ONiO.zero
A miniaturised
green power
plant
ONiO.zero is a tiny wireless microcontroller that is designed to replace the battery in the devices around you. ONiO.zero is one small step into the promising world of self-powered sensing, heralding a greener future. Think of it this way - ONiO.zero is a micro-powerplant that sits unobtrusively in your device, powering it for life!
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Energy Harvesting
Grafted on a tiny piece of silicon, you have electrical circuitry to accumulate even the smallest amounts of energy. This nano sized power house enables you to execute programs, connect to external sensors, and communicate wirelessly.
Ambient Energy
A goldmine waiting to be tapped. ONiO.zero is a milestone in utilising renewable energy to power microelectronics - a future where RF, solar and thermoelectric energy is harnessed and put to work for us!
Key Features
MCU
RISC-V 16/32-bit architecture (RV32IMC). High code density with compressed instructions. 4.1 Coremark/MHz. 22uW/MHz. Self starts from <1uW of energy.
Radio
Bluetooth Low-Energy v5.4 (1-2mbit PHY, 125/500kbit coded PHY). IEEE 802.15.4 v.2020/RF4CE/ZigBee®, Matter and Thread compliant (2.4GHz O-QPSK PHY). Programmable output power (-40 to 0dBm).
Peripherals
Industry Standard I2C, SPI, UART, TWI, QDEC and IR mod/demod. Hardware accelerators for AES, SHA, TRNG. GPIO with asynchronous interrupt/wake up. Low power ADC, capacitive touch, programmable current source. Temperature sensor.
Memory
64KB ULP Flash, 64KB ROM, 8KB SRAM.
Energy source
Internal RF Rectifier: Multi frequency 800/900/1800/1900/2400MHz bands (ISM and GSM) supported. Internal Power Factory: Voltaic cells down to 250mV (DC). Solar, piezoelectric and thermal (0.25V to 1.0V). Storage Interface supports capacitor, SuperCAP, secondary cells.
Operation conditions
Operating voltage: 250mV - 3.0V. Operating frequency: 100kHz to 32MHz. Operating temperature: -40 to 85°C (Industrial grade). ESD protection HBM > 2kV; latchup > 100mA.
Benefits
One Chip Many Benefits
Not only do you get better performance, more flexibility and substantial usability gains - It’s also way easier on your pocket.
Small Chip.
Smaller BOM.
Instead of playing with pennies - we turned to the dollar. We integrated radio, mcu, memories and PMIC in a single package.
Zero battery.
Zero maintenance.
Slashes number of service requests. Essentially, zero maintenance required. Now that’s something your customer wants to hear.
IoT
Unshackled
IoT liberated from the battery. There’s just no telling how far IoT can go when you break the chains of the battery.
Smaller Bill of Material
Save more than 80% on your BOM
Instead of playing with pennies - we turned to the dollar. We integrated radio, MCU, memories, and PMIC in a single package. For most applications that lead to one or two ICs less than the competition plus all the saved external components.
A typical competing solution would save on average a few external passive components
which cost 7 cents.
Assuming 5 components for a typical design of 100.000 units, you save $35.000. Now consider the average cost of over $2 for an energy harvesting PMIC for RF or PV. For 100.000 units, that is $200.000.
ONiO.zero includes both RF and PV, and needs almost no external components. You can save over 80% compared to off-the-shelf PMIC energy harvesting solutions.
Environmental Benefits
The planet says Thank you!
Batteries are bad for the planet - period. There’s no two ways about it.
They destroy habitats, pollute our waters and decimate the health of entire communities!
Energy harvesting and self-powered sensing have got to be the way forward for the Internet of Things.
Material Savings (Kilo Tons)
Based on expected number of IoT devices in 2035
Scarce Supply
Demand for Cobalt will outstrip supply by the year 2030 - Cobalt is an essential component in the batteries that power our modern day consumer electronics. A move to energy harvesting will reduce our dependence on non-renewable minerals such as LIthium, Cobalt, Manganese etc.
Unsustainable
There’s a massive humanitarian cost to every single battery that we use and throw - Lithium and Cobalt mining leave thousands of children sick for life and devastates entire communities in South America and Africa. Progress simply can’t be this loopsided and cruel.
