Miniaturization of Moisture Sensor Solution for Technology Solutions Provider in US
Overview
The client is a US-based leader providing high technology instrumentation solutions for a wide range of applications. They wanted to improve the design to reduce the form factor and the assembly time of the existing moisture sensor. ACL Digital developed moisture sensor prototype with IP-65 compliance.
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Challenges
Absence of next-gen sensors aligned with the latest dimension
Absence of prototype with IP-65 compliance
Solution
- Development of next-generation sensor with reduced form factor as per the new dimension requirements
- Hardware design and development including schematics entry, PCB layout, Gerber release for final design
- Hardware prototyping and EDVT including PCB fabrication and assembly, EDVT testing and validation with capacitance box by simulating different level of wetness using capacitance box and calibrate the sensor
- Mechanical enclosure drawing modification and prototyping with SS material, CNC tooling based mechanical proto development, IP65 testing
- RoHS, CE, and ATEX – Zone 2 pre-compliance for Hazloc compliance
Outcomes
- Helped client in reducing the form-factor of the device by approx 45% and cost by 25% due to reduced size
- Due to the revised electronics design client is having a clear roadmap for the next 5 years due to longer EOL for those components
