The paper presents project and its verification of a prototype integrated circuit containing an analog, programmable finite impulse response (FIR) filter, implemented in CMOS 350 nm technology. The structure of the fi...
The paper presents project and its verification of a prototype integrated circuit containing an analog, programmable finite impulse response (FIR) filter, implemented in CMOS 350 nm technology. The structure of the filter is based on the switched capacitor technique. In circuits of this type, one of main challenges is an efficient implementation of filter coefficients, which result from several factors described in this work. When implementing such filters as programmable circuits, the values of their coefficients have to be limited to a selected range, i.e. a given resolution in bits. In the implemented prototype filter, the filter coefficients are represented by 6 bits in sign-magnitude notation, so they can take 63 different values only. In such filters, it is not possible to directly implement any frequency response of the filter. Each time, it is necessary to properly round the theoretical values of the coefficients so that they fit into the available range of discrete values resulting from the implementation. The authors of the work designed an algorithm that allows such matching. The paper also presents results of measurements of the prototype chip.
The ability of continuously learning new knowledge without forgetting old ones is crucial to adapt to an ever-changing world. This scenario becomes more challenging when the previous data are not available. Current cl...
The ability of continuously learning new knowledge without forgetting old ones is crucial to adapt to an ever-changing world. This scenario becomes more challenging when the previous data are not available. Current class incremental learning(CIL) approaches tend to incorporate new classes with backward compatibility, i.e., maintaining discriminability of old ones. By contrast, we focus on the extensibility and compatibility for future new classes in the early stage. Our proposed method achieves this by augmenting feature space. In detail, a large number of pseudo-new classes are generated via real example mixture and then train the initial spatially augmented model using pseudo-new classes and the base classes. Besides, considering the fact that it is impossible to maintain backward compatibility with only one prototype for each old class, the updated model also needs to preserve old class space in incremental stages. We employ a certain perturbation to the old class prototypes to effectively avoid old class space from being over-squeezed by the samples of new classes. The experiments on CIFAR-100 and ImageNet-Subset(100 classes) demonstrate that our method substantially reduces the overlap of old and new classes, outperforming state-of-the-art various baselines.
The digitalization of industrial environments has enabled the development of tools that make the production process more efficient and safer. In this sense, the Soft Sensor (SS) plays a fundamental role. Through histo...
The digitalization of industrial environments has enabled the development of tools that make the production process more efficient and safer. In this sense, the Soft Sensor (SS) plays a fundamental role. Through historical data and indirect measurements, it is possible to estimate the value of important variables that are difficult to measure. This paper presents the SS development process: data collection and pre-processing, variable selection, model selection for SS implementation, model training and testing, and performance evaluation. The selection of variables was made with the help of Pearson Correlation, Mutual Information, and fastTracker algorithm techniques. For the implementation of SS have been tested several models: Multiple Linear Regression, Ridge Regression, Least Absolute Shrinkage and Selection Operator, Elastic Net, Support Vector Regression and Gaussian Mixture Models. Four datasets were used to test the development of the SS.
Despite advances in soft, sticker-like electronics, few efforts have dealt with the challenge of electronic waste. Here, we address this by introducing an eco-friendly conductive ink for thin-film circuitry composed o...
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Communicating a patient’s state accurately during transfer from emergency medical technicians to hospital personnel is crucial for optimal care. Prior work demonstrated automated algorithms that combined wearable sen...
Communicating a patient’s state accurately during transfer from emergency medical technicians to hospital personnel is crucial for optimal care. Prior work demonstrated automated algorithms that combined wearable sensors with video data from cameras to detect clinical procedures and improve this information transfer. However, incorporating video requires task-or environment-specific installation mechanisms, raises privacy concerns, and is susceptible to occlusion and image noise. The presented approach detects clinical procedures using wearable sensors (i.e., inertial and electrophysiological) only and the procedures’ subtasks to mitigate the sensors’ signal variability to provide clinical procedure detection.
This paper develops a Distributed Energy Management System (EMS) to optimally allocate electric and thermal power production in a polygenerative microgrid. The EMS problem is formulated as a multiperiod convex optimiz...
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This paper develops a Distributed Energy Management System (EMS) to optimally allocate electric and thermal power production in a polygenerative microgrid. The EMS problem is formulated as a multiperiod convex optimization problem and solved using AL-SODU, a new distributed algorithm based on the augmented Lagrangian method with second order dual updates. The proposed AL-SODU algorithm significantly outperforms state of the art algorithms employing first order dual updates, with 15-times speedup in convergence speed. A case study of the EMS based on AL-SODU is conducted on the Smart Polygeneration Microgrid (SPM) located on the Savona Campus of University of Genova (Italy). The EMS determines the optimal schedules for electric and thermal power plants every 15-minutes. This real time scheduling of the microgrid is enabled by the Al-SODU algorithm, which solves the scheduling problem in 1.86s.
This paper introduces an innovative control strategy for Boost DC-DC converters utilizing a genetic algorithm-optimized convolutional neural network (GA-CNN) to significantly improve dynamic performance and stability....
This paper introduces an innovative control strategy for Boost DC-DC converters utilizing a genetic algorithm-optimized convolutional neural network (GA-CNN) to significantly improve dynamic performance and stability. The proposed method incorporates genetic algorithms to identify optimal hyperparameters and network architectures, allowing the CNN controller to efficiently manage voltage regulation and address the nonlinearities commonly associated with Boost converters. By leveraging real-time data on inductor current, capacitor voltage, and output voltage error, the GA-CNN controller exhibits rapid convergence and enhanced transient response when compared to traditional control methods. Comprehensive experimental evaluations and simulations demonstrate the robustness and efficiency of the proposed approach, showcasing its superiority in achieving reduced settling times and minimal overshoot under varying load and input voltage conditions. The findings underscore the potential of the GA-CNN methodology for high-performance applications in power electronics, paving the way for further advancements in adaptive control strategies within this domain.
In the last decades, significant progress has been made in the field of active vSLAM(visual simultaneous localization and mapping). However, the majority of active vSLAM methods suffer from the problem of coupling t...
In the last decades, significant progress has been made in the field of active vSLAM(visual simultaneous localization and mapping). However, the majority of active vSLAM methods suffer from the problem of coupling the camera's viewpoint to the robot's motion, which limits the initiative during the exploration of unknown environments. To address this issue, this study proposes a camera view planning method based on deep reinforcement learning(DRL), which makes the camera rotate independently. First, feature encoding is performed on the reconstructed navigation map using a multi-layer convolutional neural network(CNN). Second, the DRL-based camera view planning method is trained through the proximal policy optimization(PPO)algorithm. Last, a significant number of tests is performed on a public dataset of indoor environments. The simulation results show that the proposed camera view planning method improves the exploration coverage by an average of 4%(33.86 m for traditional vs. 35.21 m for the suggested method). Meanwhile, the kind of semantic information newly observed in each step increases by 21%(2.9 for traditional vs. 3.5 for the proposed method) on average, indicating the improvement in the efficiency of information acquisition.
Metal mold casting for many application areas remains imperfect since this involves the control of numerous factors that affect workpiece quality. Surface roughness which remains one of the many issues related to meta...
Metal mold casting for many application areas remains imperfect since this involves the control of numerous factors that affect workpiece quality. Surface roughness which remains one of the many issues related to metal mold cast is often mitigated by means of grinding and polishing. As many attempts are being made to address this challenge through robot-assisted techniques, we focus on rapid mold polishing using the Franka Emika (FE) robot and its programming resources, including a built-in impedance control architecture. To accomplish the objective, mold surface segmentation is necessary. For each segment, the polishing approach is based on surface normals, relative motion, and torque sensor data. Results were obtained with open platform communication-unified architecture (opc-ua) client and server that record torque and force data. Results show that tuning internal impedance control parameters for polishing tasks is feasible.
This article proposes a new sliding mode control (NSMC) reaching law to improve the speed tracking and anti-interference performance of permanent magnet synchronous motors (PMSMs). The NSMC improves the sliding mode c...
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