RFID “read range” and BLE “coverage” aren’t the same. Learn how to translate spec‑sheet claims into real deployments—and when hybrid RFID+BLE wins.
Wireless Communication
Battery‑free sensor design: power path, storage sizing, and duty‑cycling—plus UHF RFID, BLE burst, and NFC tap‑to‑measure patterns that actually work.
Zero‑maintenance sensing is transforming industrial IoT—but it isn’t a single technology. It’s a strategy built around choosing the right architecture for the environment: battery‑free when a reader can reach the sensor, battery‑powered when autonomous updates are needed, and wired when continuous real‑time data is essential. With battery‑free sensing now scaling rapidly—from USD 73.2M in 2025 to a projected USD 512.8M by 2035—industries are adopting long‑life, low‑touch monitoring across data centers, logistics, and civil infrastructure. The real shift isn’t eliminating batteries everywhere; it’s eliminating unnecessary maintenance while keeping sensing reliable, sustainable, and scalable.
“Battery‑free” doesn’t mean “no energy.” It means sensors harvest energy on demand (often from sub‑1 GHz RF) and buffer it (e.g., in capacitors/supercapacitors) to take a measurement and backscatter the data. That subtle difference is what makes deployments practical, compliant, and maintenance‑free.
There’s No One-Size-Fits-All in IoT In the design of wireless sensor networks (WSNs), the key question is no longer “Which technology is best?” but rather “Which combination of technologies best addresses the specific constraints of the application?” At Kliskatek, we’ve found that hybrid architectures—those that integrate multiple communication protocols and energy strategies—are essential for building … Read more