(An english version of this article can be found on my personal blog) Nachdem in der letzten Woche außerplanmäßig nochmal eine Messreihe dran kam, geht esdiese Woche nun endlich los. Ich werde ein wenig mehr über das eigentliche Projekt erzählen...
Disclaimer: I am NOT being paid by anyone to write this article. This is my experience and a thanks to the sponsors. Additionally, its a tutorial for anyone in the design challenge on how to use the budget. Honestly speaking, I really have not ...
I just wanted to share with you my efforts on getting the schematics of the transmitter and receiver EVM into Eagle. These are not finished documents, as the complete PCB layout is still missing. I also adapted the receiver to my need, leaving out un...
This marks the middle of my second week with the kit. (I had uploaded my first blog-post prior to receiving the unit). I have been having a lot of trouble with the blog posting page crashing (probably because of the number of images)…but managed to m...
This last week I have been busy doing some tests to the wireless power kit. The first thing I wanted to measure was the efficiency. I decided to measure efficiency from 0 to 1.2 Amps of output current in steps o 100mA. Obviously efficiency...
Ich bin wirklich froh das Paket jetzt bekommen zu haben. Das hätte auch schief gehen können. Ich wohne in einem Studentenwohnheim und der Paketbote hat mir den Lieferschein nicht in den WG-Briefkasten sondern an die Eingangstür des Wohnheims gelegt (...
(find an english version of this this on my personal blog. This an update to my previous post there)Als ich in meinem letzten Beitrag eine Blick auf die Leistungsfähigkeit des Wireless power demo kit geworfen habe, habe ich eine wichtige Kenngröße ve...
First of all a big thank you to our sponsors TI, wurth and element14. I went on to browse the store with my alloted budget and I was astounded by what was in the store. I have been through almost every product in the catalog from screws to boxes to k...
When I started this challenge, I planned to use the BADGEr for the 'Human Interface' as the proof of concept hardware. Once I had my hands on this, it became apparent that it was an excellent design, but compromises had been made to suit...
Yesterday morning I finally received my Demo Kit! Hurray! Here are a few pictures of the kit and my first impressions: When I started opening the packet it felt like a Matryoshka doll: a box inside a box inside a box! It certainly was well...
(For an English version of this article see my personal blog, and also look at the update) - Es gibt einen Nachtrag zu diesem Artikel. Wenn man über drahtlose Energieübertragung spricht, kommt immer wieder die Frageauf: "Über welche Entfern...
eList The concept is the device sits on the charger and receives entries to the list using a wireless solution (likely to be Bluetooth initially).Entries can be added or subtracted using a web server application, that formats and transmits the l...
Still waiting for my kit to arrive, which has given me time to read through the datasheets and other documentation of the bq500212A and bq51013B, as well as the evaluation modules. It really is amazing how much info, documentation and other support m...
So I have been debating on the exact title of my roadtest design and so far I have really come up with ugly names to say the least. The functionality is really general purpose and I intend to stuff as much into this design as I can. Right now I think...
Well I got selected for the road test and design contest so yay! I am not sure as to when we begin since I have not received any notification of the kits having been dispatched. Once that happens, I will start counting the days when I actually receiv...
From my RoadTest application:"I wish to make a smart ID system which would be able to display not just personal information but update able information (like daily schedule, appointments, deadlines etc) using the The Wireless Power Transfer Solution ...
(Note: an english version of this post can be found on my personal blog - feel free to comment here in english)Würth war sehr schnell damit das Demo-Kit zuzusenden - einer der Vorteile in Deutschland zu leben. Daher ist es an der Zeit meine ersten Ei...
Hallo,mein Name ist Martin, dies ist mein erster Post und ich freue mich bei der Beyond the Phone Challenge dabei zu sein. Da es diese Woche noch nicht viel zu berichten gibt fällt der erste Post kurz aus. Ich möchte mich und mein Thema kurz vorstell...
My idea for this challenge is to produce an "Electronic Shopping List" (eLIST), using a ePaper display and low power controller. The concept is the device sits on the charger and receives entries to the list using a wireless solution (likely to ...
Hi everyone,My name is Alex Marconnet and i am one of the very lucky Element14 members who's idea was selected for this road-test/competition. I am very grateful to Element14, Texas Instruments and Würth Elektronik for providing me with this oppo...
Greeting to the Element14 community. I am grateful to Element14, Wurth Electronics and Texas Instruments for an opportunity to evaluate, test and create a solution with the "Wireless Power Transfer Solution to go" With this Challe...
