08-APR-2025; Delft, Netherlands
MEMSYS is proud to present her latest step in Energy Harvesting technology: the 2025Q1 Prototype.
Why do we do this?
MEMSYS is on a mission to unlock a renewable, reliable and durable energy source for wireless devices. Every quarter, MEMSYS releases a prototype that demonstrates the significant steps we’re making in developing Energy Harvesting technology. The 2025Q1 Prototype focuses on power output as well as broad deployability, while continuing to reduce volume.
How does it work?
The 2025Q1 Prototype ‘harvests’ energy from vibrations in its vicinity, converting this into usable, durable electrical energy that powers wireless devices. Such vibrations are typically caused by machines such as electromotors, pumps, compressors, but could also be vehicles, combustion engines or vibrating air ducts – as long as there are vibrations present. The 2025Q1 Prototype Energy Harvester is directly connected to the wireless application, much like a conventional battery.
Comparison to conventional wireless power
Comparing to battery-only power sources, the 2025Q1 Prototype can go beyond this in a number of ways:
- Up to six times more power: a higher power budget allows devices to conduct measuring more often, process and send more data, thereby enhancing associated services that rely on data-driven decision-making
- Designed to last: as it doesn’t run out of energy, lifetime extensions of 3-4x become possible. This can be particularly useful in environments where it is dangerous to swap batteries, or when data rates are set to elevated levels
- Low cost: as changing batteries can be costly, the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) can be reduced by up to 50% when lifetime is significantly extended. In typical IoT deployments, the manhours spent to exchange batteries contribute significantly to the TCO.
Comparison to previous prototype
The 2025Q1 Prototype makes significant steps compared to the MEMSYS 2024Q4 Prototype:
- More power: ranging from a few hundred microWatts up to a few milliWatts!
- Broader deployability:
- Two times more bandwidth, such that it can deliver power from a wide range of fast and slow vibrations
- Five times more sensitive, such that we can harvest from even more subtle vibrations with low acceleration levels
- More compact: 2025Q1 Prototype is four times smaller than the previous prototype!
What really sets this Prototype apart? Doing all of the above at the same time.
What’s next?
Our next prototype will be released towards the end of 2025 Q2. It will again make a significant step in reducing volume, while being broadly deployable and harvesting fantastic amounts of power.
Call for Partners
Interested? We’re keen to jointly develop use cases that enable more data performance, longer life, or a combination of both. Don’t wait too long, as we have limited capacity this year to conduct projects. Use the contact button below to reach out.
Congratulations to the team for their fantastic work and this well-earned milestone, and a big shout out to all our supporters and early believers.
