- Kinetic (Piezo-based) EH - Harvesting energy from force, strain, vibration
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Midé Technology Corporation
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Midé Technology Corporation designs, manufactures and markets an array of products which utilize the unique properties of smart materials such as piezoelectrics, hydrogels and shape memory alloys. Midé's Volture™ line of patented packaged piezoelectric vibration energy harvesters enables cost effective powering of sensors for wireless sensor networks. Applications for the Company's products include defense/aerospace, industrial instrumentation, transportation, process controls and factory automation.
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- Solar EH - Harvesting energy from light
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Sanyo
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SANYO Semiconductor is a global pioneer in developing and manufacturing amorphous silicon solar cells. Its truly environmentally friendly "Amorton" is highly efficient in sensing, catching, and converting ambient lights, and can be serially connected to meet various voltage needs. It is thin, light, flexible and best suited for micro energy harvesting applications.
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Electrodynamic / Inductive EH - Harvesting energy from movement, vibration, changing magnetic fields
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EnOcean Alliance
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Leading companies worldwide from the building sector collected to form the EnOcean Alliance and establish innovative automation solutions for sustainable building projects - and so to make buildings more energy-efficient, more flexible and lower in cost. The core technology of the Alliance is self-powered wireless technology from EnOcean for flexibly positioned and service-free sensor solutions.
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Ferro Solutions
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Ferro Solutions is the leading developer of energy harvesters and sensors based on engineered magnetic materials. Our energy harvesters are independent power sources that generate electricity from vibrations to power wireless sensor nodes. Our magnetic sensors deliver a new combination of high sensitivity and low power consumption in a reliable, low-cost device.
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Radio Frequency (RF) EH - Harvesting energy from radio waves
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Powercast
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Powercast is a leading innovator of embedded wireless micro-power based on RF energy harvesting from common radio waves. Powercast's high-efficiency, award-winning Powerharvester™ receivers enable remote charging of energy storage devices for micro-power applications. Power can be sent continuously, on a scheduled basis, or on-demand.
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Thermal Electric Generation (TEG) EH - Harvesting energy from heat
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Nextreme Thermal Solutions
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Nextreme Thermal Solutions designs and manufactures microscale thermal and power management products that solve critical design challenges for the electronics, telecommunications, semiconductor, consumer and aerospace/government industries. Nextreme's breakthrough thin-film thermoelectric products can cool hot electronics or convert waste heat into clean energy.
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Perpetua
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Perpetua Power Source Technologies is a leading developer and manufacturer of renewable energy solutions for wireless sensors. Their innovative energy harvesting products, including the award winning thermoelectric Perpetua Power Puck™, enable wireless sensor systems to collect more data over time and offer more opportunities to operate autonomously in diverse environments.
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BlueRadios
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BlueRadios is a worldwide leader in providing Bluetooth low energy wireless communications modules, nBlue™, for commercial and industrial applications. The Company designs and develops end-to-end hardware and software solutions, and provides a complete family of embeddable wireless products. BlueRadios was founded in 2001 and has sold millions of modules.
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Linear Technology
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Linear Technology manufactures a wide range of ultra-low power products targeted for Energy Harvesting applications that interface with transducers to convert energy from ambient (solar, thermal, motion) sources and provide high efficiency conversion to regulated voltages to power down-stream electronics. Products include buck and boost power managers and battery chargers.
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Maxim
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Maxim makes highly integrated, analog and mixed-signal semiconductors. With revenues of $1.92 billion (ending FY2010), we are one of the fastest growing semiconductor companies.
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Microchip Technology Inc.
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Microchip Technology Inc. provides low-risk product development, lower total system cost and faster time to market for thousands of eXtreme Low Power applications. From low power Analog, RF and Memory devices, to over 50 PIC® Microcontrollers featuring XLP Technology and peripherals like LCD and USB, and over 500 more that offer integration including Ethernet, Graphics and Capacitive touch sensing, our devices along with our free software and tools, provide a custom fit in your energy harvesting design.
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Silicon Laboratories
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Silicon Laboratories (NASDAQ: SLAB) is an industry leader in the innovation of high-performance, analog-intensive, mixed-signal ICs. Mixed-signal ICs enable the analog world we live in to interact with the digital world of computing in customer products like set-top boxes, televisions, and cell phones. Developed by a world-class engineering team, Silicon Labs' diverse portfolio of highly-integrated, easy-to-use solutions are designed in CMOS, the most widely available process technology, enabling significant integration advantages without sacrificing performance.
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Texas Instruments
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From general purpose, ultra-low power MSP430 MCUs, to Stellaris® Cortex™-M3 MCUs and high performance, real-time control TMS320C2000™ MCUs, TI offers the broadest range of embedded control solutions. Designers can accelerate time to market by tapping into TI's complete software and hardware tools, extensive third-party offerings and technical support.
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Engineering Design Partners
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Talon Communications
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Talon Communications is an electronic design firm specializing in low power wireless and embedded design. Talon focuses on developing ultra-low power products incorporating sensors, 8/16/32 bit microcontrollers and wireless communications. We agonize over microAmps. Contact Talon for design help with products requiring long battery life and/or energy harvesting.
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