Wireless self-powered technology for continuous and accurate smart sensing

Project Information

WISE

Grant agreement ID: 101010348

DOI

10.3030/101010348

Project closed

EC signature date 6 October 2020

Start date 1 November 2020

End date 31 October 2022

Funded under

• PRIORITY 'Societal challenges

Total cost

€ 3 565 000,00

EU contribution

€ 2 495 500,00

Coordinated by

ONIO AS
Norway

Periodic Reporting for period 2 - WISE (Wireless self-powered technology for continuous and accurate smart sensing)

Reporting period: 2021-11-01 to 2022-10-31

Summary of the context and overall objectives of the project

ONiO is a Norwegian company bringing self-powered, battery-free solutions to the Internet of Things (IoT) market. We wish to translate the latest technical breakthroughs in wireless microcontroller units (MCU) into commercial solutions across a wide range of IoT market segments.

We have developed ONiO.zero - a small chip that solves the power bottleneck for IoT and is poised to disrupt the world of smart sensing. ONiO.zero is an ultra-low-power wireless MCU that uses energy harvesting technology. This means that ONiO.zero solely operates on energy from its surroundings (radio frequency, solar, thermoelectric, kinetic energy, etc.). No coin cell, no supercap, no lithium, no battery at all - but still a ton of power, enough to run multiple embedded sensors (e.g. temperature, pressure, humidity, light, proximity, touch, etc.). Having no battery means fewer components and a smaller design, which can easily be integrated into a wide range of solutions.

The WISE project focused on the maturation of ONiO.zero and its exploitation towards the development and testing of turnkey solutions for a number of applications on diverse IoT sectors.

Work performed from the beginning of the project to the end of the period covered by the report and main results achieved so far

During the WISE project we have matured ONiO.zero to TRL 8 and made it ready for full industrialization. Furthermore, the project started the development of turnkey solutions (sensor units, tags, interfaces, etc.) that will benefit from ONiO.zero as core. We have also carried out extensive market research and business development activities - engaging with potential lead customers and other stakeholders to prepare for full market roll-out of ONiO.zero and of initial products based on the new chip.

Progress beyond the state of the art and expected potential impact (including the socio-economic impact and the wider societal implications of the project so far)

ONiO.zero excels well beyond the current state of the art, providing a unique low power MCU platform and the first completely batteryless solution for IoT devices.

The WISE project enabled ONiO’s technology platform to progress towards industrialization. We now expect to roll out self-powered smart IoT solutions across several market verticals - Agriculture, Automotive, Buildings & Homes, Consumer Electronics, Industrial IoT, Logistics, Medical & Health, Wearables & Clothing.

ONiO’s mission is rooted in getting rid of the battery hassle in IoT applications - with a dual effect: one, eliminating the problem of battery replacement and thus slashing the cost of ownership for IoT sensing systems; two, eliminating the huge environmental problems with batteries (namely the effects of extracting metals like Cobalt, Lithium, Manganese and Nickel).

A colorful representation of ONiO.zero microcontroller (real size: 4x4mm)