About Civionics

About Civionics

Civionics was established in 2009 to provide customized wireless sensing and embedded control solutions to the health monitoring and cleantech communities. Created as a spinout of successful research efforts at the University of Michigan, Civionics has experience in building intelligent wireless monitoring and control systems for civil, naval, and wind...
Formic WSU

Formic WSU

The Formic wireless data acquisition system was designed as a low-power supplement to Civionics’ Narada platform. Complete with embedded high accuracy temperature and humidity sensors as well as a tri-axial accelerometer with adjustable gain, the Formic is designed to bring low-cost, low-power wireless sensing to a wide variety of application...
Narada WSU

Narada WSU

The Narada system is a powerful wireless data acquisition and control solution built around the Atmel ATmega128 microcontroller. Designed for applications requiring high resolution data collection, and/or real-time control, the Narada has a four-channel 16-bit ADC and 128kB of supplemental SRAM for temporary data storage. Unique amongst its competitors, the...
Embedded System Consulting and Design

Embedded System Consulting and Design

For clients interested in developing customized embedded solutions, Civionics provides personalized consulting and design services. While our main emphasis is on the development of low-power wireless systems, this skill set can also be applied to a wide array of other commercial product offerings. For more information or to start a...
Data Acquisition and Processing

Data Acquisition and Processing

Civionics provides custom data acquisition and data processing services for a variety of application spaces. We have extensive experience deploying data acquisition systems of all sizes both in the laboratory and on bridges, buildings, ships, wind turbines, and many other types of civil infrastructure. In addition to our wireless data...
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Narada Base

Narada Base

The Narada Base station is a versatile wireless data acquisition hub built around the Atmel ATmega128 microcontroller. Designed for use with both the Narada and Formic wireless platforms, the Narada Base station connects to the PC through an available USB port and can facilitate data collection, real-time control, and network maintenance tasks. This versatile hub...
A Smart Flooring System for Wireless Building Automation

A Smart Flooring System for Wireless Building Automation

Through an NSF Small Business Innovation Research Phase I collaboration with POWERleap, Inc, Civionics will be developing a transformative green building technology that overcomes several limitations endemic to building automation systems in use today. Mainly, (a) the high cost of tethered sensor deployment, (b) the dependence on building energy, (c) the inaccuracy of occupancy sensors,...
Wireless Sensing for Urban Search & Rescue

Wireless Sensing for Urban Search & Rescue

Upon arriving at an incident site in the wake of a terrorist attack or a natural disaster, structures specialists from FEMA’s Urban Search and Rescue (US&R) program are tasked with ensuring the structural stability of partially collapsed buildings. Successful building stabilization limits the risk to first responders as they strive to find and remove trapped...