ON Semiconductor Demos Ultra-Low-Power Bluetooth-Based IoT Platforms

ON Semiconductor is demonstrating ultra-low-power IoT prototype platforms this week at electronica 2018 in Munich. Demos based on its RSL10 radio SoC include the Bluetooth IoT development kit and energy-harvesting Bluetooth low-energy switch. Demos will show mesh networking, battery-less edge nodes and audio and vision solutions powering artificial intelligence at the edge, ON said. The RSL10 is said to consume 62.5 nanowatts in sleep mode and 7 milliwatts when receiving. The SoC, integrating an RF transceiver and Arm Cortex-M3 microcontroller, is designed for intelligent and connected IoT edge nodes, which can operate solely from harvested energy for battery-free, no-maintenance operation, said the company.