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ben3 AN031: Running RIIoT™ on Solar Energy

Low power is a key benefit that many electronic systems are driving for. Low power means that the module consumes less energy and that the power supply becomes a much cheaper and simpler effort. RIIoT™ has a number of features that reduce power, such as the chosen electronic components inside are low power module to start and the network leaf nodes can be configured as sleepy when they are not active. Also, the output power of the module is configurable, so as not to consume more power than needed during transmit. The data processing that can be done by the customer in ICI can save substantial power by not sending all sensor readings as is to the cloud, but just send the interesting parts, such as changes of an alarm when a threshold is met. All this allows for energy harvesting or coin cell operation of the leaf nodes. The example on this slide shows that the average current is only 15.7 µA when reading a temp sensor every 30 seconds. This is easily supported by a small photo cell. Additionally, this will provide approximately eight years of lifetime on a small CR2477 coin cell battery. The picture on this slide shows the photo cell used for the measurements in application note AN031.

PTM Published on: 2019-08-02