--- title: "How To Design Perpetual IoT Edge Devices Using Solar PMIC and Supercap Technology" description: "PowerFilm, e-peas and CAP-XX collaborate to help design engineers and IoT professionals understand the components of a solar energy harvesting solution." type: article version: 1 version_id: "3b4e8e28-48d3-4fa3-b204-b038e0474c4d" generated_at: "2026-06-01T18:20:09.088Z" author: "Daniel Stieler, Phd" date_published: "2022-06-17T14:19:06.000Z" date_modified: "2024-03-18T16:22:29.317Z" language: en reading_time: "4 min" word_count: 761 keywords: ["Key Takeaways", "Company Descriptions"] url: "https://blog.powerfilmsolar.com/how-to-design-perpetual-iot-edge-devices-using-solar-pmic-and-supercap-technology" --- # How To Design Perpetual IoT Edge Devices Using Solar PMIC and Supercap Technology > PowerFilm, e-peas and CAP-XX collaborate to help design engineers and IoT professionals understand the components of a solar energy harvesting solution. ## Key Takeaways - Key Takeaways - Company Descriptions 1 min read # How To Design Perpetual IoT Edge Devices Using Solar PMIC and Supercap Technology [Seth Hansen](https://blog.powerfilmsolar.com/author/seth-hansen) : Updated on May 5, 2026 [Internet of Things](https://blog.powerfilmsolar.com/tag/internet-of-things) [Solar Education](https://blog.powerfilmsolar.com/tag/solar-education) How To Design Perpetual IoT Edge Devices Using Solar PMIC and Supercap Technology 2:26 Developing a robust IoT solution can be daunting. You must determine the components you need, ensure they work together efficiently, and rigorously test your device to ensure you don't have field failures.  In today's post, we feature a recent webinar where you'll learn that working with companies specializing in PMIC, solar energy harvesting, and supercapacitor technology makes this process far less complex.  #### Take this blog post with you! PowerFilm, e-peas and CAP-XX collaborate to help design engineers and IoT professionals understand the components of a solar energy harvesting solution using PMICs and supercapacitors to provide a range of power options for IoT devices.  This webinar includes design guidelines and everyday use cases for implementing IoT edge device power solutions using these three components. To help designers and engineers get a head start, PowerFilm, e-peas, and CAP-XX partnered to create a development kit. [Learn more about this solar energy harvesting kit and get yours today.](https://www.powerfilmsolar.com/products/development-kits/solar-development-kit-with-e-peas-pmic-cap-xx-supercapacitors) ## Key Takeaways - You can extend battery life, reduce battery size, or replace batteries with an energy harvesting solution. [Learn more about batteries vs. solar energy harvesting in this blog post.](/education/the-horizon-blog/2020/08/04/solar-energy-harvesting-vs-coin-cell-battery-which-is-better) - Increasing your power budget helps expand your device's functionality. This recent post [discusses developing a power budget for an IoT device.](/how-to-develop-an-energy-harvesting-power-budget-for-an-iot-device) - An energy harvesting solution expands ROI by increasing the quality of service and edge devices service time. - A well-thought-out solution leveraging the right energy harvesting solution helps you recover from unexpected power interruptions or usage spikes. ## Company Descriptions At PowerFilm, we design, manufacture, and deliver custom solar energy harvesting solutions specific to each customer's use case and requirements. We offer solutions across many IoT segments, including [retail, agriculture, telematics and industrial automation.](https://www.powerfilmsolar.com/markets/iot) [e-peas](https://e-peas.com/) is a leader in PMIC solutions for energy harvesting based power supply thanks to its Ambient Energy Management product family. [CAP-XX](https://www.cap-xx.com/) is a world leader in designing and manufacturing ultra-thin, prismatic and cylindrical supercaps. Supercaps are extremely charge efficient and an excellent alternative to batteries in many electronics applications. Please don't hesitate to [contact us](https://www.powerfilmsolar.com/explore/contact-us) if you have any questions about the content discussed in this webinar.  We look forward to hearing from you.  #### Take this blog post with you! - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) - #### arthur allen 6/18/2022, 1:55:36 PM I am developing individual hard surface roof tiles to capture solar energy. I have the platform developed and need help in the correct type of panel along with all accessories to build out a complete system . The new innovative concepts described in the blog sound interesting. #### Seth Hansen 6/19/2022, 3:28:43 PM Arthur, Thanks so much for reaching out. I will send you an email and we can connect and see if we can work together on this project. Thanks! #### vahit günay 7/6/2022, 10:55:41 AM iyi çalışmalar. #### Seth Hansen 7/6/2022, 1:18:07 PM vahit, thanks so much! 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