Overview
The Energy Harvesting Bluetooth Low Energy Switch reference
design is battery-free Bluetooth switch based on the RSL10 SIP, the
the industry’s lowest power Bluetooth 5 radio integrated into
a complete System-in-Package (SiP) solution.
The energy harvested from the actuation of the switch using the
ZF AFIG−0007 generator is sufficient to communicate the switch
actuation via Bluetooth Low Energy reliably without the need for any
additional battery. With the wide input voltage range of the RSL10
(1.1−3.3 V) no external DC/DC converters are required on the board.
The Bluetooth Low Energy switch is preloaded with energy
harvesting sample code that can be demonstrated using standard
Beacon mobile applications. This code can be easily customized using
the RSL10 Software Development Kit (SDK), including the ability to
add or remove functionalities, modify beacon sample code, and more.
The Switch is also compatible with the Bluetooth IoT Development
Kit (B−IDK) and IoT Development Kits. In that case, the Bluetooth
baseboard/shield acts as a receiver of beacon messages from the
switch. Designers can use the B−IDK baseboard on its own, or add
shield boards to the IDK to incorporate additional sensor and actuator
functionalities to the application design at their convenience.