Today, almost any moving object - from a smartphone to a drone - uses
microelectromechanical (MEMS) sensors, dimensionswhich are measured in micrometers. They are responsible for the autonomous orientation of an object in space without communication with a satellite. Foreign companies produce such sensors worth tens of billions of dollars a year; in Russia this market is less developed. In addition, not all objects can be equipped with imported sensors. Therefore, now in Russia there is a high demand for its own sensors. Tamara Nesterenko, research leader, associate professor of the TPU Department of Electronic Engineering
TPU specialists have created an intelligentan inertial module that combines the functions of three sensors at once: an angular velocity meter, an acceleration meter and a cardinal direction detector. The inertial module, which combines all three functions, is a complete autonomous navigation system that can be installed on objects of different types and sizes.
The sensors are made at a third-party production site, and TPU employees in their laboratory examine them and connect the electronic part of the sensor with the mechanical one.
Russian manufacturers of such sensorsnot today. Our sensors are shock-resistant - they can withstand impacts up to 30,000 J (gravitational acceleration) and operate in a wide temperature range - from -40 ° C to +105 ° C, notes Nesterenko.
It is clarified that the modules were developed by order of the Ministry of Education and Science.
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