Industrial Wireless Power Company Targets Wearables Companies at CES
Wearables could offer an opportunity for wireless power company Powercast, which has been supplying FCC-certified power transmitters, chips and modules to the industrial market for 14 years, Jason Gill, electrical engineer, told us at the company’s CES booth. The company…
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showcased its technology, along with a development kit, with keyboards, sensors, clothing, key fobs and a smartwatch, looking to sign wearables makers looking for radio-frequency-based wireless charging. Most devices using the company’s Powerharvester chip charge at distances of 1-3 feet, said Gill. Powercast doesn’t have designs on RF charging for smartphones or PCs, he said, calling RF charging for higher-power devices “not practical.”