The Lifetime Power Energy Harvesting Development Kit for Wireless Sensors is a complete demonstration and development platform for creating battery-free wireless sensor applications powered by RF energy (radio waves). It is designed and configured for extremely low power operation, and the firmware is pre-installed for out-of-the-box operation.

The wireless sensor boards are powered by the P2110 Powerharvester Receiver, which converts RF energy into DC power. In this kit, the TX91501 transmitter is the source of RF energy (915MHz), but other RF sources from 850-950 MHz can also be used for power. The communication from the sensor boards to the access point is 2.4GHz using 802.15.4-compliant radios.

No batteries are needed to power the wireless sensor board. The on-board sensors include temperature, humidity and light, and there is a terminal for an external sensor.

• (1) 915MHz, 3 watt Power+Data Transmitter (TX91501-3W-ID)
• (2) P2110 evaluation boards (P2110-EVB)
• (2) 6dBi directional antennas (included with P2110-EVB)
• (2) 1dBi omni-directional antennas (included with P2110-EVB)
• (2) Wireless sensor boards (WSN-EVAL-01)
• (1) Microchip 16-bit XLP Development Board
• (1) Microchip MRF24J40 PICtail/PICtail Plus daughter card
• (1) Microchip PICkit 3 programmer/debugger

The Lifetime Power Energy Harvesting Development Kit for Battery Charging enables long-range remote charging of rechargeable batteries. The kit features the THINERGY® Micro-Energy Cell from Infinite Power Solutions (IPS), and also supports traditional rechargeable batteries including Lithium Ion, Alkaline, and Ni-MH, as well as other solid-state/thin-film batteries.

• 915MHz, 3 watt Power+Data Transmitter (TX91501-3W-ID)
• P2110 Evaluation Boards (P2110-EVB)
• 6dBi directional antenna
• 1dBi omni-directional antenna
• Battery charging board (BAT-EVAL-01)
• THINERGY® Micro-Energy Cell Evaluation Card
• Cable for connecting to THINERGY® ADP
• TI eZ430-RF2500 wireless development tool