Technical Challenges

    „ Consider a “Generic” Smart Sensor Interface, a set


    of Functional Requirements, and the main
    elements of the IEEE 1451.2 Standard
    A general model of a smart
    sensor Network
    Network specific

    Local user
    interface

    Analog-to-
    Signal Application
    Sensor digital Communication
    conditioning algorithms
    conversion

    Data storage

    Key “Smart Sensor” features:


    • Intelligence is moved closer to the point of measurement/control.
    • Requires a combined effort relating to transducers,
    communications and signal processing
    • Goal - Make sensor systems easier to use, improve performance
    and lower overall system cost.
    1451.2 partition
    Network
    Network independent Network specific

    Local user
    interface

    Analog-to-
    Signal Application
    Sensor digital Communication
    conditioning algorithms
    conversion

    Data storage

    Transducer Hardware
    Electronic Data interface
    Sheet (TEDS)

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