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Power consumption on IoT device and wireless networks

Power consumption on IoT device and wireless networks

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Power consumption on IoT device and wireless networks

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- An IoT device is basically an embedded system containing various electronic circuits, chipsets and peripheral components, such as sensors and actuators. In order to know the power consumption on a wireless network for IoT we need to understand the basic factors that determine the power consumption starting from device level, to the network level. Let's take a look at what the major components are on an actual IoT device, which is a radio board shown here. First, it contains a microcontroller, often including our processors and memory. Second, we have a radio module consisting of radio circuits and chipsets. In this example, it's integrated into the microcontroller which is called a system on chip solution but you can also use an external radio module with a microcontroller. Besides it we need an antenna to receive and transmit radio signals. An antenna has different types for different needs, and here is the PCB antenna sitting right on the radio board. Then we have a power supply…

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