CBC-EVAL-09

The CBC-EVAL-09 is a universal energy harvesting (EH) evaluation kit that combines any one of multiple EH transducers with the EnerChip EP CBC915 energy processor and the EnerChip CBC51100 100uAh solid state battery module that has two 50µAh EnerChip solid state batteries connected in parallel. The purpose of this evaluation platform is to enable designers to quickly develop energy harvesting applications. The EnerChip EP uses an advanced maximum peak power tracking (MPPT) algorithm that constantly matches the EH transducer output impedance. MPPT is the most efficient method of converting energy from an EH transducer and is superior to charge accumulation techniques that do not match the impedance of the transducer to the power conversion stage. The EnerChip EP operates in multiple modes and can communicate with microcontrollers. The EP manages all aspects of energy storage devices/peripherals and uses intelligent power management during the start up initialization sequence.

• Energy harvesting transducer input below 4.06V DC
• Energy harvesting constant impedance transducer input from 4.06V DC to 20V DC
• Rectifies from AC to DC for AC In or HV AC IN
• Boosts the DC In or AC IN voltage to 4.06V
• Used to start up the CBC915 energy processor
• Monitors all input voltages and connects to the energy processor
• Two EnerChip 50uAh solid state batteries for energy storage
• Controls the routing of Vout to the system load
• Communications interface to system MCU
• Energy status indicators for incoming energy and storage energy levels

Applications

Consumer Electronics, Alternative Energy, Wireless, Sensing & Instrumentation, Power Management