Photovoltaic energy harvesting wireless sensor node for telemetry applications optimized for low illumination levels

Electronics (Switzerland)

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2016, Pages

  Vračar, Ljubomir ^a   Prijić, Aneta ^a   Nešić, Damir ^b   Dević, Saša ^a   Prijić, Zoran ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NI   (Serbia)

^b ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Low illumination level; Photovoltaic energy harvesting; Telemetry node; Wireless sensor network (WSN)

Indexed keywords

CAPACITORS; ELECTRIC POWER UTILIZATION; RADIO BROADCASTING; RADIO LINKS; SENSOR NODES; SOLAR CELLS; TELEMETERING EQUIPMENT; WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS;

BACKUP POWER SUPPLIES; ILLUMINATION CONDITIONS; INDIRECT ILLUMINATION; LOW ILLUMINATIONS; LOW POWER RADIOS; PHOTOVOLTAIC ENERGY HARVESTING; PRIMARY ENERGIES; WIRELESS SENSOR NODE;

ENERGY HARVESTING;

EID: 84973867066     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20799292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/electronics5020026     Document Type: Article

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