Solar-Powered IoT Device Kit

Infineon offers the world’s lowest-power energy harvesting power management IC for battery-free wireless sensor nodes

Image of Infineon's Solar Powered IoT Device KitInfineon's solar-powered Internet of Things (IoT) device development kit provides an easy-to-use platform for the development of a solar-powered IoT device with Bluetooth® low energy (BLE) wireless connectivity. It includes the S6AE101A energy harvesting PMIC device. Also included in the kit is Infineon's EZ-BLE™ PRoC™ module (CYBLE-022001-00), a fully integrated BLE module solution that offers high flexibility for a wide variety of IoT device uses. A USB port is provided by Infineon's USB-UART LP bridge controller device (CY7C65213).

Features
The solar-powered IoT device kit provides everything needed to develop a light-powered sensor node that transmits sensor data using BLE:
  • Firmware provided for the following applications:
    • BLE beacon, transmitting data at 1.5 sec intervals with ambient light as low as 200 lx
    • Wireless sensor node (WSN), transmitting data at 6 sec intervals with ambient light as low as 200 lx
  • BLE communication with a PC supported through the included BLE-USB bridge that is pre-programmed with custom firmware for this kit
  • Operation using energy harvested from light as low as 200 lx supported with the included solar cell module, which eliminates the need for a battery
    • Use of a vibration energy harvesting device with an external diode bridge also supported (not included)
  • Reference schematic, BOM list, and layout data provided
  • Expandable terminal on the energy harvesting motherboard provided, enabling support for the following:
    • Reset button for EZ-BLE module
    • JTAG header to debug EZ-BLE module
    • Expandable sensor interface (I2C/UART/SPI/GPIO)
    • DIP switch for future expansion (not mounted)
    • LEDs for USB power and status
发布日期: 2015-12-04