Case study: Servicetool for Hybricon
Case StudiesTKE 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
NewsFinland'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
New productsCompensated 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 (RAD)
NewsCompiled 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…
Case study: Electric road – The future of transportation
Case StudiesTKE 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…
New programmable CAN/CAN FD interface and datalogger
New productsNew 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…
Physical layer really matters in CAN
Research and publicationsDespite 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 productsKvaser 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…
Sponsor of Metropolia Motorsport
NewsMetropolia 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…
CANopen safeguards to decrease the effect of residual errors further
Research and publicationsIn many applications, complex safety add-ons have been designed on top of existing control systems, which has lead to significantly increased complexity and costs. The most significant increase of the performance level can be achieved by replacing…
Systematic re-use of information
Research and publicationsSystematic 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
Research and publicationsMultiple 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…
CANopen in the frontline of openness
Research and publicationsOpen 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
Research and publicationsCurrent 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
Research and publicationsVarious 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
Research and publicationsCommonality 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…