Thermal energy harvesting using micro-scale thermoelectric generators is a promising approach to alleviate the power supply challenge in ultra low power systems. In thermal energy...
Chao Lu, Sang Phill Park, Vijay Raghunathan, Kaush...
—In this paper, we propose a vibration driven energy harvesting platform based on piezoelectric material. A new maximum power point tracking (MPPT) method for this platform is al...
Minimizing power consumption is vitally important in embedded system design; power consumption determines battery lifespan. Ultralow-power designs may even permit embedded systems...
Changyun Zhu, Zhenyu (Peter) Gu, Li Shang, Robert ...
Recent years have seen a burgeoning interest in embedded wireless sensor networks with applications ranging from habitat monitoring to medical applications. Wireless sensor networ...
Mark Hempstead, Nikhil Tripathi, Patrick Mauro, Gu...
WiseMAC is a medium access control protocol designed for wireless sensor networks. This protocol is based on non-persistent CSMA and uses the preamble sampling technique to minimiz...