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Buck-Boost Converters Help Extend Battery Life for Motion Detection

Contributed by Publitek European Editors 4/9/2013 Many security and motion detector systems rely on small, semi-autonomous nodes that are easy and simple to install. This implies the use of a battery-based power source and low-power operation in order to minimize the number of battery changes during the lifetime of the product. Over its lifetime, the […]

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Catch the wind into a net (or into a battery)

With the new AIR 40 wind turbine it is possible to gain 40 kWh monthly – easily and safely.  Advantages / Features: high quality wind turbine with 12, 24 or 48V output voltage 40 kWh monthly at an average wind speed of 5.8 m/sec operation at 3.1-22 m/s wind speeds microprocessor based controller aluminium body composite blades optimized for a quiet operation 1.17m rotor diameter electronic overspeed protection brushless alternator (dynamo) with a long lifetime Small wind turbines are an excellent electric energy source for all „off-grid“ applications with a low and middle power consumption like telecommunications, lighting, SCADA (telemetry) and other.

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Constant-Voltage/Constant-Current Devices Optimize Li-Ion Battery Charging for Energy-Harvesting

Stephen Evanczuk writes: Lithium-ion batteries have emerged as a common energy-storage device in many energy-harvesting applications. For engineers, maximizing battery performance and lifecycle requires use of battery charging circuitry able to account for the specialized characteristics of Li-ion cells

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White LED Battery Powered Power Failure Light

Overview Where I live most of the time, the AC power drops out upon occasion. This used to leave me groping around in the dark for a flashlight. I could have bought a battery-backed up “emergency light” for about US$35, but being basically metal boxes with floodlights attached, they would make my living room look

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Research and Markets : Today We See Electrical Battery Testers, Electronic Anti-Theft and RFID Tags as the Most Important Sectors of Electronic Smart Packaging

Dublin (PRWEB) July 28, 2005 Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c21412) has announced the addition of Electronic Smart Packaging to their offering.   Already over 50 billion packages have been fitted with electronic smart packaging devices – and now the market is really taking off. This Electronic Smart Packaging report exclusively analyses this extraordinary situation based on

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New Frontier Silicon Module Achieves 100-Hour Battery Life for Portable DAB Digital Radios

London; Hong Kong (PRWEB) October 13, 2005 Frontier Silicon the leading fabless manufacturer of semiconductors for mobile digital television (MDTV) and DAB digital radio products has launched the latest in its range of DAB modules. The new Venice 4.0 FS2024 DAB/FM/RDS module, to be shown for the first time at the Hong Kong Electronics Fair

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Eleven Engineering Introduces "Chipcon Powered" Low Power Wireless Audio Modules Optimized for Headphones and Other Battery Operated Devices

Las Vegas, NV (PRWEB) January 5, 2006 Today Eleven Engineering Incorporated announces the Squeak 1C digital wireless audio modules featuring XInC2 are production ready. The modules are optimized for low power operation with Chipcon’s CC2400 transceiver and the XInC2 wireless processor from Eleven. In fact on a single charge, a 3.7 V Li-Ion battery with

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New Vishay Siliconix Boost Converter ICs Provide 85 % Efficiency at 500 mA Down to 1 mA From Battery Voltages as Low as 0.85 V

Sparks, NV (PRWEB) February 26, 2006 Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. (NYSE: VSH) announced the release of two new boost converter ICs designed to maximize the power available from single- or dual-cell NiMH or alkaline battery packs by providing 85 % dc-to-dc conversion efficiency and operating from battery voltages as low as 0.85 V.   Delivering this

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