Electro-medical field

Electronic control systems for operating tables.

As far as the electro-medical field is concerned, Debug has designed modern movement controls for operating tables giving a high technological contribution.
The operating table must not make undesired movements due to the delicate situations in which it is usually employed. Therefore, in our project, all movements are controlled by redundant systems.
Main board for table movements
The main board communicate by means of Uart or infrared connection with a remote control or console board; it makes all the requested movements and handles auxiliary functions.
Inclination sensors, sending inputs in I2C bus, are placed in every movement of the table to estimate position and keep the system always safe.
It checks the firmware good functioning through a watch-dog
It gives information to the surgery room through a WIFI connection
It measures and handles the battery charge of the operating table

Console board:

The console board is connected through Uart to the main board and the user can interface with it through a keyboard and a TFT LCD; it also handles a USB door for upgrading and to download log events.

Remote control board
Users can interface with the remote control board by means of an electro fluorescent keyboard and a TFT LCD display with touch screen. This board sends movement inputs to the operating table through a bidirectional IR transmission and safely controls the lithium battery charge.

Absorber Chamber: compliance is part of the design

Rules governing the electromagnetic compliance require fittings to be immune from artificial or conducted disturbances and at the same time, they have to send forth less disturbances than established.

If we pursue this target since the beginning of a project, we achieve it much better. For this reason, Debug has its own absorber chamber.

Being able to measure emissions with a professional instrument since the first prototype manufacture give our engineers the possibility to design extremely accurate electronic boards that will be easily approved by the certification authorities we cooperate with.

A State-of-the-art electronic equipment for gas movement and storage

In recent years, one of the biggest challenges that Debug has undertaken, has been the engineering of a series of electronic boards (in cooperation with another company operating in this field) which allow a complete control of a plant for the liquid gas movement and storage. Debug has engineered and manufactured all the electronic boards in the plant.
The board called container is able to supervise the gas level inside a canister and ask the automatic system to proceed with its filling. Thanks to a back-up lithium battery and to a WIFI connection, the electronic board keeps performing even if disconnected from the power supply or communication network for long periods.
If power supply fails, the electronic board enters into a slow power consumption mode and starts the battery mode once a day to send data through WIFI.

Access control board

The access control board, equipped with RFID transponder, can register all movements in and out of a room.

Level control board

The level control board for automatic filling is equipped with a color TFT LCD of 4.3” and TCP/IP interface that allow a remote connection in two ways:
Users can have access to the Web server inside the electronic board by means of a browser so they can control the state of the plant and the history of the events.
Users can also gather information and start controlling actions by means of a supervisory software. In this case, information will be exchanged in JASON format. All the system boards are connected to one another through RTU Modbus network.
RTU Modbus and CAN BUS are both networks that Debug has employed through the years to be interfaced either with Debug’s own boards or with other supplier’s boards.

An important option for burglar alarms is the smoke bomb

In the market of burglar alarms and intrusion detection systems, smoke bombs have been used for a few years.
These systems connected to the burglar alarms make the burglar slow down and prevent its movements inside the room. When the alarm starts, they produce a thick mist blocking the view and therefore any movements inside a room.

Debug project

Since several years, Debug Srl has cooperated with a Company in Padua, leader in producing smoke bombs.
The electronic control system provides all the most important functions, including remote connection to the system itself. Users can connect to the alarm system through TCP/IP in two ways:
They can have access to the Web server inside the electronic board by means of a browser and then control the state of the plant and the history of the events.
They can also gather information and start controlling actions by means of a supervisory software. In this case, information will be exchanged in JASON format. This type of communications are obviously supported by the most modern technologies employed for safe transmissions.

Automatic mower – home comfort
The automatic mower is a state-of-the-art product designed by Debug Srl on behalf of Positec Srl from Vicenza.
The design of an innovative project for this automatic robot machine has led our company to face up with solutions rarely encountered in industrial applications.

Some examples:
The Battery control during both charge and movement to handle properly the remaining charge.
In brushless and sensor less engines, the control of both the edge and the wheels must be separate in order to make sensible movements according to the external events.
The control of sensors on the mower first to identify the mowing area, the lifting attempts and the machine rollover and then to handle the different working areas.
The development of a movement philosophy in order to obtain more effective mowing and to avoid obstacles too.
The design of a philosophy that makes the mower go back to its charging base.
The WIFI connection control through IoT to obtain Domotics access to the unit and get both information and updating.

An ever-changing project

The automatic mower project has been designed in different models over the years, with improvements and innovations. Today a wide range of products is available, starting from the cheapest samples without display and keyboard, to the more independent or with Iot internet connection models.

Vending –The market for the provision of services

The vending market includes dispensers of hot drinks, cold drinks and snacks, but also cigarette and change machines as well as vending machines for the provision of services.
Over twenty years of experience, Debug Srl is able to supply its customers with reliable and innovating products.
In the vending market, it is very important the interfacing with bill, coin and credit card readers.

Keeping up with updated libraries

Debug Srl keeps communication libraries always updated (DB, EXECUTIVE, CCTALK, EVADTS etc.) so that customers can use cheap reliable and performing payment systems.
In the Vending market, the interface with users has highly improved. First, we used alphanumeric LCD, then color TFT with or without touch screen and now HDMI connections supporting real TFT displays of more than 30”.
System audit as well has changed and improved a lot since the beginning. First GSM connections were widely used, subsequently WIFI or LAN connections with TCP/IP protocols and finally cashless system audit (like NAYAK) were introduced. Now we are able to develop IoT interfaces to manage single machines through smartphones or tablets.

Design & Development

Design and development in Debug s.r.l. Company
After several technical meetings and inspections on site, all customer’s requests about a project are usually established and we proceed selecting the most suitable hardware and software systems with a range of different solutions for the client.

A high standard quality process

The project department starts developing the hardware according to the specific requirements agreed in advance with the client. During the electronic board engineering, this department also starts designing the software so that a prototype of the whole project can be made in a short time lapse.
As soon as our engineers complete the design of a system, they usually suggest our customers to realize its prototype in order to test the product and make it work properly at the same time.
During the product functioning tests, which are usually carried out with the customer’s instruments, our technicians carefully scan the prototype behavior and make any necessary changes to improve the whole project before its manufacture.

Manufacturing of microprocessor electronic boards

After having realized a prototype of the project, in agreement with the customer’s needs, our technicians carefully scan its behavior and bring to the project any necessary changes to improve it before manufacturing.

Data feedbacks and manufacturing

An upgraded version of the system is then made according to the data feedbacks gathered during the prototype functioning tests so far. This new electronic version of the system is finally installed in a pre-series production.

Once the pre-series version of the system is definitely approved, the customer may ask Debug s.r.l. to supply all the fixtures necessary to its manufacturing. Our project department will be then available for any additional changes concerning both software and hardware improvements that might be necessary to keep the product up-to-date for the future.

Research and development: a winning model

The whole project department of Debug s.r.l. is constantly looking for new technologies to develop, most of which are extremely innovating. This allow the Company to offer our clients reliable leading products; besides it gives our Company a knowledge that only few other Companies may have in this field.
Debug s.r.l. invests money and time in new technologies in order to be able to keep its libraries always updated with the new microprocessors, memories, signal converters, motors, electro valves etc. available in the market; in this way we obtain the best quality at the best price in some occasions and the utmost performances in some others.

Research and selection to keep up with times

The research and selection of new electronic systems let us offer the best products in every field. A good example is the wide selection of monochrome and color LCD systems, available at the right price in many sizes, such as 3.5”, 4.3”, 7” and 10.1” etc. and equipped with different technologies such as color or monochrome displays with or without both resistive and capacitive touch screens.
We dedicate our time and experience also to select switching or linear power supply in order to offer both very low power and high stability solutions.
As far as the electronic controlling systems are concerned, our Company keeps looking for innovating solutions about the low-tension charge control. Our experience makes us select the most suitable transistors, integrated or not, MOSFET or BJT according to specific requests.

Modern software creations

Any firmware is designed using a ‘C’ program (with RTOS operative system).
We supply safe and easy software updating solutions, which can be done through USB sticks, internet connections, MODBUS RTU or CAN BUS connections, IoT, etc.
Due to the increasing demand for the remote control of electronic boards, our Company is able to develop copyright libraries by using standard html, javascript, sql, css, php etc., with which we can create web servers inside the electronic boards that look like usual web sites.
The demand for remote controlling has led us to develop a platform in which we can realize supervising systems of the fixtures, even before the 4.0 trade package promotion.
At present Debug S.r.l. is supplying supervising systems on LINUX platforms, but products on Windows and Android platforms are also available.