Powercast Company, a supplier in radio-frequency (RF)-based over-the-air wi-fi energy know-how, and KYOCERA AVX, a world producer of superior digital elements, are teaming to create sustainable, battery-free options able to harvesting energy from industry-standard RFID readers to energy ESLs (digital shelf labels), RFID Sensor Tags and different battery-free IoT units. Each Powercast (sales space #52311) and KYOCERA AVX (sales space #11123) will display the options at CES 2023 in Las Vegas, January 5 – 8, 2023.
How the applied sciences work collectively:
A tiny Powercast PCC110 Powerharvester receiver chip embedded in digital units harvests RF out of the air when it comes inside vary of a UHF RFID reader, converts that RF to DC (direct present), after which shops it in a KYOCERA AVX supercapacitor for discharge when wanted. This battery-independent energy storage eliminates battery alternative upkeep and retains disposable batteries out of landfills.
At CES 2023, the businesses will display two Powercast merchandise that spotlight the joint applied sciences:
- Powercast’s newly-redesigned PCT100 RFID Sensor Tags which measure temperature, humidity and light-weight for environmental monitoring within the retail, medical, warehousing and industrial IoT markets.
- Powercast’s new battery-free ESL which wirelessly updates an ePaper display screen to show directions on bins in warehouses to facilitate choosing or meeting.
“The power to energy inexperienced, sustainable units solely from the RF harvested from the RFID readers deployed as we speak all through many industries can resolve the principle downside IoT deployments face – battery alternative,” says Charles Greene, PhD, COO and CTO of Powercast. “We’re teaming with KYOCERA AVX whose skinny, superior supercapacitors can retailer the vitality generated by Powercast Expertise and discharge as wanted to both immediately energy a battery-free system, or recharge a chargeable battery.”
“This collaborative effort can be utilized to develop environmentally-friendly sensible residence IoT ecosystems that get rid of disposable batteries, whereas extending backup time and offering instantaneous energy pulses as wanted,” says Mamoon Abedraboh, world product advertising supervisor for supercapacitor & energy capacitors, KYOCERA AVX. “Our imaginative and prescient is to make IoT extra sustainable now and into the long run.”
Go to Powercast’s CES 2023 web page right here.
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