“Aceinna is part of two exciting market trends, autonomous driving, and vehicle electrification. Used in autonomous vehicles to ensure both accuracy and safety, high precision Inertial Measurement Unit Sensors (IMU) complement perception sensors such as imaging, radar, and LiDAR. Current sensing is another strength for Aceinna critical to power management and I’m excited to help this talented team continue its amazing growth and technology innovation in both of these segments,”

says Mr. Appelman.

According to Dr. Yang Zhao, founder, and CEO of Aceinna,

“Wade is an organized and dynamic technology executive who will be able to successfully lead the Aceinna engineering, marketing, and business teams towards our goal of making next-generation self-driving and eco-friendly vehicles a reality.”

Prior to joining Aceinna, Mr. Appelman was VP and GM of the depth-sensing division of ON Semiconductor where he led the team responsible for the adoption of low light sensors in LiDAR and successfully secured early customers designs in automotive, medical, and industrial markets for the divisions sensing product portfolio.

He joined ON Semiconductor in May 2018 through the acquisition of SensL Technologies, where he was VP of worldwide sales and marketing responsible for the company’s business strategy since 2012. 

Wade has extensive experience in both private and public sector organizations having served in senior leadership roles driving sales and marketing efforts for five venture-backed startups with total exit valuations of $900 million. Select highlights include the network processor pioneer, Sitera (acquired by Vitesse), Zagros (acquired by Altera), and Lightstorm Networks (acquired by Broadcom).

Mr. Appelman has also served in a leadership role in three publicly traded corporations. In addition to ON Semiconductor, he led product marketing for Cabletron’s $1B switches and routing division, and Vitesse Semiconductor’s product marketing and product management for the 500-employee Advanced Networking Products Division. He has a B.S. from Wagner College in New York, NY.

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Aceinna announced the general availability of the OpenIMU335RI, a rugged inertial measurement unit (IMU) with CAN and RS232 interfaces. The OpenIMU335RI is the third product in Aceinna’s Gen 3 architecture and adds a rugged sealed standalone product to the earlier introduced IMU383ZA and OpenIMU330BI.

It delivers increased performance in key acceleration and gyro specifications. The OpenIMU335RI delivers best in class performance, including 1.3 degrees per hour bias instability (BI) and 0.1 degrees per root hour Angle Random Walk, making it ideal for 3DMG (3 Dimensional Machine Guidance), 3DMC (3 Dimensional Machine Control), and other applications requiring high-performance inertial measurements.

Aceinna’S OpenIMU335RI and all Aceinna’s Gen 3 products, are triple redundant – consisting of three independent 3-Axis Accelerometers and 3-Axis Gyros. The redundancy in Aceinna’s Gen 3 products provides increased performance in key acceleration and rate sensor characteristics and increased reliability and equipment uptime in the field. Aceinna has implemented a proprietary algorithm that detects a failing sensor and automatically and seamlessly eliminates it from the solution, allowing equipment to continue normal operation using the remaining sensors.

OpenIMU335RI is packaged in a rugged sealed housing with an Ampseal 16, 6 position connector. It includes CAN J1939 and RS232 interfaces for network connectivity. The miniature housing is formed using an over-molding process delivering a completely sealed solution that prevents any possible water ingress and is durable under tough environmental conditions. It is specified to work from an unregulated 9 V – 32 V supply and is fully qualified for use in 12 V and 24 V vehicle systems. A 3D magnetic field sensor is available as an option for applications requiring 9-DOF IMUs.

“This new IMU adds to Aceinna’s successful line of 6 and 9-DOF IMUs and provides even higher performance for designs that need it. It is the same size and has the same electrical interface as our popular OpenIMU300RI and MTLT305D sensors, giving the existing customer an upgrade path to higher performance without redesign,”

says Michael DiGangi, Executive VP of Aceinna.

The OpenIMU335RI uses a powerful ARM M4 CPU with a Floating Point Unit.  The OpenIMU335RI module runs the OpenIMU open-source stack that includes an optimized full-state Kalman Filter for Attitude and GPS-Aided Position-Velocity-Time (PVT) measurement. For developers, the open-source environment allows for algorithm optimization for a specific vehicle or application dynamics and custom messaging. A free development tool-chain based on Microsoft VS Code supports PC, MAC, and Ubuntu. Data logging and visualization are supported with Aceinna Navigation Studio, a free web-based graphical user interface.

The new OpenIMU335RI is available for purchase from Aceinna directly as well as from our network of worldwide distribution partners.

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Geosun is integrating Aceinna’s OpenIMU330BI and IMU383 IMU’s into their various LiDAR Scanning Systems that are used to help navigate and guide airborne drone systems, especially those used in a variety of construction planning and mapping operations.

“We are excited to partner with Geosun, China’s leading developer of guidance systems for their LiDAR scanning systems. We are working with them to integrate our high-performance inertial navigation hardware & algorithms into their various lines of LiDAR scanning solutions,”

said Dr. Yang Zhao, Chairman, and CEO of Aceinna.

Aceinna’s OpenIMU330BI and IMU383 IMUs are ultra-reliable and provide accuracy of up to 1.3 degrees/hour. These triple-redundant IMUs solutions (both hardware and software) are easy to integrate and provide cost-effective guidance and navigation solutions for a wide range of autonomous vehicles including mapping drones, robot delivery, self-driving cars, and taxis, ADAS systems, electronic stability control, lane-keeping applications, etc.

“The reliable, accurate performance of Aceinna brand IMUs have helped our LiDAR Scanning systems to sell very well. They are extremely popular with our customers. And, in the future, based on our mutual understanding and benefits, we plan on further strengthening our cooperation with Aceinna,”

said Dr. Hongxing Sun, CEO of Geosun.

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“Aceinna is the worldwide leader in developing and manufacturing affordable and easily integrated autonomous navigation solutions for the automotive, industrial, telecom, data center and cloud infrastructure, consumer appliances, agricultural and construction markets.  In addition, Aceinna develops and manufactures extremely fast, high-performance current sensing solutions used in electric vehicles, server farms, appliances & machines, as well as in powering cloud industries. I am looking forward to increasing both customer awareness and sales volumes of Aceinna’s MEMs based sensor solutions to OEMs and engineers throughout the world.”

says Mr. DiGangi.

According to Yang Zhao, CEO of Aceinna,

“An accomplished sales professional in the technology space, Mr. DiGangi brings a unique combination of technical expertise and leadership is in sensor development and technology sales.

Mr. Michael DiGangi has over 26 years of Power and Analog IC semiconductor sales, business development, and marketing experience that spans a number of larger corporations and start ups.

Prior to joining Aceinna, Mr. DiGangi was VP of Sales and Marketing for two startups SiC Power Semiconductor makers. Previously, he was Vice President of Worldwide Sales and Marketing at Allegro MicroSystems. Mr. DiGangi also was at International Rectifier, now Infineon, during the formidable growth of the company, with responsibilities as Vice President of Sales and a number of senior sales and marketing management roles. He has a BS. and an M.B.A from Wilmington University.

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Aceinna announced the general market availability of Aceinna OpenRTK330LI EVK, a complete evaluation, and a development kit for the OpenRTK330LI GNSS/INS module. The OpenRTK330LI EVK accelerates development and reduces time to market of custom navigation and guidance systems fusing inertial measurements and multi-band RTK/GNSS positioning.

The OpenIMU330LI Module is a very compact, low cost, state-of-the-art, high-performance RTK/GNSS receiver with built-in triple-redundant inertial sensors. The development kits are available for purchase directly through Aceinna or at one of Aceinna’s authorized Distributors.

Instead of wasting time building and debugging prototype hardware and firmware, Aceinna ’s OpenRTK330LI EVK provides the essential hardware, firmware, and development environment that engineers working on autonomous applications need to quickly start developing algorithms and solutions.  Within minutes of receiving the OpenRTK330LI EVK, engineers can be logging and visualizing positioning data with centimeter precision.

Development of custom positioning and localization solutions with the OpenRTK330LI is supported by Aceinna Navigation Studio, and MS VS-Code by installing the free Aceinna extension. Customers can use Aceinna ’s position engine or develop and implement their own in the open-source framework. Source code and libraries for the OpenRTK330LI module are available on GitHub.

At the heart of Aceinna ’s OpenRTK330LI EVK is the OpenRTK330LI Evaluation board (EVB). The EVB provides built-in RJ45 Ethernet, Micro-USB, Bluetooth, SWD/JTAG Interface, SPI, UART, CAN, SMA, power, and 1PPS out connections, simplifying access to the OpenRTK330LI module installed on the EVB, and enabling quick and convenient connection to a PC and access to RTK correction data via the internet.  The OpenRTK330Li EVK can monitor all major global constellations (GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou, Galileo, QZSS) and simultaneously track up to 80 channels.

In addition to the EVB, the kit includes a GNSS antenna, ST-Link/v2 debugger, 12 V Supply, USB Cable, and for customers in the continental USA, a complimentary 30-day subscription to Aceinna OpenARC correction service. OpenARC is Aceinna ’s precise positioning platform that provides secure GNSS corrections powered by a dense RTK network and cloud-based architecture.

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Aceinna announced a partnership with Point One Navigation, a leader delivering precise positioning for the next generation of transportation.  The strategic partnership enables a streamlined positioning platform that combines Point One’s Polaris GNSS cloud correction service with Aceinna’s OpenRTK330 hardware and software solution for developers in agriculture, construction, mapping, surveying, robotics, and trucking.

The GNSS correction service market shows great promise yet is presently hampered by some lingering problems.  These include the nuisance of managing separate commercial/support relationships for hardware and subscriptions, difficulty integrating solutions between such providers, lack of consistency in resulting accuracy compared with what is advertised, resistance to supporting all application sizes from single unit to high volume, the absence of a coast-to-coast network from a single provider, and stubbornly high pricing for the service in general.

Aceinna and Point One are solving these problems by delivering the most reliable, turn-key, and affordable GNSS correction solution on the market.  Customers will be able to purchase the fully integrated hardware and streaming service directly from Aceinna and its distribution partners versus seeking out a provider on their own.  Activation and authentication will be streamlined thanks to extensive backend server synchronization between Aceinna and Point One.  True centimeter-level accuracy will be attainable and powered by the integration of Point One’s coast-to-coast Polaris network and Aceinna’s OpenRTK platform.  Finally, aggressive pricing will be offered to support all deployment levels, from a single unit and up to a large scale.  The combined offering will be available for purchase beginning in December 2020.

“This partnership between Aceinna and Point One harnesses and combines each of our distinct strengths, to offer a solution platform that makes high-performance positioning accessible to a variety of industries and applications. We are thrilled to work with Point One’s technical expertise and execution to advance this technology to the next level of precision,”

said Dr. Yang Zhao, Chairman, and CEO of Aceinna.

“Point One’s Polaris is a highly adaptable network that provides critical data for a myriad of precise positioning and autonomous applications. We are excited to be working with an industry leader such as Aceinna and the use of OpenRTK330 satisfies a market need for precise yet affordable corrections-based guidance and navigation systems.”

said Aaron Nathan, CEO, and Co-Founder at Point One.

OpenRTK330 is a state-of-the-art, high-performance GNSS receiver with a built-in RTK engine and triple-redundant inertial sensors.  It is designed for use in Level 3 ADAS and other high-volume applications requiring precise position information.  It includes a multi-band RTK/GNSS receiver coupled with redundant inertial sensor arrays to provide cm-level accuracy, enhanced reliability, and superior performance during GNSS outages.  The dead reckoning solution delivers a strong performance in GNSS challenged urban environments.  OpenRTK300 is supported by Aceinna’s open-source toolchain which enables direct customization of the on-board algorithms, I/O, and communication stack on the device

Point One’s Polaris network is a proprietary GNSS correction network built from the ground up for the needs of modern automotive and robotics customers.  Polaris uses the latest in base station technology including advanced anti-jam, interference mitigation, security, and integrity monitoring.  Its powerful cloud-based correction architecture allows for GNSS corrections in RTK or SSR configuration.  Its open-source interfaces demonstrate compatibility with receivers and chipsets from leading providers.  The service is also compatible with any NTRIP/RTCM3 compliant receiver.

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This distribution agreement will enable WPI to offer a complete range of Aceinna’s MEMs based sensing solutions and technologies to its customers.

“Aceinna’s leading-edge MEMs based sensing technologies are of special interest to our customers and engineers,  especially those Asian manufacturers seeking innovative technology solutions for developing autonomous vehicle navigation/guidance and high-performance current supply & management applications,”

said German Cheung, Vice President, WPI.

“This partnership between WPI and ACEINNA is a big step forward for Asia based product developers and engineers. This partnership will make it much more efficient and quicker for engineering teams to research, source, and obtain optimal sensing solutions and technologies for the design of next-generation autonomous vehicles and power management applications.”

said Dr. Yang Zhao, CEO at Aceinna.

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Aceinna announced the availability of their new Aceinna OpenIMU ROS Driver for developers of robots and robotic applications.

James Fennelly, Product Marketing Manager – Inertial Systems at Aceinna, says:

“This new ROS driver makes it simple to integrate a wide variety of Aceinna IMUs (Inertial Measurement Unit sensors) into almost any robotics applications (warehouse robotics, autonomous vehicles, last-mile deliver robotics, etc.), which uses ROS. When combined with our IMU’s industry-leading reliability and accuracy, as well as very competitive pricing (under $100), developers of robotic solutions finally have an easily integrated, rock-solid solution for their navigation and localization challenges.”

Available on the Sensors Page at ROS.org and GitHub this new driver enables robotic application developers to quickly and easily integrate highly accurate (<1.5°/hr) IMU’s into their navigation guidance systems.

The new ROS Driver currently works with the Aceinna’s versatile OpenIMU family, which includes the OpenIMU300ZI, OpenIMU300RI, and OpenIMU330BI. Each sensor has its own distinct hardware features, allowing the user several options for their unique application. The open-source nature of this architecture makes each device highly configurable as well. Aceinna’s OpenIMU’s have several software applications available, with source code available via Github and the Aceinna Extension on Microsoft Visual Studio Code. Software applications include IMU, VG-AHRS, and INS.

Extremely compact, Aceinna’s IMUs integrate a triple-redundant architecture, that, when combined with their small, low-cost packaging, meets the challenging performance, reliability, and cost requirements of the robotic and autonomous market.

The Robotic Operating System (ROS) is a set of software libraries and tools that help developers create robotics applications. It can be described as a software development kit (SDK). As stated on ROS.org:

“The ROS user community builds on top of a common infrastructure to provide an integration point that offers access to hardware drivers, generic robot capabilities, development tools, useful external libraries, and more.”

This allows users to get their robotics projects up and running a lot faster than starting from scratch.

Combining the architecture of the ROS environment with the versatility of the OpenIMU platform the possibilities are endless and at the users’ fingertips.

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“OpenRTK330L was designed for Level 3 and above advanced driver assistance systems and other high-volume commercial applications that benefit from highly precise position information at all times. These include ADAS, autonomous delivery vehicles such as robot delivery systems and commercial drones, agricultural auto-steer, heavy construction equipment and many others.”

says Michael Murray, Aceinna EVP.

The new positioning module supports all global constellations, including GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou, Galileo, QZSS, NavIC, and SBAS, alongside the L1, L2, and L5 bands to provide cm level GNSS accuracy via RTK.

The OpenRTK330L includes a triple-redundant three-axis MEMS gyroscope and three-axis MEMS accelerometer for dead reckoning. This positioning solution for autonomous vehicles only utilizes valid sensor data and any defective sensor outputs can safely be ignored. This ensures that high accuracy dead reckoning is maintained where GNSS signals are unavailable. The OpenRTK330L is offered in an commercial version and as an ASIL B certified module.

According to Andrew Zignani, ABI Principal Analyst,

“ABI Research anticipates that there will be significant opportunities for high precision GNSS solutions across several applications while the unique combination of compact, low cost, high performance IMUs alongside RTKGNSS will be extremely compelling. For example, autonomous vehicles will require several complementary technologies with their own strengths and weaknesses to deliver the safest possible solution, including radar, Lidar, and cameras, among others.”

Source: Aceinna

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According to John Deere, “Aceinna has earned this award in recognition of its dedication to providing products and service of outstanding quality as well as its commitment to continuous improvement.” Company employees accepted the recognition during formal ceremonies held on January 29 in Davenport, Iowa.

Aceinna is a supplier of high-performance inertial sensor modules to John Deere’s operation in Fargo, ND.

Suppliers who participate in the Achieving Excellence program are evaluated annually in several key performance categories, including quality, cost management, delivery, technical support and wavelength, which is a measure of responsiveness. John Deere Supply Management created the program in 1991 to provide a supplier evaluation and feedback process that promotes continuous improvement.

John Newton, Vice President for Inertial Products, said:

“We are honored to be recognized by John Deere for our 5^th straight year for the technical merits of our IMU and our focus on product quality and on-time delivery. This John Deere award further adds to the industry recognition that ACEINNA has earned over the last couple of years, positioning us as one of the industry leaders and innovators in the Autonomous Vehicles navigation and positioning space.”

Source: Aceinna

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