CAN Topology Improvements for an Energy Storage Site
Case StudiesTK Engineering Oy collaborated with a customer with the goal of improving their control system CAN communication implementation. The scope of the work was focused on the control systems CAN topology. Based on the initial system state an improved…
CANopen Safety Certified Expansion Board
Case StudiesThe primary objective was to develop a CANopen Safety, SIL2 / PLd, Cat 3, expansion board for the customers remote control product. The aim of the first part of the project was to allow our customer and its clients to assess the functionality…
TKE CiA 408 Four-Edge Valve Controller
Case StudiesTK Engineering Oy has developed a CiA 408 device profile compliant four-edge valve controller. The four-edge valve controller simplifies the control of hydraulic cylinder piston velocities. The piston velocity is controlled through a standardized…
An Innovative Solution To Enhance Truck Driver Training
Case StudiesTampere Vocational College Tredu approached TKE with the need for a truck driver training tool. The main goal of the tool was to increase effectiveness and safety of the truck driver training process. TKE delivered TKE Driver applications to…
CANtrace Python Script for Custom Signal Conversion
Case StudiesTK Engineering executed a project for a customer that utilized CANtrace's Python scripting to decode float signals from channel multiplexed CAN messages. This meant that the signals were converted to fixed point and transmitted without multiplexing…
Display Application For Truck Cargo Space Heater
Case StudiesTK Engineering designed a display application for truck cargo space heater for SSC Climate Group Ab. The application gives the driver a way to control the heaters temperature set value, monitor the current temperatures and the possible error…
A CAN star topology network in a modular battery energy storage system
Case StudiesTK Engineering installed TCS-10 CAN switches in an energy storage system (ESS) in the Netherlands. The system can store energy from the grid, ideally when produced by the vast quantities of local renewables, and then supply the grid with stored…
Case study: Translifter Control System
Case StudiesTK Engineering, a specialist in distributed control systems, has developed a control system solution for a translifter implementation. Contik approached TKE to design and develop a control system solution for a prototype translifter project.…
Case Study: Extension of the MARIN CAN Network using TCS-10 CAN Switch
Case StudiesWhen Maritime Research Institute Netherlands built larger and more complex simulations and test facilities they realized that they were limited by the size of the CAN Network and by the length and speed of the CAN bus used to control the test…
Case study: Intelligent data logger for electric trucks
Case StudiesIn this case study TKE has used a combination of the Kvaser Memorator Pro 2xHS v2 and the CANtrace CAN analyzer to help a customer realize collection and logging of diagnostics data from a prototype electrical truck. This case was made in cooperation…