TY - GEN
T1 - Design and implementation of an energy-neutral solar energy system for wireless sensor-actuator nodes
AU - Knapp, Jonathan D.
AU - Flikkema, Paul G.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 IEEE.
PY - 2017/8/23
Y1 - 2017/8/23
N2 - IoT devices will increasingly be placed in remote or inaccessible locations for long-term deployments. At the same time, power and energy-reserve demands will be heterogeneous and scale proportionately with capability and functionality. Moreover, demand for sophisticated behavior will increase, placing stringent requirements on their energy subsystems. Thus there is a need for an energy subsystem that can be integrated with IoT nodes to provide energy-neutral operation. We describe an architecture, design, and implementation of an energy-neutral battery-backed solar energy system for IoT devices. An emphasis is placed on capacity planning, enabling real-time analytics and control, and packaging for thermal management in extreme environments. We present test results on a prototype implementation that is now in production for use with sensor-actuator nodes in environmental and ecological monitoring and control applications.
AB - IoT devices will increasingly be placed in remote or inaccessible locations for long-term deployments. At the same time, power and energy-reserve demands will be heterogeneous and scale proportionately with capability and functionality. Moreover, demand for sophisticated behavior will increase, placing stringent requirements on their energy subsystems. Thus there is a need for an energy subsystem that can be integrated with IoT nodes to provide energy-neutral operation. We describe an architecture, design, and implementation of an energy-neutral battery-backed solar energy system for IoT devices. An emphasis is placed on capacity planning, enabling real-time analytics and control, and packaging for thermal management in extreme environments. We present test results on a prototype implementation that is now in production for use with sensor-actuator nodes in environmental and ecological monitoring and control applications.
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U2 - 10.1109/GIOTS.2017.8016244
DO - 10.1109/GIOTS.2017.8016244
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85029318588
T3 - GIoTS 2017 - Global Internet of Things Summit, Proceedings
BT - GIoTS 2017 - Global Internet of Things Summit, Proceedings
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 2017 Global Internet of Things Summit, GIoTS 2017
Y2 - 6 June 2017 through 9 June 2017
ER -