Environmental energy can be harvested and converted to electricity for small autonomous devices, making them self sufficient. For use where mains power is unavailable or costly, where batteries are costly or difficult to replace and where energy is needed only when ambient energy is present. This kit allows the engineer to experiment with various sources of 'free' energy.

Features and Benefits:
• On-board solar cell and thermo-electric (Peltier) generator
• Interface and connector for optional inductive and piezoelectric generators

Applications:
• Laptop computers
• Nodes in a remote sensor network
• Space satellites
• Sensor communication in the Internet-of-Things (IoT)

EFM32 Giant Gecko low-power microcontroller module, USB cable

EFM32 Gecko Microcontrollers

Silicon Labs microcontrollers target energy sensitive applications, including smart metering, gas/energy/water metering, remote sensing, building automation, security systems, portable health/fitness equipment and smart accessories.

Powerful ARM Cortex-M 32-bit processor cores
Short wake-up time from energy saving modes
Ideal for use with energy harvesting systems