Powering Batteries With Protons – A Potential Disruption in the Energy Industry
https://www.electronics-lab.com/powering-batteries-protons-potential-disruption-energy-industry/
Climate Change have been a crucial factor taken into consideration by the Australian researchers from Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology before creating the first rechargeable proton battery. After considering all available options about cost and availability of the materials needed, the researchers in Melbourne decided to make a proton battery to meet up with the […]
Unlimited Source of Energy- As good as it Sounds
https://www.electronics-lab.com/unlimited-source-energy-good-sounds/
In recent decades, humans realized that fossil fuels are a finite source of energy that not only pollutes the environment but is also difficult to extract (it can even be dangerous). Because of this, there has been a huge increase in the development of new ways to extract energy from other sources such as solar, […]
WISP – Re-programmable Microcontroller That Runs On Energy Harvested From Radio Waves
https://www.electronics-lab.com/wisp-re-programmable-microcontroller-runs-energy-harvested-radio-waves/
A new research initiative between the University of Washington’s Sensor Lab and the Technical University of Delft in the Netherlands has created a microprocessor that can power itself through stray radio waves and receive programmable updates in the same fashion. While the RISC-derived 16-bit microcontroller CPU is very weak compared to modern standards, it’s much more powerful […]
App note: Implementation of a single-phase electronic watt-hour meter using the MSP430AFE2xx
https://www.electronics-lab.com/app-note-implementation-single-phase-electronic-watt-hour-meter-using-msp430afe2xx/
Another energy meter from Texas Instruments using MSP430AFE2xx. (PDF) This application report describes the implementation of a single-phase electronic electricity meter using the Texas Instruments MSP430AFE2xx metering processors. It includes the necessary information with regard to metrology software and hardware procedures for this single chip implementation. App note: Implementation of a single-phase electronic watt-hour meter […]
Researchers Developed Highly Durable Washable And Stretchable Solar Cells
https://www.electronics-lab.com/researchers-developed-highly-durable-stretchable-washable-solar-cells/
Scientists of Japanese research institute RIKEN and the University of Tokyo have successfully developed a product that allows solar cells to continue to provide solar power after being washed, stretched and compressed. Takao Someya of Riken Center for Emergent Matter Science, a designated national R&D Institute in Japan, led the research team. The research results were […]
Bismuth Oxyiodide (BiOI)—A Non-toxic Alternative To Solar Cells
https://www.electronics-lab.com/bismuth-oxyiodide-bioi-non-toxic-alternative-solar-cells/
Bismuth is considered as a “green-element” and bismuth-based compounds are gaining attention as potentially non-toxic and defect-tolerant solar absorbers. The researchers of the University of Cambridge and the United States developed theoretical and experimental methods to show that bismuth, which sits next to lead (Pb) on the periodic table, can be used to make inexpensive solar cells. […]
DIY Home Energy Meter
https://www.electronics-lab.com/diy-home-energy-meter/
A new tutorial by The DIY Life is for building a home energy meter that provides information about power consumption and cost estimates for the month. Using Arduino and some other components you can build your own energy meter that measure the supply current to your home through a CT (current transformer), current, power, maximum […]
30A, PCB-level supply monitor has integrated 300 microΩ sense resistor
https://www.electronics-lab.com/30a-pcb-level-supply-monitor-integrated-300-%c2%b5%cf%89-sense-resistor/
Designed to simplify board-level energy measurements, the LTC2947 power and energy monitor for 0V to 15V DC supply rails eliminates the need for an external sense resistor to measure current. by Graham Prophet @ edn-europe.com Choosing a sense resistor, Linear says, is not an easy task, especially when dealing with high currents, where available sense […]
Not a battery or a supercap, but a ‘thin laminate energy device’
https://www.electronics-lab.com/not-battery-supercap-thin-laminate-energy-device/
Murata’s UMAL is a low-profile high capacity energy device. Designed to meet the demand for a slim high capacity energy source with a maintenance-free extended life cycle in wireless sensor nodes, the UMAL has charge/discharge and life-cycle characteristics superior to conventional secondary batteries. By Graham Prophet The UMAL has a nominal voltage of 2.3 VDC, […]
Maximize the Energy from Long-Life Batteries
https://www.electronics-lab.com/maximize-energy-long-life-batteries/
by digikey.com: Battery lifetime is a key consideration for the development of the wireless sensor nodes that will populate the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT). In many applications, the sensor nodes will need to be installed in locations that are difficult to reach let alone service. The sensor nodes need to be autonomous in terms […]