Looking to address the growing need for solar powered wireless sensors for IoT applications, Cypress has launched a family of energy harvesting power management integrated circuits that can be used with solar cells with capture areas as small as 1cm2.
The S6AE101A PMIC, the first device in the new family is integrated with the EZ-BLE PRoC module for Bluetooth Low Energy.
The devices are said to operate from a power supply of 1.2µW, which Cypress claims is four times lower than the nearest competitive device, whilst consuming as little as 250nA.
"The most compelling wireless sensor nodes that will drive IoT growth are self powered, can be deployed anywhere for more than 10 years and require minimal deployment and maintenance costs," said Kiyoe Nagaya, vice president of Cypress' analogue business unit. "[With this module], Cypress offers a complete solution that enables developers to create solar-powered WSNs for batteryless IoT devices."
Author
Graham Pitcher
Source: www.newelectronics.co.uk