The Department of Electronics is charged within INETI with providing continuous research and knowledge update in the area of Electronics and Computer Systems. Its areas of activity, which represent a commitment between R&D and concrete applications, are in the domain of Information Technologies with an emphasis in the development of instrumentation, monitoring and control subsystems for advanced scientific and engineering solutions to multidisciplinary problems in various areas of activity, namely Energy, Environment and Automation.

LINES OF ACTIVITY:

- ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS AND INSTRUMENTATION

• Sensor systems and actuators
• Custom acquisition and control systems
• Microsystems and embedded controllers

- INFORMATION PROCESSING

• Monitoring, diagnosis and control systems
• Digital signal and image processing
• Visual inspection and classification systems

- INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND TECHNOLOGIES

• Computational networks and Internet technologies

ORIENTING PRINCIPLES:

• Applied research under contract for national and international institutions.
• Cooperation with other INETI departments and other institutions in multidisciplinary research projects in the main areas of activity of INETI (Energy, Environment, Automobile Industry, and Food Industry, among others)
• Continuous knowledge update and strengthening of capabilities relevant for the development of instrumentation and monitoring systems,incorporating advanced information processing and technologies.