Cypress helps IoT developers easily design solar-powered micro-sensor Beacon to wirelessly transmit the surrounding environment

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Cypress Semiconductor Corporation today unveiled a new miniature batteryless sensor Beacon's complete reference design kit for a wide range of fast-growing Internet of Things (IoT) applications. The new CYALKIT-E02 solar BLE sensor The Beacon Reference Design Kit provides developers with an easy-to-use platform to design solar wireless sensors that sense ambient temperature and humidity and deliver data via Bluetooth® low-power connections Node (WSN). The sensor of the reference design With a diameter of only 25mm, which is equivalent to a 25-cent coin, Beacon is easy to deploy, requires no maintenance and battery replacement, and is ideal for monitoring environmental conditions in smart homes, commercial buildings, factories and agricultural production environments. The reference kit is now available for booking and is priced at $49.

It is estimated that by 2020, the WSN IoT device market will exceed 5 billion units, which will promote the deployment of more battery-free devices to reduce cost and maintenance issues. The installation location of the WSN may also limit its size and available light energy, thereby limiting the size, output power, and startup power of the solar module. The new miniature reference design integrates Cypress 's Energy Harvesting Power Management IC (PMIC), EZ-BLETM PRoCTM Bluetooth Low Energy Module, and a 15mm X15mm solar cell, using ambient light levels as low as 100 lux It can be operated, which is lower than the illumination of the warehouse aisle under normal circumstances. The kit includes a solar Bluetooth low energy sensor Beacon and a BLE-USB bridge and debug board that developers can connect to a PC via a USB interface to receive sensors Data and sensors Beacon performs online debugging. In addition, Cypress offers a CYALKIT-E03 expansion kit that includes five solar BLE sensors. Beacon is priced at $99. For more information, please visit: http:// and http://

Kiyoe Nagaya, vice president of Cypress's Analog Division, said, "Our solar sensors The Beacon Reference Design Kit features robust low-power sensing and wireless connectivity, small size, easy deployment, continuous use for more than 10 years, and no maintenance costs, addressing the biggest design challenges in the rapid growth of industrial IoT devices . End-users can use this reference design as a production model that is easy to program and optimized for a wide range of innovative applications that can quickly enter the market. "

The CYALKIT-E02/CYALKIT-E03 development kit comes with Cypress BLE-BeaconTM iOS, Android and PC apps that enable users to receive sensors Beacon sends data and visualizes 2D/3D charts or outputs data. Cypress will be exhibiting at the 2016 Sensor at the McEnery Convention Center in San Jose, June 21-23 The Sensors Expo and showcased its Beacon reference design, PSoC, FM flexible MCU and Bluetooth? low-power solution, booth number 416.

The Cypress S6AE103A Energy Harvest PMIC device has a startup power of only 1.2uW - only 1/4 of the strongest competitor; consumes as little as 280nA, maximizing energy for sensing, processing and communication functions in the target application. The CYBLE-022001-00 EZ-BLE PRoC module for use with PMIC devices is based on the Cypress PRoC BLE programmable on-chip RF solution, fully certified and small in size, reducing power consumption in energy harvesting system solutions. Improve ease of use.

About Cypress's award-winning Energy Harvesting Power Management IC (PMIC)

Cypress Power Management ICs (PMICs) provide efficient energy harvesting from ambient light, vibration, and thermal changes, and dual-channel acquisition from two energy sources to power devices in Internet of Things (IoT) applications Or extending battery life provides a reliable and flexible solution.

Cypress Energy Harvest PMIC has won several industry awards including:

· EDN and EE Times' 2015 "Electronic Achievement Award" Energy Technology Award;

· MB39C811 PMIC won the Product of the Year Award for the 2015 Environmental Leadership Products and Project Selection Campaign;

· Solar and Vibration Energy Collection Ultra Low Power Buck PMIC MB39C811 Received M2M, Internet of Things, Sensors at the 2014 US Wireless Communications Show (CTIA) Second place in the emerging technology awards in the RFID and NFC fields.

· The Energy Harvesting Solution won the 2013 Green Economy Award from the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry of Japan.

Time to market and design tools

Cypress CYALKIT-E02 Solar BLE Sensor The Beacon Reference Design Kit is now available for booking and is priced at $49. CYALKIT-E03 sensor The Beacon Expansion Kit is also available for purchase and is priced at $99. Both kits will be shipped in July 2016. Cypress PMIC Software Support is a free and full-featured Easy DesignSimTM online simulation tool that validates the energy harvesting system design, including bill of materials, schematics, and power consumption for sensing, processing, and communication functions of the target application. (μW).