BaMbI, a battery free and energy harvesting smartphone

Shuaibu Musa Adam*, Ashok Samraj Thangarajan, Mengyao Liu, Danny Hughes, Ka Lok Man

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Abstract

The short lifespan of conventional smartphone batteries leads to toxic waste and increases replacement costs. In addition, contemporary devices require reliable electrical infrastructure which remains unavailable in major parts of the developing world. To address these problems, we propose a BAttery-free Mobile Interactive device (BaMbI), which aims to offer a scaled down set of smartphone features. BaMbI is based around an ARM Cortex M33 module with integrated LTE-M. In place of a battery, BaMbI uses a solar panel and an array of super-capacitors that offer sustainable operation and that can be fully charged in under one minute when mains power becomes available.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationMobiSys 2022 - Proceedings of the 2022 20th Annual International Conference on Mobile Systems, Applications and Services
PublisherAssociation for Computing Machinery, Inc
Pages640-641
Number of pages2
ISBN (Electronic)9781450391856
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 27 Jun 2022
Event20th ACM International Conference on Mobile Systems, Applications and Services, MobiSys 2022 - Portland, United States
Duration: 27 Jun 20221 Jul 2022

Publication series

NameMobiSys 2022 - Proceedings of the 2022 20th Annual International Conference on Mobile Systems, Applications and Services

Conference

Conference20th ACM International Conference on Mobile Systems, Applications and Services, MobiSys 2022
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityPortland
Period27/06/221/07/22

Keywords

  • LTE-M
  • NB-IoT
  • battery free
  • energy harvesting
  • low power

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