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IMAGIC-SIPS

Integrated Magnetic imAgery based on spIntronics Components

September 2011 — August 2014 International Project Financed by European Commission - 7th Framework Programme Research Team:
Moises Simões Piedade (PI)
» Tiago Costa Structures reliability, installations safety and products quality are requirements that industrial sectors must take into account. In transport and nuclear fields, a major stake of people safety is associated. To take up this challenge, industries are users of non destructive testing (NDT) . IMAGIC aims at developing a new integrated magnetic imagery based on high sensitive and spatial resolution GMR and TMR array sensors. The objective is to lead developments to the industrialization of smart systems combining technological developments (array sensor, integrated electronic) with sophisticated treatment tools (sensors design, flaw characterization). IMAGIC will ensure the increase of the probe sensitivity and spatial resolution: smaller and more buried cracks and located in complex zones could be detected. Magnetic probes based on new spintronics array components will also have important impact for biomedical and geological applications. In the current context of sustainable development, IMAGIC will promote the use of magnetic methods as an alternative method to penetrant inspection, whose exploitation is threatened due to the use of polluting products.

REFLECT

Rendering FPGAs to Multi-Core Embedded Computing

January 2010 — December 2012 International Project Financed by Honeywell International, s.r.o Czech Republic Research Team:
Pedro Diniz (PI)
Horácio C. Neto
» Nuno Roma This project will develop, implement and evaluate a novel compilation and synthesis system approach for FPGA-based platforms.
We rely on Aspect-Oriented (AO) Specifications to covery critical domain knowledge to a mapping engine while preserving the advantages of a high-level imperative programming paradigm in early software development and portability. We leverage AO specifications and a set of transformations to generate an intermediate representation using an extensible mapping language (LARA). LARA specifications will allow the exploration of alternative architectures and run-time adaptive strategies enabling the generation of flexible hardware cores that can be easily incorporated into larger multi-core designs. We will evaluate the effectiveness of the proposed approach using partner-provided codes from the domain of audio/video processing and real-time avionics. URL: http://www.reflect-ist.org/

SE2A

Nanoelectronics for Safe, Fuel Efficient and Environment Friendly Automotive Solutions

December 2008 — March 2012 International Project Financed by EC/FCT Research Team:
Leonel Sousa (PI)
» Moises Simões Piedade
» Gonçalo Nuno Gomes Tavares
» José Germano The main objective of this project, in what respects the participation of INESC-ID SiPS group in SE2A, is to design and implement an instrument electronics unit able to simultaneously acquire signals from a set of sensors required to implement an Inertial Navigation System (INS). The instrument electronics unit contains the dedicated electronics needed to operate the inertial sensors. It includes power supplies, read-out electronics to provide signal in the form needed by the navigation processor and possible computer. Example of sensors to be used are accelerometers, gyroscopes and a digital compass. The precise requirements vary in accordance with the types of instruments used and the level of performance which is needed. The information extracted from the signals permits the INS to produce the movements (position, velocity) and attitudes of the unit. URL: http://www.eniac-se2a.com/

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