Making buildings smarter and more environmentally friendly. Smart building solutions from INFINEO.
Industrial equipment, heavy electrical equipment, POWER SUPPLIES supply applications
Making buildings smarter and more environmentally friendly. Smart building solutions from INFINEO.
For a building to be smart and make intelligent decisions on its own, it needs sensors that can detect every change throughout the building. Sensors allow a building to see, feel, and hear its environment, just like human senses. This enables it to collect meaningful data and provide information relevant to the building's management system. At the same time, the building's energy consumption must be as efficient as possible. This also applies to connected devices such as sensors used in the data collection process that forms the backbone of the building. Low standby power, high power efficiency, and reliability are crucial to ensuring the sustainable and smooth operation of the building.
However, an increase in the number of connected devices also means an increase in potential security threats. IoT security, already built into Infineon hardware, provides a secure foundation for protecting connected devices in smart buildings from cyberattacks.
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Predictive maintenance technology allows for the detection of equipment anomalies before they escalate into system-critical failures, enabling maintenance to be planned before equipment actually fails. This improves equipment uptime, reduces overall maintenance costs, and optimizes spare parts inventory by enabling preventive maintenance based on the actual needs of the equipment.
As the benefits of Industry 4.0 become more apparent, this data-driven maintenance strategy is now being increasingly adopted in smart buildings. Predictive maintenance offers numerous advantages, particularly for critical infrastructure assets such as HVAC systems. (Learn more here)
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After collecting data at the device level, it needs to be either analyzed directly on the end device or transferred to a central system (such as a building management system) or the cloud for further analysis. The XMC4800 microcontroller provides the necessary processing capabilities combined with connectivity such as Ethernet and EtherCAT®, helping to enable integration into existing ecosystems such as Amazon FreeRTOS. End-to-end data security and integrity are crucial to protecting data transfer and processing.
The sensor monitors the following most important parameters:
Airflow measurement in compressors based on the XENSIV™ DPS368 atmospheric ATMOSPHERE SENSORS
Current measurement in fans and compressors based on the XENSIV™ TLI4970 ELECTRIC CURRENT SENSORS
XENSIV™ TLV493D-A1B6 3D MAGNETOMETRIC SENSORS for motor position sensing
XENSIV™ IM69D130 MEMS microphone for detecting abnormal noises within the unit.
Vibration measurement using XENSIV™ 24GHz radar sensor
The sensor monitors the following most important parameters:
Airflow measurement in compressors based on the XENSIV™ DPS368 atmospheric ATMOSPHERE SENSORS
Current measurement in fans and compressors based on the XENSIV™ TLI4970 ELECTRIC CURRENT SENSORS
XENSIV™ TLV493D-A1B6 3D MAGNETOMETRIC SENSORS for motor position sensing
XENSIV™ IM69D130 MEMS microphone for detecting abnormal noises within the unit.
Vibration measurement using XENSIV™ 24GHz radar sensor
- The more sensors a building has, the smarter it becomes – predictive maintenance leads to cost reduction and improved reliability (Japanese) (2.37 MB)
- Application Brief - Condition Monitoring and Predictive Maintenance for Smart Buildings (Japanese) (993 KB)
- Infineon's approach to smart buildings (1.93 MB)
- EE Times Europe feature article: "Smarter, more environmentally friendly, and more energy-efficient buildings" (translation) (2.93 MB)
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PRESSURE SENSOR DPS368 Shield2Go equipped with XENSIV™ barometric pressure sensor
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XENSIV™ 24GHz multichannel radar sensor BGT24LTR22 evaluation kit for distance and angle measurement