Novel Bits offers free course on batteryless IoT devices using e-peas energy harvesting PMIC

Novel Bits announced a free, hands-on course titled “From Light to Bluetooth – A Practical Guide to Energy Harvesting for Ambient IoT.” The course focuses on building sustainable, batteryless IoT devices powered by ambient light using the e-peas AEM13920 dual-input energy harvesting PMIC.

Participants will learn to harvest energy from indoor and outdoor photovoltaic sources, power a Bluetooth Low Energy sensor node with a lithium capacitor, transmit sensor data wirelessly without a battery, optimize firmware for energy-constrained environments, and use the AEM13920 PMIC to enhance energy efficiency. The course addresses real-world IoT challenges and includes a hardware setup with the Silicon Labs EFR32xG22E Bluetooth Low Energy SoC, e-peas AEM13920 PMIC, Voltaic Systems P121 outdoor solar panel, Dracula Technologies LAYER 3 indoor organic photovoltaic cell, SparkFun BME280 temperature and humidity sensor, and a 10F lithium capacitor for energy storage.
The AEM13920 PMIC supports simultaneous input from two energy sources, starts at a 275 mV voltage, provides power path management and regulation, and is compatible with lithium capacitors, solid-state batteries, and supercapacitors. It is designed for wireless protocols like Bluetooth LE, Zigbee, and LoRa, enabling ...