RRC Power Solutions Introduces Evaluation Kit for Wireless Power and Data Transmission

RRC Power Solutions has developed an evaluations kit which can be used as a plug-and-play demonstrator, as well as a developer tool for installation in existing environments.

The evaluations kit is composed of a power transmitter with a sender coil, a universal power supply with 19Vdc output voltage, a receiver module with a receiver coil and various headers and receptacles (for use in a developer environment). The receiver module provides a regulated output voltage of 5V and a maximum of 5W power output. The power transmitter has integrated safety functions such as automatic receiver detection, the continuous reception of status information from the receiver, foreign object detection, as well as monitoring of the input and output voltage. The receiver module has integrated safety functions such as for example, the continuous transfer of status information to the power transmitter, as well as surge and undervoltage protection. The compatibility with Qi standard is realized by a firmware update.

The evaluation kit from RRC can not only be used as an independent, ready-to-operate demonstration set, but also for installation in customer prototypes. To do this, the power transmitter with its coil, as well as the receiver module with its coil are removed from the carrier boards, in order to use them more freely. The power transmitter is a highly integrated unit composed of only a few parts. Both the transmitter and the receiver are controlled with one microcontroller each and its proprietary firmware. This allows the easy adaptation of specific requirements. The entire system can be seen as an open conecpt with a very high engineering service, that ranges from the technology, to Design-In support and even complete solutions.