Wireless Sensor System

for
Metrix Instruments
Project Overview & RFP
v1.0 February 2019

CONFIDENTIAL 1
Metrix Vision

CONFIDENTIAL 2
Architecture Overview Data
dashboard
100m
(target)

LAN
Wireless DAQ Gateway
• Ethernet

Transmitter DAQ with BLE5.0 Radio

• Legacy analog interface
• +24VDC powered
• Data storage and signal processing
• OTA configurable
• +24VDC power
• DIN rail mount
BLE Gateway
• Modbus TCP option DCS / PLC / SCADA
• Data passthrough • OT LAN access
• Handles OTA queries from
Dashboard

CONFIDENTIAL 3
 Sensors and Sensor Interface
Transmitter Voltage Sensitivity Signal Signal range Resolution ±3 dB Frequency Response
Supply
Vibration (MX2033/4) +24VDC 7.87mV/m Analog (2 wire; GND, analog) 0 – 24V 0.2 mil pk-pk noise 0 Hz – 10kHz
200mV/mil Vibration / Velocity... 40-50mV pk-pk

analog SPI Radio Card

DAQ Card
(10 Mbps) (BLE 5.0)

AFE with signal processing

• 2 seconds rolling buffer
Vibration/Velocity Transmitter • Full Scale Range (FSR): 0 to 24V BLE Radio
Output signal • 20ksps sampling rate (min) • OTA sensor configuration
• ADC resolution: 16b (min) • 2 second data storage
• API Standard 670
• FFT: • 2 second real time data transmit
• MX8031/MX2031 extension cables
• 1Hz resolution
• 2 or 3-wire
• 10kHz minimum BW
• Specifications:
• CI’s:
• 23ma max input current
• Apk-pk
• Linearity ±0.25mm (max)
• Vpk-pk
• Arms
• Vrms

CONFIDENTIAL 4
Sensor Node Processing
Note: Sensor is 24VDC powered

• Minimum sample rate 40ksps • Features:

• Configurable Alarms • Configurable from mobile App (local BLE)
• Full scale Range (displacement in mils)
• peak-peak (real time) • Sensitivity of the sensor (V/mils)
• Consecutive samples • Alarm threshold (peak accelerometer)
• Trend high and low for comparison
• Metrix to provide code/flowchart/etc
• Transmit pk-pk values every second
• RMS calculation
• Calculate from pk-pk (A/SQRT(2)

• 1 second data
• Store locally upon alarm
• Single set
• Each dataset over writes
• Transmit upon alarm
• Transmit upon demand

CONFIDENTIAL 5
 Sensor Concept Processed display (cloud):
• Pk-pk trends
Prototype • Alarm status
• 1 second of raw data
Local display: • Spectrum
• Pk-pk trends • Multiple synch’d data streams (micro-second accuracy from RTC)
• Alarm status
• 1 second of raw data
PLC / LAN
• Spectrum (1Hz resolution over 10KHz BW)
• Time stamp (RTC)

10:1

analog to SPI WIFI/BLE

SPI Radio Node

4x MX2033/4
24VDC powered
ADC Evaluation Board WIFI/BLE radio node WIFI / BLE DIN Mounted Gateway

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Network / Backhaul Architecture Data
dashboard

BLE

Gateway
LAN
• Ethernet?
BLE Gateway
• Modbus TCP option
• -20C to +80C
• Data passthrough
• Handles OTA queries from Dashboard
• Minimum # of supported sensor nodes: 10 nodes (ex. 1 machine)
DCS / PLC / SCADA

CONFIDENTIAL 7
COTS IoT Gateway – Example Options
Advantech UNO1000 Series
- On board memory for potential edge Intel® Celeron® J1900 Small-Size DIN-rail Control PC, 4G
DDR3L, 2 GbE, iso. 4 COM, 4 DI, 4 DO, 4 USB, HDMI, DP,
node data processing TPM2.0
- Linux based OS 4 x RS232/422/485, DB9, 50 ~ 115.2kbps (Isolation
Protection 1500VDC)
- Configurable backhaul options 4 x USB Ports (3 x USB 2.0, 1 x USB 3.0 compliant)
- Local laptop access for configuration when 2 x RJ45, 10/100/1000 Mbps IEEE 802.3u 1000Base-T
Fast Ethernet
deploying
- Ethernet, WIFI, USB Laird Sentrius IG60
- PLC Modular Core MPU Atmel/Microchip SAMA5D36 Cortex
- OPC/UA A5, 536 MHz Wireless Interface Marvell
88W8997/88PG823 RAM 256 MB LPDDR RAM Flash
- MODBUS TCP Storage 512 MB NAND Flash External Serial 1x DB9
- Cellular a short term option for field testing... RS232/422/485 w/ 1.5 KV isolation Ethernet 1x 10/100
Mbit/s 1x 10/100/1000 Mbit/s with IEEE 1588 USB 1x
- DIN rail mount preferred USB 2.0 Host SD Card 1x MicroSD slot (SDHC, SD Card
2.0)
- BLE5.0 support for sensor interface Wireless Interfaces Wi-Fi 802.11ac with 2x2 MU-MIMO
Bluetooth Bluetooth 5 (LE Coded PHY coming soon) LTE
Cat-1 LTE (coming soon)

CONFIDENTIAL 8
Data Dashboard
Signals and analysis:
• Real time waveform (1 sec update rate)
• CI Trending
• CI snapshots
• Alarm status indicators
• Mobile App local access
• Spectrum • Website for subscriber access
• Display multiple sensors simultaneously
Condition Indicator Trending with alarm thresholds
(Courtesy Predictronics PDX Deploy monitoring SW Module)
Controls and Features:
• OTA configurable
• alarm thresholds
• Sample rates
• Data storage and transmission
• Sensor type
• Sensor sensitivity

User access:
• License subscription for web login
• Mobile / Tablet app login (local)

Monitoring service:
• End user
• 3rd parties Signal Viewer
• Metrix (Courtesy Predictronics PDX DAQ SW Module)

CONFIDENTIAL 9
Requested: Budgetary Estimates only...
• NRE estimate to build a packaged, ‘fieldable’ prototype (IP6x)
• No certifications, reliability or quality testing required
• Can reflect limited accuracy (ex. ±10%)
• State any other caveats, key assumptions or questions regarding this estimate
• Estimated time to first prototype samples
• Provision to provide a limited quantity TBD (ex. <100)
• Estimated BOM cost
• Comment on design approach, key components, partitioning as needed
• Gateway and cloud dashboard service recommendations welcome also
• Gateway capabilities as outline
• Cloud dashboard for data trending (Metrix wrapper) with estimates for hosting a
customer facing subscription service

CONFIDENTIAL 10