Technology - ONiO

No battery
no maintainance.

ONiO.zero is an ultra-low-power MCU that uses radiofrequency energy harvesting technology. This means that the ONiO.zero solely operate from energy from its surroundings. No coincell, no supercap, no lithium, no battery at all - but still a ton of power.

Battery based solutions come with the inevitable caveat of battery replacement, which translates to an incremental cost, throughout their ownership. ONiO.zero circumvents this pain point and slashes the cost of ownership. It can be used to power sensors and devices for years, without having to spare a thought about maintenance - deploy and forget.

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Exponentially opening up the potential for new applications.

Having no battery means fewer components and a smaller design, which can easily be integrated into a wide range of solutions - be it fabrics, jewellery, watches, wearable medical devices, livestock or building sensors. More importantly, this makes for a cleaner, more eco-friendly solution.

Key specifications

MCU

RISC-V 16/32-bit architecture (RV32EMC). High code density with compressed instructions. 1.8V 24MHz, 1.0V 6MHz, 0.8V 1MHz. 450-800mV Asynchronous operation from ROM/RAM.

Radio

Crystal-less BTLE transmitter. Programmable output power (-40 to 0dBm). PA supports operation down to 850mV - 0dBm. IEEE 802.15.4 UWB transmitter. 3.5 to 10GHz. Optional 433MHz MICS radio transmitter for medical devices.

Peripherals

Industry Standard I2C, SPI and UART. Asynchronous AES module for encryption/hash generation. GPIO with asynchronous interrupt/wake up. Programmable current source. Biasing external sensors.

Memory

1KB of mask ROM (stdlib, math etc). 2KB RAM. 8/16/32KB ULP Flash. 100k Writes. Read supported down to 850mV.

Energy
source

Internal RF Rectifier:
Multi frequency 800/900/1800/ 1900/2400MHz bands (ISM and GSM) supported. 40dBm sensitivity. Simple demodulator chain for RX. Range depending on frequency and duty cycle of energy bearer.
Internal Power Factory: Voltaic cells down to 400mV (DC) Solar, pizoelectric and thermal (1V8 to 3.6V)

Operation
conditions

Operating voltage: 450mv - 1.8V. Operating frequency: Asynchronous to 24MHz. Operating temperature: -40 to 85°C (Industrial grade). ESD protection HBM > 2kV; latchup > 100mA.

Medical
classification

According to ISO 13485:2016 Quality Management System (QMS) for Medical Devices ensuring compliance with applicable standards and regulations such as IEC 60601 and FCC/ETSI.

DATASHEET AMD KEY-FEATURES

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Oslo

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A Lille Grensen 3 0159 Oslo Norway

Trondheim

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A Schirmers gate 3 7012 Trondheim Norway

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Zero as in
no battery

Infinity as in number of applications

No battery
no maintainance.

ONiO.zero is an ultra-low-power MCU that uses radiofrequency energy harvesting technology. This means that the ONiO.zero solely operate from energy from its surroundings. No coincell, no supercap, no lithium, no battery at all - but still a ton of power.

Power your application the way you want.

ONiO.zero is self-powered and supports a wide range of power sources from multi-frequency RF bands supporting GSM and ISM to optional external sources like solar, piezoelectric, thermal and voltaic cells.

Exponentially opening up the potential for new applications.

Having no battery means fewer components and a smaller design, which can easily be integrated into a wide range of solutions - be it fabrics, jewellery, watches, wearable medical devices, livestock or building sensors. More importantly, this makes for a cleaner, more eco-friendly solution.

Key specifications