Stack layer 01 · Sensing
Capture the physics.
Reliable decisions begin with reliable measurements. The sensing layer acquires trustworthy physical information about the condition of a material, component, or structure, and hands it to the rest of the stack in a form the other layers can build on.
Modalities
One architecture above many sensing methods.
Sondera does not bet the company on a single physics. The stack is designed so each modality plugs into the same edge, intelligence, and automation layers, and we say plainly how mature each one is.
Terahertz time-domain spectroscopy
ActivePrimary development platform
Non-ionizing, layer-by-layer interrogation of dielectric composites and coatings. The modality behind Sondera's founding research and the first one the full stack is being built on.
Ultrasonic testing
ResearchExpanding capability
Bulk-wave UT for welds, laminates, and structural components. Demonstrated in the founding research through multi-modality work; productization follows the THz pipeline.
Ultrasonic guided waves
RoadmapRoadmap
Long-range interrogation of plates, pipes, and shells from sparse transducer positions. Planned as the stack's reach extends to larger structures.
Micro-computed tomography
ResearchResearch / validation
Volumetric imaging used today as the ground-truth reference that validates other modalities in our research, and a candidate analysis modality in its own right.
Beyond the transducer
Sensing is a system, not a probe.
A measurement is only as good as the scanning geometry, the calibration, and the protocol behind it. The sensing layer covers everything required to make a measurement trustworthy and repeatable, so the layers above it never have to compensate for physics that was lost at acquisition.
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