TIDA-00488
Energy Harvesting Ambient Light and Environment Sensor Node for Sub-1GHz Networks Reference Design
TIDA-00488
Overview
TIDA-00488 demonstrates an ultra-low power and a renewable method of wireless environmental sensing using daylight energy harvesting with a long backup battery life. This reference design uses our ultra-low power harvester power management SimpleLink™ ultra-low power sub-1 GHz wireless microcontroller (MCU) platform and ambient light, humidity and temperature sensing technologies to achieve continuous monitoring while the energy harvesting circuit is active and interrupt monitoring when running from the backup battery.
Features
- Runs from solar energy when lux level is sufficient (continuous mode)
- Supports interrupt mode triggered by indoor LUX levels
- Long backup battery life (up to 10 years) in interrupt mode
- Senses natural ambient light coming into a building to precisely control the building's lighting systems
- Monitors temperature and relative humidity in addition to ambient light
Industrial
- Battery powered motion detector
- Battery powered video doorbell
- Daylight sensor
- Electronic shelf label
- Exit & emergency lighting
- Fault indicator (FI)
- Fixed wired IP camera
- Lighting sensor
- Line powered motion detector
- Line powered video doorbell
- PTZ wired IP camera
- Temperature & humidity sensor
- Wired control
- Wireless security camera
A fully assembled board has been developed for testing and performance validation only, and is not available for sale.
Design files & products
Design files
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Reference design overview and verified performance test data
Detailed schematic diagram for design layout and components
Complete listing of design components, reference designators, and manufacturers/part numbers
Detailed overview of design layout for component placement
Files used for 3D models or 2D drawings of IC components
Design file that contains information on physical board layer of design PCB
PCB layer plot file used for generating PCB design layout
Products
Includes TI products in the design and potential alternatives.
TPD1E10B06 — 12-pF, ±5.5V, ±30-kV ESD protection diode in 0402 and SOD-523 package
Data sheet: PDF | HTMLCSD75208W1015 — -20-V, P channel NexFET™ power MOSFET, dual Common Source WLP 1 mm x 1.5 mm, 108 mOhm, gate ESD prot
Data sheet: PDF | HTMLStart development
Technical documentation
| Type | Title | Date | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| * | Design guide | Energy Harvesting Ambient Light and Environment Sensor Node Design Guide (Rev. B) | May 20, 2016 | |
| White paper | How to optimize building and home automation designs for energy efficiency | Apr. 08, 2020 | ||
| Technical article | Why use Sub-1 GHz in your IoT application | PDF | HTML | Jul. 27, 2016 | |
| Technical article | Trends in building automation: connected sensors for energy efficiency | PDF | HTML | Feb. 17, 2016 |
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