Sensor Links That Send Meaning, Not Raw Data
Peripheral Technologies runs R&D on sensor links. It compresses sensor readings into meaning on the device, so the meaning reaches AI systems over weak, low-power radio links. First audience: equipment health, such as motors and pumps. Details under NDA.
Results in Numbers
- 80+real datasets tested in software
- About two-thirdsless radio airtime, estimated on one bench board
- TRL 3bench-level TRL 4
Field Tests and a Pilot Partner Are Next
TRL is technology readiness level, a scale from 1 to 9. Level 3 means a working proof of concept. Level 4 means it works on a lab bench. We meet level 3 and part of level 4.
| Result | Where it stands |
|---|---|
| Sends Meaning, Not Raw Data | The device turns each reading into a short code the receiver can act on. Tested in software on 80+ real datasets. |
| Less Radio Airtime | A power-saving mode cut radio airtime by about two-thirds on one bench board. That is an estimate; a power-meter reading is next. |
| Runs on a Microcontroller | Runs on a microcontroller dev board today. The low-power target chip is next. |
| Rejects Outside Frames (Bench Test) | A 1 m indoor bench radio test decoded every frame and rejected frames from outside the link. Field range is not tested yet. |
| Packet Loss and Jamming: Simulation Only | Tested in simulation. Over-the-air tests are not done yet. |
Not done yet: the low-power target chip, field range, over-the-air packet-loss and jamming tests, a cross-check between the Python and C versions, peer review, and a pilot partner.
Bring Your Sensor Data
We pursue this through SBIR and STTR topics and research agreements with labs and sensor makers. If you have real sensor data, we want to test on it.
Peripheral Technologies LLC, an SBA-certified SDVOSB, is led by its founder, Nolan Figueroa; see the .
Registered codes for this line: NAICS 541715 Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology); PSC AC13 National Defense R&D Services: Experimental Development (DoD, Military).