Channel: Consumer Electronics Solutions

A series of blogs and opinions focussing exclusively on wireless power for consumer electronics devices.  From charging pads for smartphones and tablets to discussions around industry standards and the future for wireless power in the home, this channel will feature posts from specialists in the world of wireless charging for consumer electronics.

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Why PowerbyProxi Joined the WPC, Consumers Vote with their Wallets

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May 13, 2013

Why PowerbyProxi Joined the WPC, Consumers Vote with their Wallets

You may have heard that today PowerbyProxi announced it has become a member of the Wireless Power Consortium (WPC) and joined its management team. As you may know, with the exception [...]

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January 21, 2013

Measuring efficiency for 2D wireless charging zones – which metric is best?

Efficiency is a commonly referenced performance metric for Wireless Power systems so I thought I would take the opportunity via blog to examine: a) how it is measured, and b) [...]

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October 9, 2012

Wireless Power Charging, a unified set of industry objectives for Consumers

The Wireless Power World Shanghai 2012 was held last month on Sept 12 -13 where many of the leading companies presented and attended. It was evident at the show that [...]

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September 24, 2012

iPhone 5 – No power to unplug

The CE product announcement of the year has come and gone and as the dust starts to settle, and the initial market reaction is followed by more in-depth analysis, one [...]

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September 17, 2012

Make any Consumer Device Running on AA batteries Wirelessly Rechargeable

There are hundreds of millions of Consumer Electronics devices that run on AA batteries and hundreds of millions more ship every year. Examples of devices are: digital cameras, portable game [...]

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September 11, 2012

Making a Wireless Power Charging Standard, What is the right Frequency?

Continuing on from my previous blogs regarding wireless power standards and comparing various stances on the wireless charging of electronic devices – today I want to discuss the respective positions [...]

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August 8, 2012

Making a Wireless Power Charging Standard, What is Best for Consumers

Continuing from my blog last week regarding wireless power charging of smartphones and the current debate around industry standards.… The CEA has formed 2 working groups to drive specifications, with [...]

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August 7, 2012

Invisible is cool

As kids the ultimate in our imagination was being invisible. Invisible shields, invisible cloaks and invisible mates. Making the visible, invisible continues to inspire and challenge the world’s best engineers [...]

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July 27, 2012

Recharging your smartphone, what is convenient and practical?

One of the hottest new technologies for Mobile Consumer Electronics is battery recharging without plugging in the power cord – thanks to wireless technology. The fundamental wireless power technology itself [...]

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