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XLP Energy Harvesting Development Board The XLP 16-bit Energy Harvesting Development Kit is a true development platform for realizing energy harvesting applications. The Microchip nanoWatt XLP PIC MCUs are ideal for these low power applications with sleep currents down to 20nA, active mode currents down to 50uA/MHz, code execution efficiency, and multiple wake-up sources. Powered only by light, the XLP kit enables rapid prototyping of low power applications such as RF sensors, temperature/environmental sensors, utility meters, remote controls, and security sensors to name just a few. For software development and programming, the kit includes the PICkit 3 programmer/debugger for use with the Microchip’s free MPLAB™ Integrated Development Environment.

UART to USB bridge for use in prototyping and PC communication

Solar Energy Harvester with EnerChip storage devices providing backup power

Droid-Fu offers both support classes meant to be used alongside existing Android code, as well as self-contained, ready-to-be-used components like new adapters and widgets. The areas tackled by Droid-Fu include: application life-cycle helpers support classes for handling Intents and diagnostics better support for background tasks super-easy and robust HTTP messaging powerful caching of Objects, HTTP responses, and remote images custom adapters and views I suggest you read this introductory article, and anything that follows.