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Munich, Germany — At the Energy Harvesting & Wireless Sensor Net - work (WSN) awards dinner on June 21 in Munich, companies were recog- nized for making significant technical or commercial progress with these technologies. Two eminent academics judged the entries: Dr. Paul Mitcheson of Imperial College London, UK and Dr. Thomas Rodig, Fraunhofer IKTS, Dresden, Germany. The awards are part of the
IDTechEx event — which was atten - ded by over 350 people from 21 coun- tries and featured 33 exhibitors on June 21 and 22, 2011. The winners for each category
were: Best Technical Development of an Energy Harvesting Device, Texas Instruments; Best Technical Devel op - ment of a WSN/RTLS Device, Dust Networks; Best Application of Ener gy Harvesting, Micropelt; Best Ap pli - cation of a Wireless Sensor Net work, Millennial Net Best in Show Award, Infinite Power Solu tions (IPS). Best Technical Development of an Energy Harvesting Device, awarded to Texas Instruments. This category was judged on which organization had made the most sig- nificant technical achievement in energy harvesting over the past 18 months. Texas Instruments wins the award for development of an inte- grated ultra-low power microcon- troller with FRAM Non-volatile Memory. The FRAM ensures data can be
written more than 100 times faster and uses as little as 1/250 of the power used by flash- and EEPROM-based microcontrollers. Also, the FRAM on the allows data retention in all power modes, supports more than 100 tril- lion write cycles, and delivers a new dimension of flexibility by allowing developers to partition data and pro- gramming memory with changes in software. It eliminates existing power consumption and write endurance barriers. When combined with the world’s lowest power microcontroller architecture in the MSP430 MCU from Texas Instru ments, FRAM enables many new energy harvesting and wireless networking applications. Best Technical Development of a WSN/RTLS Device, awarded to Dust Networks. Dust Networks won this award for its SmartMesh® IP product family, launched in May 2011, that combines x› 3 Šstandards- based wireless sensor networks (WSN), location awareness and ener- gy harvesting. SmartMesh IP is a 6LoWPAN, IEEE 802.15.4 WSN that combines the resilience of industrial networking with native IP address- ability. Eterna™, also developed by Dust Networks, is the breakthrough technology ingredient that makes all of the company’s 802.15.4 products ultra-low power. Eterna technology enables up to 8x lower power con- sumption than competitive offerings, which means battery-powered de vices built on Eterna-enabled chips and modules last on average 8 times longer, and are 8 times “greener” even if line powered. Eterna’s low power innovation enables battery-free ener- gy harvesting, where the power for the device is literally gleaned from the small bit of energy generated by a button push, ambient vibration, hand squeeze, or other harvester. Best Application of Energy Harvesting, awarded to Micro - pelt. Micropelt wins this award for
its TE-qNODE — a self-powered wireless condition monitoring sensor which helps to ensure failure-free electric power availability in 24/7 production environments. Resistive heat goes along with any current loaded conductor, and degrading con- nections to that conductor increase the heat — a natural match with the concept of thermoelectric power gen- eration to power a wireless monitor- ing sensor at the potential point of failure. Micropelt has teamed up with Schneider Electric, the French leader in medium and low voltage electrical power distribution who wants to increase reliability of elec- trical installations. Micropelt devel- oped the lifetime self-powered TE- qNODE in response to this demand.
Two micro thermogenerators
MPG-D751 are put in series to ensure startup of the DC converter from minimum gradients. The TE- qNODE operates from a temperature differential of 5°C between a moni- tored busbar and the surrounding air. Even at low loads, temperature information is transmitted wirelessly more than 10 times a minute. Best Application of a Wireless Sensor Network, awarded to Millennial Net. Millennial Net wins this award for its MeshScape® Energy Management Solutions, which consist of a wireless sensor network combined with internet technologies. It provides remote monit oring and control of buildings’ heating, ventilation and air-condi-
tioning (“HVAC”) systems, lighting and other energy consuming devices, allowing building owners and opera- tors to reduce energy consumption and manage peak demands. The solution is ideal for retrofitting any building without centralized controls as wireless networking avoids the time, costs and disruption of a hard- wired installation. Best in Show Award, awarded to Infinite Power Solutions (IPS). This award was voted for by atten- dees at the event. IPS showcased multiple demonstrators and provided tangible proof that energy harvesting has reached levels of maturity that make it deployment-ready. For additional info, contact:
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