Endurance - Graphene based coatings for durable wear resistant low cost position sensors

近年来，随着原始设备制造商努力满足消费者对更高舒适性、安全性、便利性、可靠性、燃油效率、信息娱乐和乐趣的需求，以及对汽车排放的严格立法目标，汽车内嵌电子产品的数量呈指数级增长。位置传感器代表了一项关键的使能技术，用于监测和控制整个汽车的系统，从发动机管理到踏板位置监测。消费者要求智能作为标准，而且不需要额外的成本。现有技术提供两种类型的传感器：i)接触式设备(低性能、低成本)；以及ii)非接触式设备(高性能、高成本)。利用石墨烯涂层的独特性能(耐磨性与定制的导电性和阻隔性相结合)，耐久联盟将评估开发一种低成本高性能线性和编码器位置传感器的可行性，以实现满足明确定义的用户需求的颠覆性解决方案。耐力技术有潜力远远超出汽车市场(7.7亿GB)，扩展到价值74亿GB的二级市场。

In recent years there has been an exponential increase in embedded electronics within cars as OEMs strive tosatisfy consumer demand for greater comfort, safety, convenience, reliability, fuel efficiency, infotainment andfun, and stringent legislative targets for automotive emissions. Position sensors represent a key enablingtechnology used for monitoring and control of systems throughout the car, from engine management throughto pedal position monitoring. Consumers demand intelligence as standard and at no extra cost. The state of theart provides two sensor types: i) contact based devices (low performance at low cost); and ii) non-contactdevices (high performance at high cost). Utilising the unique properties of graphene based coatings (wearresistance combined with customised conductivity and barrier) the ENDURANCE consortium will assess thefeasibility for development of a low cost high performance linear and encoder position sensors enablingrealisation of disruptive solutions meeting well defined user needs. The ENDURANCE technology has thepotential to extend far beyond the automotive market (£770m) to secondary markets worth >£7.4 billion.