MENDHAM, N.J.—January 30, 2014— The Power Sources Manufacturers Association (PSMA) Energy Harvesting Committee is sponsoring an Industry Session at APEC 2014 titled: “Breakthrough Technologies Driving Successful Energy Harvesting-Powered Products.” The session will take place onTuesday, March 18, 2014, from 8:30 a.m. to noon at the Fort Worth, Texas Convention Center. Drawing on their expertise in the commercial and research institute sectors, including Cymbet, the Fraunhofer Institute, Linear Technology, NXP, Texas Instruments and IDTechEX, the six speakers will discuss the latest technologies integrated into innovative energy harvesting-powered systems.
This PSMA Industry Session will include the following presentations: an overview of energy harvesting market requirements, economics and technology drivers; a look at the latest advancements in transducers; a discussion on how to design minimal-footprint, high-efficiency circuits; a description of new ultra low-power sensors, sub-microamp controllers and wireless transceivers; as well as a look at products that have been deployed in several different applications areas. The session will show how real-life, commercially successful energy harvesting-powered products are using new and innovative technologies to drive their successful commercialization in the areas of: transducers, energy conversion, energy storage, power management, ultra-low power microcontrollers, sensors and wireless radio solutions. At the conclusion of the presentations, hands-on, table- top examples of energy harvesting-powered products will be on display in the room for audience inspection.
Additionally, APEC attendees are invited to participate in the PSMA Energy Harvesting Technical Committee meeting on Tuesday, March 18, at 2:00 p.m., for a two-hour workshop titled: “Integrating Energy Harvesting Eco-System Solutions.” This mini-workshop is open to all APEC attendees and will address one of the key impediments to creating energy harvesting-powered systems: putting all the pieces together effectively. At this meeting, energy harvesting eco-system companies who provide various parts of system solutions will create end-to-end reference designs that can be open-sourced on the PSMA Energy Harvesting Forum website. More information will be available at:http://www.psma.com/technical-forums/energy-harvesting.
Arnold Alderman, Anagenesis Inc., co-chair of the PSMA Energy Harvesting Committee, stated: “The APEC Industry Session and the workshop at the committee meeting will provide valuable information on the unique challenges of commercializing energy harvesting-based systems. These sessions are designed to present a timely and valuable opportunity for attendees to interact with other professionals who have an active interest in this product space. We encourage people to register for APEC 2014 and make plans to attend the session and to consider participating in the other PSMA sponsored meetings during the week.”
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The Power Sources Manufacturers Association (PSMA) is a non-profit professional organization with the objective of enhancing the stature and reputation of its members and their products, and improvement of their technological power sources knowledge. Its aim is to educate the electronics industry, academia, government, and industry communities as to the applications and importance of all types of power sources and conversion devices.
