SPE Switch in Automation Solution from Sensmore: A Success Story

sensmore is a Berlin-based company founded by AI and robotics experts from the automotive industry. The company builds embodied AI for off-highway automation in harsh conditions.

sensmore offers assistance and autonomy capabilities to industries such as mining, construction, and agriculture. Their flagship product, the Driver Intelligence is actively runs at several customers levering novel AI with 4D imaging radars to increase customer safety and productivity.

Pain Points

sensmore’s customers repeatedly experience problems with conventional visual systems, which frequently fail due to harsh environmental conditions.

In addition to the high technical requirements for a solution, the costs and environmental impact must also be kept to a minimum.

Solution: AL600

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With technology from EKF sensmore has developed a platform-agnostic plug-and-play system that is compatible with a variety of construction machinery and works precisely even under extreme conditions.

sensmore’s Driver Intelligence deploying AI and 4D imaging radars on the other hand works reliably even under difficult conditions (fog, rain, darkness) and thus sustainably improves safety and efficiency in the use of construction machinery.

The high-performance Single Pair Ethernet (SPE) switch, equipped with EKF’s AL600 and developed for robust industrial applications, receives and processes data.

The box includes seven 100BASE-T1 ports and an additional 1000BASE-T uplink, and it offers real-time capability through a separate CPU.

Single Pair Ethernet

The conversion from four or more wire pairs to a single wire pair is already established in the automotive sector. The advantages here are significant.

Thanks to the simplified cabling, it reduces effort, space and weight. This also means that costs are lower and implementation is easy.

In addition to these obvious advantages, SPE also offers a greater range of up to 1000 meters and supports the power supply of devices via the same wire pair that is used for data transmission.

SPE is particularly suitable for demanding environments due to its reduced complexity and robust design.

Installation

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The sensmore sensor is the controlling device of the communication and assumes the master role.

EKF supplies the switch, which can operate in either master or slave mode. It receives data from the sensor and executes actions accordingly.

Result

The integration of the AL600 into sensmore’s automation solution combines the advantages of cost efficiency, low weight, robustness and ease of installation.

The use case shows that automotive sensors can also be used in industrial applications.

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