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Product Description
The Evaluation Kit is a modular and configurable kit that assists the user in efficiently assessing
vibrational energy harvesting for their application. Included are two vibrational piezoelectric AC
Power Cells, a Diagnostic Board, and two different Power Management Boards. The AC Power Cell
is a break-out board that provides the user easy connection points to the MEMs based piezoelectric
harvester. The AC Power Cell pairs with either of the two Power Management Boards, which rectify
and condition the harvested energy from the AC Power Cell. The Power Management Boards
provide up to 500µF storage capacitance for powering the application of interest. The LTC3330
Power Management Board is configurable to output between 1.8 and 5 Volts. The Torex LDO
Power Management Board has a fixed 3.3 Volt output.
The Diagnostic Board enables the user to quickly characterize the power consumption of low-
power electronic devices. The Current Sense Circuit has the flexibility to view different current
draw ranges via jumpers and an external oscilloscope (not provided). In addition, the Diagnostic
Board contains a Blinking LED Test Circuit that can be used as a direct load for the AC Power Cell,
or indirectly as a load for the Current Sense Circuit.
Figure 1: Evaluation Kit Contents
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