Powercast, with the development support of Microchip, has released the Lifetime Power® Energy Harvesting Development Kit for Wireless Sensors. This kit provides wireless power for remote, battery-free wireless sensor networks (WSN).
The components in the kit enable wireless and battery-free operation of the sensor nodes at a distance of 40-45 feet (13-15 meters). Each [...]

Components and evaluation boards for Powercast’s P1110 and P2110 Powerharvester receivers are available at Future Electronics.
P1110 / P1110-EVB:  for remote battery trickle charging
P2110 / P2110-EVB: for battery-free charging
The evaluation boards replace the full-featured Lifetime Power Kit.

Powercast, a leader in the commercialization of RF energy harvesting and wireless power solutions, announced it has released additional versions of its Lifetime Power Evaluation and Development Kit. The new kits, available for purchase at www.powercastco.com, represent offerings focused more specifically for recharging Alkaline and Lithium Ion batteries.
Batteries are used in numerous small, portable, [...]

Powercast has opened Powercastco Store after returning for 2009 CES in Las Vegas.  “We have seen tremendous demand from designers and engineers for this Kit,” stated Steve Day, Head of Sales and Marketing.  The Kit is really centered on two specific products; Powerharvester Module(tm) and the Powercaster Module(tm).  The photo shows the Powerharvester module, from [...]

Powercast is introducing for purchase on our web site (www.powercastcostore.com) the Lifetime Power Evaluation and Developers Kit.  This Kit provides all that a student, developer, designer or engineer would need to explore, self-discover and prototype products that use RF wireless power as part of their embedded power system.  “Powercast is packaging our patented and proprietary [...]

Lifetime Power(TM) is a concept dreamed up by Powercast Corporation.  It is really best explained in looking at situations that we believe creates a compelling vision for how portable electronics should be powered.
Wireless Sensor Networks
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