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Win one of two radio energy harvesting kits on offer

Win one of two radio energy harvesting kits on offer

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By eeNews Europe



The P2110-EVAL-01 combines Powercast’s 915 MHz RF energy harvesting system and Microchip’s eXtreme low power PIC MCU to eliminate batteries in a wide range of applications such as wireless sensors.

This kit includes a 3W Powercaster transmitter as the power source, two P2110 Powerharvester receiver evaluation boards, two custom-designed wireless sensor boards, the XLP 16-bit development board pre-loaded with jointly developed application software, an IEEE 802.15.4 transceiver and other accessories. It makes it easy to demonstrate and develop smart-energy, wireless-sensor applications that are reliably powered by radio waves up to 40 feet away from the emitter.

The P2110-EVAL-02 kit features near-loss-less energy storage and efficient charging via the Thinergy Micro-Energy Cell (MEC), a solid-state, rechargeable thin-film micro-battery from Infinite Power Solutions (IPS). It also includes the Powercaster and the P2110 board, a custom-designed battery-charging board, a 1mAh Thinergy MEC evaluation card and other accessories. This kit eliminates the expense and hassle of traditional battery replacement. The Texas Instruments eZ430-RF2500 wireless development tool is also included as a demonstration application.

In the kit, Powercast’s 915 MHz RF transmitter and receiver energy-harvesting system broadcasts and then converts RF energy and stores it in a capacitor, which then provides a pulsed regulated voltage output to wirelessly trickle charge energy storage devices. Such devices include the paper-thin and long-life Thinergy MEC as well as other thin-film batteries, and traditional rechargeable batteries such as Alkaline, Lithium Ion, or Nickel Metal Hydride (Ni-MH).

The Powercaster transmitter is approved by the FCC (Part 15) and Industry Canada. It is designed for micro-power applications in the commercial, industrial, and defense markets such as remote monitoring (temperature/environmental/security) and building automation.

More information about these two kits:

https://www.powercastco.com/PDF/P2110-EVAL-01-overview.pdf for wireless sensors

https://www.powercastco.com/PDF/P2110-EVAL-02-overview.pdf for battery charging

Visit Powercast at www.powercastco.com 

 

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