Redpine’s IoT device with sensors, display, wireless and energy harvest features

Redpine Signal has released the industry’s first multi-functional device with Wi-Fi, BT and BT-LE connectivity and incorporating photo-voltaic energy harvesting. The device includes a sensor and an e-paper display that maintains display content at microwatts of power consumption. The device uses Redpine’s RS9113 M2MCombo SoC device to provide connectivity through Wi-Fi, BT and BLE wireless interfaces for sensor data transfer and display updates. The device also supports location in conjunction with Redpine’s RTLS infrastructure. The extremely low power e-Paper display ensures that, with normal indoor lighting, display updates are possible every few minutes perpetually without the use of a battery. Configuring and re-configuring of the device is achieved either through an IP network via Wi-Fi or through a smartphone via BT or BLE. WiSeMote-EH supports multiple wireless protocols to exploit the strengths of each for a given metric. All IP data connectivity is supported by Wi-Fi while local control and monitoring is achieved with ultra-low-power BLE interface. “We have leveraged Redpine’s technology and expertise in ultra-low-power wireless chip and system design and in RTLS in creating the WiSeMote-EH device,” said Venkat Mattela, CEO of Redpine Signals. ”All core components of the device are optimally developed for this application which include an ultra-low-power RF...