What Is Passive IoT?

What Is Passive IoT?

Following Cat.1, the IoT industry in 2021 has welcomed a new “trend”. This “trend” is called “Passive IoT”. What exactly is Passive IoT? How does it differ from existing IoT technologies? Is it really a high-tech breakthrough, or just another hype? In this article, I will guide you through the details. █ What Is Passive … Read more

Analysis and Outlook of Passive IoT Technology

Analysis and Outlook of Passive IoT Technology

“The Internet of Things” is the ultimate ideal of the IoT industry. IoT Analytics reports that the current number of active IoT terminals worldwide is 12.3 billion, and it is expected to exceed 27 billion by 2025. To achieve more terminal interconnections, relying solely on LPWAN technologies such as NB-IoT and LoRa is far from … Read more

What Is Ambient IoT? A Comprehensive Overview

What Is Ambient IoT? A Comprehensive Overview

Author / Yuyou Caicai Word Count / 4200 Energy is everywhere around us. Light, heat, wind, waves, sound, electromagnetic radiation, and mechanical vibrations are all forms of energy. If IoT devices could free themselves from the limitations of power sources and batteries, relying entirely on harvesting energy from the environment for communication, true ubiquitous connectivity … Read more

Pursuing Longer Battery Life: The Rise of Low-Power MCUs

Pursuing Longer Battery Life: The Rise of Low-Power MCUs

As the demand for battery life in terminal devices increases, low-power MCUs are becoming more widely used. So, what is a low-power MCU? Which categories have a strong demand for low-power MCUs? What trends are emerging in the development of low-power MCUs? Wide Application Scenarios “Typically, low-power MCUs utilize different design methods and processes compared … Read more

Enhanced Performance of TENG through Graphene Oxide and Transition Layer Coupling

1Introduction to the Results The triboelectric nanogenerators (TENGs) have a simple structure, low manufacturing costs, and are suitable for harvesting low-frequency mechanical energy, thus providing a new method for green energy collection. Previous studies have mainly focused on the effects of single factors such as charge generation, storage, or loss on the electrical output of … Read more

Near-Infrared-Induced Photothermal-Pyroelectric Synergy for Enhanced Sensing Performance

Near-Infrared-Induced Photothermal-Pyroelectric Synergy for Enhanced Sensing Performance

Article Information Near-Infrared-Induced Photothermal-Pyroelectric Synergy Promotes Flexible Sensing Platform Photoelectrochemical Analysis Performance First Author: Li Lin Corresponding Authors: Cui Kang*, Zhang Lina*, Yu Jinghua* Affiliation: Jinan University Research Background Exploring and regulating the photothermal material-driven pyroelectric effect may bring great potential for next-generation in vitro instant diagnostics. In pursuing this goal, the powerful impact of … Read more

Development of Liquid Metal-Based Self-Oscillating Heterogeneous Films for Energy Harvesting

Development of Liquid Metal-Based Self-Oscillating Heterogeneous Films for Energy Harvesting

With the miniaturization of electronic devices and the integration of flexible wearable devices, collecting energy from the surrounding environment to power low-power wearable electronics has attracted widespread attention from researchers. Natural evaporation from lakes and seas, as well as transpiration and respiration from plants, means that moisture is ubiquitous in the atmospheric environment. In recent … Read more

Enabling IoT Bluetooth Low Energy Applications and Battery-Free Sensing

Enabling IoT Bluetooth Low Energy Applications and Battery-Free Sensing

The deployment of Internet of Things (IoT) technology has started to make tangible progress. The potential scale and diversity of the market are driving significant innovations, with new technological advancements and emerging communication protocols propelling IoT towards the projected billions of nodes in the coming years. Engineers may have extensive expertise in their specific functional … Read more

Battery-Free IoT Solutions Using Bluetooth Low Energy

Battery-Free IoT Solutions Using Bluetooth Low Energy

In the next decade, the number of connected devices will reach billions, and the Internet of Things (IoT) will account for an increasingly large share of global energy consumption. Therefore, device manufacturers are seeking new ways to power their applications by using energy harvesting platforms that collect solar or inertial energy. For Original Equipment Manufacturers … Read more

Overview of Wearable Self-Charging Power Systems

Overview of Wearable Self-Charging Power Systems

Click the above “Material Person” to subscribe to us Introduction In recent years, portable wearable electronic devices have begun to be widely used in professional fields and in daily life, evolving towards miniaturization, intelligence, multifunctionality, and flexibility. However, the main problem faced by wearable electronic products is that existing batteries are insufficient to provide continuous … Read more