Proposal for Optimal Primary Lithium and Nickel-Metal Hydride Batteries for IoT Trackers in Maritime Shipping Containers

With the rapid growth of e-commerce and the advancement of globalization, the scale of international logistics continues to expand year by year.

Ideal for Smart Meters for Gas and Water Introduction to Lithium Primary Batteries

By using smart meters, remote automatic meter readings can be performed without face-to-face or contact, which not only improves the work efficiency of meter readers at gas and water companies.

Jmage of How Can Solar Cells Improve Reliability for Indoor IoT Devices? How Can Solar Cells Improve Reliability for Indoor IoT Devices?

Battery replacement is time-consuming, inefficient, and counterproductive to the IoT vision of autonomous, always-on devices. Solar cells can be the solution.

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Panasonic Industrial Devices Sales Company of America is one of the industry's largest suppliers of standard and custom electronic components.

Image of Panasonic's Amorphous Silicon Solar Cells Amorphous Silicon Solar Cells Publish Date: 2021-03-08

Panasonic’s amorphous silicon solar cells can power a variety of both indoor and outdoor devices such as meters, GPS trackers, faucets, IoT devices, and more.

Coin & Button Battery Proliferation: Necessity or Poor Design?

The use of slightly different or uncommon coin and button batteries for no apparent reason can be exasperating.

Image of Panasonic's BK1100FHU Rechargeable Battery BK1100FHU Rechargeable Battery Publish Date: 2019-06-10

Panasonic's BK1100FHU high temperature, long life type nickel-metal hydride cell features space and weight savings versus valve-regulated lead-acid products.

Use Advanced LDOs to Meet IoT Wireless Sensor Power Supply Design Challenges Publish Date: 2019-01-30

Use advanced LDOs to maximize IoT sensor battery life while easing complexity and lowering cost.

A Simple Approach for Harvesting Energy from Indoor Lighting Publish Date: 2017-06-20

Designers can power IoT devices using a single-chip energy harvesting device capable of extracting usable power from low-level indoor lighting.

Image of Panasonic's High-Performance Industrial Alkaline Cells High-Performance Industrial Alkaline Cells Publish Date: 2016-10-17

Panasonic's alkaline batteries are designed with a power density that enables them to last longer while still supporting industrial strength applications.

How to Use Solar Cells to Power a Raspberry Pi 3 Single Board Computer Publish Date: 2016-07-05

Using solar cells to meet the power requirements of the latest single board computers such as the Raspberry Pi 3 in embedded applications without screens.

Glass-Type Solar Cells - Panasonic Glass-Type Solar Cells Publish Date: 2016-06-23

Panasonic's glass-type solar cells come in a variety of shapes and voltages for outdoor and indoor applications including calculators and landscape lighting.

Accelerating Development of Ambient-Powered, Beacon-Based Solutions Publish Date: 2016-04-26

The creation of maintenance-free beacons that combine SoC's and specialized energy-harvesting ICs to fill the need for rapid development of beacon applications.

Connecting MCUs to the Cloud in Industrial Sensor Applications Publish Date: 2016-03-29

Components from Silicon Labs and Texas Instrument are helping microcontrollers to connect to the IoT cloud as the implementation of wireless sensors grows.

Lithium Primary Coin Cell Batteries - Panasonic Lithium Primary Coin Cell Batteries Publish Date: 2016-03-23

Panasonic's coin type lithium batteries are available in two types: poly-carbon monofluoride lithium batteries and manganese dioxide lithium batteries.

PAN1740 Quick Start

The PAN1740 Series is Panasonic’s next generation “nanopower” Bluetooth Low Energy module with reduced form factor, significantly lower power consumption, embedded BLE stack and profile.

How to Ease the Installation Challenge of the Smart Home with Energy Harvesting Publish Date: 2016-01-12

One of the major challenges with the smart home is power. This article looks at the energy harvesting solutions from solar, kinetic and thermal sources.

Low-Temperature NiHM Cell - Panasonic Low Temperature Discharge Type NiMH Cell Useful for a Variety of Applications Publish Date: 2015-10-07

Panasonic’s NiMH cell is ideal for a wide range of applications requiring a low temperature discharge type range and backup usage.

ICs Simplify Backup Power in Energy Harvesting Designs Publish Date: 2015-03-11

Learn about ICs designed with dedicated Li-ion cell management capabilities from suppliers including Analog Devices and Linear Tech.

Image of Panasonic's NiMH BK series Batteries NiMH BK Series Batteries Publish Date: 2015-03-03

Panasonic’s rechargeable NiMH series batteries are cost-effective and ideal for repeated use compared to primary alkaline batteries.