Powercast Lifetime Power® Energy Harvesting Development Kit
Powercast Lifetime Power® Energy Harvesting Development Kit is a complete demonstration and development platform for creating battery-free wireless sensors (passive wireless sensor tags) powered by RF energy (radio waves). It is designed and configured for extremely low power operation, and the firmware is pre-installed for out-of-the-box operation.
The wireless sensor boards of the Powercast Lifetime Power Energy Harvesting Development Kit are powered by the P2110 Powerharvester Receiver, which converts RF energy into DC power. In this kit, the TX91501 transmitter is the source of RF energy (915MHz), but other RF sources from 850MHz to 950MHz can also be used for power. The communication from the sensor boards to the access point is 2.4GHz using 802.15.4-compliant radios. No batteries are needed to power the wireless sensor board. RF energy is converted into DC and stored in a capacitor.
Kit Contents
- Power and Data Transmitter (TX91501-3W-ID)
3W, 915MHz transmitter for power and data with integrated 8dBi antenna and two power jacks. Sends a pre-programmed transmitter ID that is received by the P2110 Powerharvester component and is decoded by the MCU on the Wireless Sensor Board. - 2x P2110 Evaluation Board (P2110-EVB)
Evaluation board (Rev. B) for P2110 Powerharvester Receiver. This board has an SMA connector to connect the antennas and a 10-pin connector for the Wireless Sensor Board. - 2x Patch Antenna
915MHz directional antenna with 120-degree reception pattern (included with the P2110 evaluation board). - 3x Dipole Antenna
915MHz omni-directional antenna with 360° reception (included with the P2110 evaluation board).
- Wireless Sensor Board (WSN-EVAL-01)
Sensor for Temperature/Humidity/Light and an external input. Plugs into P2110 evaluation board, and sends data to the access point.. - Access Point (WSN-AP-01)
Custom receiver board featuring Microchip’s PIC24F MCU that is preprogrammed to operate as an access point for receiving data from the
Wireless Sensor Boards. - PICkit™ 3 Programmer/Debugger (PG164130)
Programming tool for updating code on the Wireless Sensor Boards and the 16-bit XLP Development Board. USB cable included in the package.
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