Intrinsically Self-powered, Battery-free, and Sensor-free Ambient Light Control System

  • Roberto La Rosa
  • , Mario Costanza
  • , Andreas Burg
  • , Catherine Dehollain
  • , Patrizia Livreri

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Abstract

This paper deals with an energy-autonomous wireless sensing system with an indirect measurement of the light energy for ambient lighting sensing. The system can perform power measurements without battery or external power sources and generates time-domain data. The advantage of the proposed solution consists of greater energy efficiency, a reduced number of components, higher miniaturization, and a reduction in implementation costs. The device is implemented using off-the-shelf components on a printed circuit board (PCB) with the size of 2 x 2 cm2 and the thickness of 0.45 cm, it can harvest and detect sunlight ambient light as low as 200 lux.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2021 IEEE Sensors, SENSORS 2021 - Conference Proceedings
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
ISBN (Electronic)9781728195018
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2021
Externally publishedYes
Event20th IEEE Sensors, SENSORS 2021 - Virtual, Online, Australia
Duration: 31 Oct 20214 Nov 2021

Publication series

NameProceedings of IEEE Sensors
Volume2021-October
ISSN (Print)1930-0395
ISSN (Electronic)2168-9229

Conference

Conference20th IEEE Sensors, SENSORS 2021
Country/TerritoryAustralia
CityVirtual, Online
Period31/10/214/11/21

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

  1. SDG 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy
    SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy

Keywords

  • Energy harvesting
  • light sensors
  • WSN

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