Global Security Devices
The latest Innovation Partnerships project to be approved at ITT Dublin is the largest ever undertaken in the Institute, with funding of €218,000, despite the fact that the industrial partner is a start-up company. It is unusual for Enterprise Ireland to fund projects with start-ups to this level, but this is an indication of the quality of the research proposal.
The Department of Electronic Engineering and Global Security Devices Limited (GSD) have formed a collaboration to carry out applied research in the area of the Zigbee air interface for wireless communications. The focus of the project is on investigating state of the art methods that will lead to an extended operating range for Zigbee wireless devices. It is intended to recruit an experienced RF engineer and a supporting software engineer, for a period of 18 months.
The company is a start-up with a strong team, led by Peter O’Connor, formerly design engineer and product manager with a Dublin based access control company. GSD are also participants on the M50 Enterprise Programme, which is led by ITT Dublin, and were runners-up in the Irish Times / ITT Dublin competition for free office space for a year in the Institute’s new incubation centre, the Synergy Centre. The company have since moved their operations to the Synergy Centre and as well as working with the Department of Electronic Engineering are also interacting with the Mechanical Engineering Department, using a rapid prototyping facility.
The Institute’s expertise in RF design and the availability of a well-equipped RF laboratory are highly complementary to the resources of the company. James Wright and Brian Keogh will lead the Institute team. The research is extensible to other wireless sensor applications and will contribute to a national competence in the area of RF design. Read more at www.globalsecurity.ie
