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Alta Devices

How can solar provide power to the IoT?

August 24, 2019 By Randy Frank

At Sensors Expo 2019, Ben Lanail, Director of Business Development at Alta Devices, explains how his company’s thin-film solar voltaic cells can provide power for a variety of devices and applications, including the Internet of Things (IoT). Made from wide band gap (WBG) gallium arsenide (GaAs), the cells have very good light to electricity conversion […]

Filed Under: Energy Harvesting, Featured, Frequently Asked Question (FAQ), Internet of Things (IoT) Tagged With: Alta Devices

What’s new in solar energy harvesting for sensors?

August 20, 2018 By Randy Frank

At Sensors Expo 2018, Ben LeNail, Director of Business Development at Alta Devices, a maker of thin, flexible solar photovoltaic cells for energy harvesting, provided an update on the company’s technology, its applications and energy harvesting solutions for sensors. The company’s specialty photovoltaic cells are ultra-high efficiency devices. Alta Devices has held the world record […]

Filed Under: Energy Harvesting, Featured, Frequently Asked Question (FAQ), Wearable sensing technologies, Wireless Tagged With: Alta Devices

Thin, Flexible Solar Panel Uses Indoor Light

July 13, 2015 By Randy Frank

At Sensors Expo 2015 in Long Beach, CA, Rob Parenti, a technical marketing engineer from Alta Devices explains the capabilities his company’s flexible Gallium Arsenide solar cell technology. For more information about Alta Devices’ solar energy harvesting technology, click here.

Filed Under: Energy Harvesting, Featured Tagged With: Alta Devices

Flexible Solar Cells Power Sensor Circuitry

September 3, 2014 By Randy Frank

At Sensors Expo 2014, Rich Kapusta, vice president of marketing for Alta Devices demonstrates the company’s flexible solar cell that generates power from outdoor and indoor light sources and achieves 28.8% efficiency – a world record for solar energy harvesters. To watch the video, click here. For more information about Alta Devices flexible solar cells, […]

Filed Under: Energy Harvesting, Featured Tagged With: Alta Devices

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