Truly Wireless
The Silvair Control is what I call a truly wireless device. By that I mean there is no power string attached.
Batteries are the everyday nightmare. We live with them and we hate them. Working hard to charge them every night just to reach the "low" status in the afternoon on the next day. Our wireless freedom's life is so short. In my preparation for a short vacation in Africa, organizing car chargers and spare batteries for SLRs, tablets, satellite / GPS locators, headlamps etc has kept me really busy.
I dream of a phone that lasts a week. Or a smart watch that lasts a month. Or a camera that I charge once before the vacation and never worry it will run out of juice. And no, I don't drive a Tesla, but I feel those who do.
In the light of the above mentioned experiences, a wireless product that lasts a year on a coin cell is a breakthrough. And how about 3 years? Or 5? Or 9? Depending on the configuration, we managed to get the power consumption down to 9uA on average. This translates to almost 9 years battery life. Which is probably more than the lifetime of the product. And this will only get better down the road, as more and more energy efficient chips and more sophisticated software to manage them become available.
The truly wireless freedom is coming. We're so happy to bring it to your room.
Batteries are the everyday nightmare. We live with them and we hate them. Working hard to charge them every night just to reach the "low" status in the afternoon on the next day. Our wireless freedom's life is so short. In my preparation for a short vacation in Africa, organizing car chargers and spare batteries for SLRs, tablets, satellite / GPS locators, headlamps etc has kept me really busy.
I dream of a phone that lasts a week. Or a smart watch that lasts a month. Or a camera that I charge once before the vacation and never worry it will run out of juice. And no, I don't drive a Tesla, but I feel those who do.
In the light of the above mentioned experiences, a wireless product that lasts a year on a coin cell is a breakthrough. And how about 3 years? Or 5? Or 9? Depending on the configuration, we managed to get the power consumption down to 9uA on average. This translates to almost 9 years battery life. Which is probably more than the lifetime of the product. And this will only get better down the road, as more and more energy efficient chips and more sophisticated software to manage them become available.
The truly wireless freedom is coming. We're so happy to bring it to your room.
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