WIND TURBINE CONTROL EQUIPMENT

An existing client using one of our standard products approached us for a bespoke solution. They needed a number of sensors and interconnected control boards added to detect vibration and wind characteristics for their wind turbines. THE CHALLENGE BitBox sells a range of products that have been designed and developed internally. An customer of one of these products approached us for a bespoke solution. They needed a number of remote sensors and interconnected control boards to detect vibration and wind characteristics for their wind turbines located in challenging environments. THE BITBOX APPROACH Putting the ambitions of the customer at the heart of its approach, BitBox partnered with the customer, becoming an extension of their own engineering team. This meant that the work package was communicated and project managed effectively. Our primary responsibility was for the compliance certification of key components within these high integrity products. Working in collaboration with the customer, BitBox designed sensors using components as specified by the customer for integration within the customer's proprietary system. The close nature of the partnership meant that development, test and deployment of the customer's software on to the BitBox components resulted in success. The monitoring computer uses ARM9 processors with an Ethernet and GPRS modem for wireless connectivity. The monitoring computer uses mainline Debian Linux and provides a platform for the customer to run their own software. The grid monitor uses a Cortex M3 ARM and provides a mechanism for monitoring and measuring 3-phase mains. RESULTS While the quality of the wind turbine control system can be seen in the solution created, the real result is of a true partnership that successfully brought our electronics expertise together with our customer's system knowledge and objectives. We continue to support our customer with the manufacture of fully-tested and enclosed units for installation within environmentally challenging conditions. We continue to deliver complex monitoring and power grid measurement systems and modules. If you have a need for such a system, please contact us.

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