The Design and Implementation of a Batteryless Wireless Embedded System for IoT Applications

Year 2019, Volume: 19 Issue: 1, 1 - 11, 01.01.2019

Mehmet Erkan Yüksel

Abstract

DOI: 10.26650/electrica.2018.28092

With the increasing popularity of embedded
systems that consist of identifying, sensing, processing, and communication
capabilities, the Internet of Things (IoT) has enabled many new application
scenarios in diverse scientific fields and provided an important opportunity to
build efficient industrial systems and applications. Most embedded systems
consume power provided by fixed batteries with limited capacity. However, the
main disadvantage of batteries is that they must be periodically replaced with
new ones or recharged when they are depleted. This kind of maintenance process
increases the cost and restricts the use in inaccessible places. Considering
the limitations of battery power, alternative energy sources are required for
interconnected devices to operate efficiently and effectively. Harvesting or
scavenging energy from the environment is an important strategy to design
self-powered systems employed in the IoT domain. Traditional energy harvesting
applications use large energy storage devices to supply the power to the system
whenever needed. Batteryless energy harvesting techniques have advantages to
operate long periods of time without maintenance. In this study, we designed
and implemented a supercapacitor-based, solar-powered wireless embedded system
that can operate autonomously without the need of maintenance and battery
replacement. Our goal is to explore and analyze the applicability and
usefulness of batteryless wireless data communication and self-powered smart
devices using energy harvesting technique in the IoT environment. In our
experiments, we observed that our prototype boards operate well with low-power
consumption without any performance degradation.

Cite this article as: Yüksel ME. Design and
Implementation of A Batteryless Wireless Embedded System for IoT Applications.
Electrica, 2019; 19(1): 1-11.

Keywords

IoT, wireless communication, embedded systems, solar energy, energy harvesting, supercapacitor

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