e-peas EVK10900 Evaluation Board

e-peas EVK10900 Evaluation Board is a demonstration and development platform for the AEM10900 Solar/Light Energy Harvesting Battery Charger IC. The AEM10900 is a fully integrated and compact battery charger circuit that extracts DC power from a solar cell to store energy in a rechargeable battery. This compact and ultra-efficient battery charger allows designers to extend battery life and eliminates the primary energy storage in a large range of wireless applications, such as wearable and medical applications and smart sensors.

The e-peas EVK10900 Evaluation Board features a pre-mounted AEM10900 along with all required support components. The Evaluation Board allows easy connections to the energy harvester (single PV cell) and the storage element. It also provides all the access needed to set the device in any of its configuration modes. The control and status signals are available on standard pin headers or through an I2C interface, allowing users to configure it for any usage scenario and evaluate the relevant performances.

Features

  • 4x two-way screw terminals
    • Source of energy (DC)
    • ZMPP configuration
    • Energy storage element (Battery)
    • Thermistor for the thermal monitoring
  • 11x 3-pin headers
    • Maximum power point ratio (R_MPP) configuration
    • Maximum power point timing (T_MPP) configuration
    • Energy storage element threshold configuration
    • Mode configuration
    • Thermal monitoring configuration
  • 1x 2-pin “Shrouded Header”
    • Alternative connector for the storage element
  • 1x 6-pin header
    • I2C communication pins
  • Provision for five resistors
    • ZMPP configuration
    • Thermal monitoring configuration
    • I2C pull-up resistors

Documents

  • User Guide
  • Quick Start Guide

Board Layout

e-peas EVK10900 Evaluation Board

e-peas EVK10900 Evaluation Board