Delivered As Promised!As a promise to Gerrit here is a silent video of the Energy Harvesting To Go Kit operating a LED using the onboard TEG (Peltier device).I've disconnected the EFMGG_STK3700 from the Energy Harvesting board and replaced it wit...
There are many ways to skin a cat. Some are simpler than others.After some familiarisation with Simplicity Studio I have found and even easier way to open, build and test the examples.Here's a silent video of the process. All you need to do ...
How did you get up there?It wasn't easy. - Egg Shen from "Big Trouble in Little China"Here's a very short silent video that was recorded in real time showing IAR Workbench up and going with the Giant Gecko.It is best viewed in full ...
Well the next phase for me has been looking a bit more in depth at the Energy Micro Giant Gecko EFM32 Starter Kit that comes included in the Energy Harvesting Kit. This has turned out to be a very impressive piece of equipment in my opinion! So ...
As promised, here's a small video of the tool chain in action on Linux: players.brightcove.net/.../index.html Used setup:arm-none-eabi compiler chainFiles from EnergyMicro downloaded with Simplicity Studio; c code, CMSIS headersCo...
Hi, I would like to present the brief description of my energy harvesting project. Previous posts written by Sean and Victor made me realize that I have to be careful about what I say regarding the energy that is available from transducers. That...
Hey everyone, I too am part of the energy harvest challenge. Unfortunately I don't have my kit yet but according to tracking number it got to Australia last night so will hopefully get a hands on play Monday or Tuesday. My original plan was...
When I started thinking about energy harvesting, and read about the kit, I had a very clear idea in mind what to make with energy harvesting. In the Netherlands, where I live, a lot of people ride bicycles. There's even a Wikipedia page about it! As ...
Did you pick the odd one out? There is no odd one out.These are all energy harvesting sources that have been successfully used. The Car Fridge is Thermal Energy Generator Source The Electric Dril...
A Key PointThis is a circuit can be used to support a 4x4 key matrix and be made energy efficient by not requiring perpetual polling. This is done by the use of interrupt inputs.When a key is pressed, the KBINT ISR (Interrupt Service Routine) is laun...
Hello Everyone, A proper unboxing is needed for such a great product and kit. But I will go with the others that since we already have a unboxing video from Wojciech Gelmuda, all of our kits look the same and I will focus on other details as eve...
Hi everyone, just thought I would introduce myself as one of the lucky few that was selected to road test and become a competitor in the Energy Harvesting Challenge. I was going to create a little video giving my first impressions of the design...
Hello All! Here's my first post in the Energy Harvesting Challenge. I'll give my first impressions of the Energy Harvesting To GoEnergy Harvesting To Go kit. UnpackingAs you have seen in gelmi's post from today, the harvesting kit is litera...
Hello, I would like to share with you my first impression about the kit that I got for RoadTesting. In my opinion, the great thing is that just after opening the box, the kit is ready to use – you do not need to plug it into any computer to test its ...
PrefaceMy thanks to Element14 and Würth Electronik for inviting me to participate in this Energy Harvesting RoadTest Challenge.I've already completed a large battery of tests and experiments and over the coming weeks publish my findings and pro...
