Overview

The Energy Harvesting Bluetooth Low Energy Switch reference

design is battery-free Bluetooth switch based on the RSL10 SIP, the

the industry’s lowest power Bluetooth 5 radio integrated into

a complete System-in-Package (SiP) solution.

The energy harvested from the actuation of the switch using the

ZF AFIG−0007 generator is sufficient to communicate the switch

actuation via Bluetooth Low Energy reliably without the need for any

additional battery. With the wide input voltage range of the RSL10

(1.1−3.3 V) no external DC/DC converters are required on the board.

The Bluetooth Low Energy switch is preloaded with energy

harvesting sample code that can be demonstrated using standard

Beacon mobile applications. This code can be easily customized using

the RSL10 Software Development Kit (SDK), including the ability to

add or remove functionalities, modify beacon sample code, and more.

The Switch is also compatible with the Bluetooth IoT Development

Kit (B−IDK) and IoT Development Kits. In that case, the Bluetooth

baseboard/shield acts as a receiver of beacon messages from the

switch. Designers can use the B−IDK baseboard on its own, or add

shield boards to the IDK to incorporate additional sensor and actuator

functionalities to the application design at their convenience.