Authors:
Jordi Madrenas
;
Daniel Fernández
;
Jordi Cosp
;
J. Manuel Moreno
;
Luis Martínez-Alvarado
and
Giovanny Sánchez
Affiliation:
Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain
Keyword(s):
Bioinspired Systems, MEMS, MEMSoC, Integrated Systems, Sensors, Environment Perception.
Related
Ontology
Subjects/Areas/Topics:
Biomedical Engineering
;
Biomedical Instruments and Devices
;
Embedded Signal Processing
;
Emerging Technologies
;
Hardware
;
MEMS
;
Microelectronics
;
Sensor Networks
;
Telecommunications
;
Wireless and Mobile Technologies
;
Wireless Information Networks and Systems
Abstract:
In this work, the architecture of a system intended for bioinspired environment perception is described. Considering the technology trends and applications requirements, the properties of such a system are discussed. The system consists of four main blocks: a) A set of different integrated microsensors and microactuators with the associated signal conditioning circuits; b) A data encoding block that in its simplest form performs spike encoding of information; c) a bioinspired digital processing block that efficiently emulates a spiking neuron network; d) a monitoring and self-adaptation block that provides feedback to the sensors and actuators. In its final implementation, the full system would eventually be almost fully integrated in a CMOS integrated circuit.