Solar Energy Harvesting with eXtreme Low Power PIC MCUs

Jeff Sather of Cymbet Corporation discusses the technology behind Solar Energy Harvesting based upon thin film batteries called Enerchips and Microchip’s eXtreme Low Power PIC Microcontrollers. As more electronic applications require low power or battery power, energy conservation becomes paramount. Today’s applications must consume little power, and in extreme cases, last for up to 15-20 years, while running from a single battery.

To enable applications like these, products with Microchip’s nanoWatt XLP Technology offer the industry’s lowest currents for Run and Sleep, where extreme low power applications spend 90%-99% of their time. Benefits of nanoWatt XLP Technology:

■ Sleep currents below 20 nA
■ Brown-out Reset down to 45 nA
■ Watch-dog Timer down to 220 nA
■ Real-time Clock/Calendar down to 470 nA
■ Run currents down to 50 μA/MHz
■ Full analog and self-write capability down to 1.8V

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