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http://edageek.com/2009/01/19/cymbet-enerchip-msp430/
As wireless network systems designers look to alternative energy sources, Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) (NYSE: TXN) announced a solar energy harvesting (SEH) development kit that converts ambient light into power for industrial, transportation, agricultural and commercial applications. The credit card-sized eZ430-RF2500-SEH kit combines Cymbet Corporation’s EnerChip[tm] thin-film battery technology with TI’s MSP430 microcontrollers (MCU), CC2500 radio frequency (RF) transceivers and the eZ430-RF2500 development tool. Developers can now build self powered solar-based wireless sensor networks, eliminating system batteries, which cost time and money to periodically replace, especially in remote locations. The $149 eZ430-RF2500-SEH kit is sampling now and is available via the TI e-store or authorized distributors.
In remote or hard-to access environments, wireless sensors are becoming increasingly integrated and miniaturized. Until now, designers typically power wireless devices via storage components such as coin cell or AA batteries. However, these storage technologies do not supply the right mix of charging, storage, discharge and physical size characteristics to provide permanent power for wireless devices. Now, the combination of Cymbet’s EnerChip batteries with TI’s MSP430 MCU and CC2500 RF technology allows energy harvesters to achieve more efficient storage, processing and transmission in both bright and low light environments.
eZ430-RF2500-SEH key features and benefits
- A high efficiency solar panel connected through the EnerChip energy harvesting module delivers enough power to run the wireless application even under low ambient light.
- Based on Cymbet’s EnerChip solid-state lithium thin-film battery technology, which increases conversion efficiencies when storing and starting power in energy harvesting modules.
- Cymbet EnerChips are environmentally friendly, rechargeable and so efficient they can send up to 400 transmissions from a single charge when no ambient light is available.
- TI’s USB-based eZ430-RF2500 tool provides hardware and software to program an MSP430 MCU and low power wireless transceiver on a postage stamp-sized target board.
- MSP430 MCU’s ultra-low power, fast wake-up time and system-on-chip (SoC) peripheral integration saves board space while enabling maintenance-free, self-powered sensors.
- CC2500 RF transceivers operate in the 2.4-GHz range, making them ideally suited for reliable, low-cost digital wireless applications.
Find out more about TI’s eZ430-RF2500-SEH demonstration kit by visiting the links below:
- eZ430-RF2500-SEH: www.ti.com/ez430-RF2500-SEH
- MSP430 tools page: www.ti.com/msp430tools
- eZ430-RF2500 development tool: www.ti.com/ez430
- Tools videos: https://community.ti.com/media/g/microcontrollers/default.aspx
- TI’s microcontrollers: www.ti.com/mcu
- TI’s low power RF: www.ti.com/lprf
- TI energy blog: http://TInergy.ti.com
- TI E2E Community and support: https://community.ti.com/forums/35.aspx
About Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments (NYSE: TXN) helps customers solve problems and develop new electronics that make the world smarter, healthier, safer, greener and more fun. A global semiconductor company, TI innovates through manufacturing, design and sales operations in more than 25 countries.
About Cymbet
Cymbet Corporation—a green technology company—is a leader in thin-film, solid-state storage devices and energy harvesting technology. The company is the first to market a surface mount packaged energy storage solution that designers can use to realize new embedded systems capabilities. Cymbet’s EnerChip[tm] thin-film devices enable innovative energy storage applications for integrated circuits and new products for process control, medical, wireless, sensors, RFID, communications, consumer, portable electronics and energy harvesting.
EnerChip is a trademark of Cymbet Corporation.
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| 清洁太阳能的利用近几年来一直是市场热点，太阳能手机、太阳能路灯、太阳能公交车、太阳能电动自行车等一直是很多开发人员的目标应用，可是他们一直找不到一个快速的中间件解决方案来帮助他们发挥其创造力。幸运的是，TI今天帮他们解决了这一难题。
德州仪器(TI)最近宣布针对工业、交通、农业以及商业等多领域应用推出一款可将太阳光转换为电源的太阳能采集(SEH)开发套件，从而充分满足了无线网络系统设计人员对可替代能源的需求。尺寸仅为信用卡大小的eZ430-RF2500-SHE套件将Cymbet公司的EnerChip薄膜电池技术与TI MSP430 微处理器 (MCU)、CC2500 射频 (RF) 收发器和 eZ430-RF2500 开发工具完美结合在一起。现在，开发人员可以构建基于太阳能的自供电无线传感器网 络，从而无需采用需要定期花费时间与金钱进行更换的系统电池，这对于偏远地区尤为实用。eZ430-RF2500-SEH 套件现已开始提供样片，目前可通过TI电子商城或授权分销商进行订购（更多详情，敬请访问：www.ti.com/ez430-RF2500- SEHpr）。
Cymbet 公司是一家绿色科技公司，同时也是固态薄膜存储设备与能量采集技术的领先者。该公司率先推出了使设计人员能够实现新的嵌入式系统功能的表面贴装能量存储解 决方案。Cymbet的 EnerChip薄膜设备为工艺控制、医疗、无线、传感器、RFID、通信、消费类电子、便携电子与能量采集等领域的集成电路与新产品开启了全新的能量存 储应用。如欲了解有关Cymbet的详情，敬请访问：www.cymbet.com。
在 偏远或交通不便的地区，无线传感器的集成度正日益提高，体积也日趋小型化。到目前为止，设计人员通常还是采用纽扣电池或五号电池等存储组件为无线设备提供 核心电力。但是，该类型存储技术无法实现充电、存储、放电以及小尺寸特性等的最佳组合，因而难以满足无线设备对永续供电的需求。现在，通过将 Cymbet 的 EnerChip 技术与 TI 的 MSP430 微处理器和 CC2500 RF 技术完美集成在一起，能量采集器无论在强光还是弱光环境中都能实现更高效的存储、处理及传输。
eZ430-RF2500-SEH 的主要特性与优势包括：1）由 EnerChip 能量采集模块连接的高效太阳能电池板即便在较弱的环境光照条件下也能提供足够的电力以驱动无线应用；2）采用 Cymbet 的 EnerChip 固态薄膜锂电池技术，在使用能量采集模块存储并供电时提高能量转换效率；3）Cymbet EnerChips 是可重复充电的高效环境友好型电池。单次充电后可在无环境光照条件下支持多达 400 次的信号传输；4）TI 基于 USB 的 eZ430-RF2500 开发工具可为邮票大小的目标板上的 MSP430 微处理器与低功耗无线收发器提供编程所需的软硬件；5）MSP430 微处理器具有超低功耗、快速唤醒以及片上系统 (SoC) 外设集成等优异特性，可在缩减板级空间的同时支持免维护、自供电的传感器。6）CC2500 RF 收发器可运行于 2.4GHz 频段上，非常适用于低成本的高可靠性数字无线应用。
编辑：Jake Chen
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