WiLO's Core Technology
Wake-up Radio
Vivek during his research at Columbia University, demonstrated sub-nW wake-up radios, useful for low-throughput applications. The core technology has been upgraded with protocols and algorithms to operate a low-throughput sensor network with high node density.
Sensors using ultra-low power circuits
Low latency using optimal network protocol
Algorithms for high-density deployments
Dashboards with real-time insights / feedback
Limitations of Existing Industrial ICs and protocols
-> Industrial ICs are often designed for generic use cases, with minimum leakage current of 2-5uA. This requires at-least a coin cell to operate for a long lifetime. WiLO's ICs are designed for a leakage current of less than 100nA, which can be powered on simple printed batteries.
-> Long range ICs supporting LoRa, Zigbee etc tend to be expensive because of low volumes, whereas, BLE and RFID are cheaper but tend to be short range. WiLO's PHY and protocol design helps achieve long range at low cost, with backward compatibility to RFID.