Technology Partnership To Speed Development of Energy Harvesting Wi-Fi Sensor Networks

Technology Partnership To Speed Development of Energy Harvesting Wi-Fi Sensor Networks

Harvesting the energy of personal movement, or the vibrations inherent in structures, vehicles and machinery can drive low power sensors and eliminate the need for batteries.

The combination of GainSpan's GS1010 Wi-Fi system-on-chip and AdaptivEnergy's advanced energy harvesting technology is aimed at producing the first true Wi-Fi sensor solutions powered solely by micro energy harvesters. The ultra low power nature of GainSpan products opens up considerable new opportunities for battery-less autonomous intelligent sensor networks while also adding significant flexibility and functionality to AdaptivEnergy's energy harvesting solutions.

GainSpan's GS1010 system-on-chip is the industry's most highly integrated and lowest power consuming Wi-Fi semiconductor solution. The GS1010 contains an 802.11 radio, media access controller (MAC), baseband processor, on-chip flash memory, SRAM, and an applications processor in a single package. It provides a highly scalable, reliable, manageable, and secure wireless link for sensor networks and other embedded Wi-Fi applications such as devices to track location and monitor the health of people and condition of assets.

AdaptivEnergy's Joule-Thief™ is an advanced energy harvesting device that can use any movement, from the motion of a person walking, flowing air or water, or even a door opening and closing to create and store electricity.

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