An Embedded System to Control Conducting Interpenetrating Polymer Networks Actuators
Résumé
In this work, we present an electronic board used for conducting Interpenetrating Polymer Networks (IPNs) which can be used as sensors and/or actuators. The first prototype allows the user to generate custom signals for actuation purposes (steps, sine, triangle...). It can also record the deformations applied to the device by reading the voltage between the two electrodes. However, the voltage required for actuation is of a few volts while the measured voltages during sensing is only of a few millivolts. It is thus necessary to magnify the measured voltage with signal processing techniques.