Big Float 800 dredging excavator

Case study: REMU – Control system for Big Float excavator

Control system for the REMU Big Float 800 dredging excavator TKE OY, specialized in CAN-technology, has supplied a control system for the Big Float 800 dredging excavator of REMU Ltd, which is leading supplier of innovative screening and excavation…
Android tablet for HGV driver training

Case study: Scania – Android tablet for HGV driver training

Android tablet transforms training experience Scania has used an Android driver developed by TK Engineering (TKE) and CAN interfaces from Kvaser to develop a user-friendly tablet solution for HGV driver training. Until the launch of the HGV…
Lighting sequences of the Olympics rings in Vancouver

Case study: Lighting sequences of the Olympics rings in Vancouver

TKE supplied electronics for the 2010 Olympic winter games TKE supplied electronics for the 2010 Olympic winter games held in Vancouver, Canada. The lighting sequences of the Olympic rings that greet travelers to Vancouver international airport…
Servicetool for Hybricon

Case study: Servicetool for Hybricon

TKE OY, specialized in CAN-technology, has supplied a Servicetool to Hybricon Bus Systems, Sweden who develops and manufactures the world’s most energy-efficient, clean and quiet system for public transport buses with an aim of delivering complete…
Growth Company 2016 -certificate to TKE

Growth Company 2016 -certificate to TKE

Finland's largest economic Journal Kauppalehti has granted TK Engineering Oy prestigious "Growth Company 2016" Certificate. A significant business recognition in the Finnish market. The award recognizes stable businesses with solid growth,…
Compensated inclinometers for boom angle measurements

Compensated inclinometers for boom angle measurements

Compensated inclinometers are commonly used for boom angle measurements, when it shall be possible to add sensing into existing systems and when there are not too high accuracy demands. Dynamic conditions lead into corrupted angle values with…
Compiled apps - Rapid Application Development

Compiled apps – Rapid Application Development (RAD)

Compiled apps for Rapid Application Development (RAD) Following the latest release in ViCANdo 2.0 it is currently possible to build your own apps for network connected functionalities in ViCANdo The project is developed, designed and debugged…
Electric road – The future of transportation

Case study: Electric road – The future of transportation

TKE is involved in a Electric road project for the future The future of transportation is electric road.  In the future many of the vehicles on our roads will be driven by electricity. TKE is pleased to announce that we are involved in a project…
New programmable CAN FD interface

New programmable CAN/CAN FD interface and datalogger

New programmable CAN / CAN FD interface and datalogger is ideal for troubleshooting CAN networks Kvaser AB has introduced a new programmable and dual channel high-speed CAN to USB interface and datalogger that allows users to monitor and log…
CAN physical layer, there is poor tradition in design of physical layer structures for industrial and machinery CAN networks

Physical layer really matters in CAN

Despite of the comprehensive knowledge of the CAN physical layer, there is poor tradition in design of physical layer structures for industrial and machinery CAN networks. Cables with "wrong" impedance (not matching with termination) are commonly…
New Kvaser USB to CAN/CAN FD interfaces

New Kvaser USB to CAN/CAN FD interfaces

Kvaser has just upgraded it's USB offerings with four new interfaces. Features include high grade performance, more channels, CAN FD compatibility, and, of course, the sleek ergonomic design that Kvaser is known for. Using custom software integrations?…
Sponsor of Metropolia Motorsport

Sponsor of Metropolia Motorsport

Metropolia Motorsport Ry is a student driven association that designs and builds each year a formula-type racing car. The team works under Metropolia Highschool and use the schools facitilities. The racing team is cooperating with both domestic,…
CANopen offers further safeguards

CANopen safeguards to decrease the effect of residual errors further

Data transfer over CANopen networks is extremely reliable, but CANopen also offers further safeguards in order to decrease the effect of residual errors further. In many applications, complex safety add-ons have been designed on top of existing…
Systematic re-use of information

Systematic re-use of information

Systematic re-use of information and design processes defined by the selected system integration framework, such as CANopen, should be understood as an integral part of companies' design, assembly and service operations, instead of "just another…
Model-based design of CANopen systems

Model-based design of CANopen systems

Multiple disciplines for mechatronic system design co-exist, which hinder the utilization of software-oriented modeling principles e.g. UML. Existing modern tools may be integrated into a working tool chain. Model-based design has become mainstream…
CANopen in the frontline of openness

CANopen in the frontline of openness

Open knowledge is any content, information or data that people are free to use, re-use and redistribute – without any legal, social or technological restriction. Open data or open knowledge is one of the most recent IT megatrends. All around…

Experimental CANopen EEC management

Current CANopen design files do not support EECs (emergency error codes) with their human readable descriptions. This feature has become more problematic because of abstraction to parameters and signals. The system structure has become automated…
SI-Unit and scaling management in CANopen

SI-Unit and scaling management in CANopen

Various kind of inconsistencies have been typical problems in design of distributed control systems. The first solved issue was an automated generation of signal and parameter abstraction from CANopen project avoiding the inconsistent names…
Hydraulic valves driven by general purpose CANopen I/O

Hydraulic valves driven by general purpose CANopen I/O

Commonality between hydraulic valves driven by general purpose CANopen I/O and hydraulic CANopen drives Hydraulic valves have been driven by separate valve control electronics for decades. The tradition is becoming obsolete due to ever increasing…

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