В России разрабатывают отечественное ПО для датчиков ракетостроения, беспилотников и нефтедобычи

At Tomsk Polytechnic University, scientists from the School of Non-Destructive Testing and Security Engineering are working on domestic software to accelerate the development of ultra-sensitive sensors — microelectromechanical inertial sensors (MEMS). Representatives of the Element Group of Companies ordered and help to carry out the work, they are most interested in modernizing the development of gyroscopes and accelerometers.

MEMS themselves are devices with interconnected mechanical and electrical components of micron size. They can analyze humidity, speed, magnetic field and other parameters. For example, a gyroscope measures the angular velocity of an object, and an accelerometer measures its acceleration. MEMS allow you to control moving objects, without them the development of automotive, aviation, shipbuilding, and rocket engineering is impossible. Also, MEMS are an integral part of unmanned vehicles, robotics, the creation of drill bits for oil production, stabilization of optical systems and communication control systems, and are used in other industries.

The development, testing and manufacturing of MEMS is a lengthy and time-consuming process. The software from Tomsk residents will help automate the development of MEMS designs and designs. In particular, it will make it possible to preliminarily create computer 3D models of future sensors and adjust them according to the required characteristics and parameters.

Using the software, MEMS developers will be able to create models of both the entire device and its individual elements. Based on mathematical models, the program will generate a ready-made design of the sensor being developed. Thus, the software will allow modeling the mechanical and electrical phenomena that occur during the operation of these devices, and determine how technological and temperature disturbances affect the characteristics of the devices being developed. All this will reduce the economic and time costs of producing navigation, positioning and stabilization systems for moving objects.

Alexey Koleda, project manager, Associate Professor of the Department of Electronic Engineering, School of Electrical Engineering, TPU

It is assumed that the software will be universal and suitable not only for designing gyroscopes and accelerometers, but also for designing other sensors. It can be integrated into Russian micromechanics production lines, and thus localize part of high-precision instruments in Russia for the development of technological sovereignty.