Harvesting sensors (IMAGE)

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Harvesting sensors

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This energy management interface is the "brain" of a self-powered, battery-free sensor that can harvest the energy it needs to operate from the magnetic field generated in the open air around a wire.

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Courtesy of Steve Leeb, Daniel Monagle

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