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Battery constraints amidst rising power demands

Designers for the Internet of Things devices are facing a challenge meeting the conflicting requirements spurred by the customer demand and emerging wireless technologies. Customers are demanding longer battery life whereas emerging networks like Bluetooth 5 and Wi-Fi connectivity are constraining the power limits of the battery-powered IoT devices. Wi-Fi and Bluetooth protocols offer standard protocols to aid in reducing power consumption however more efficiency will be achieved if the architecture is streamlined. An architecture that combines radio subsystems capable of offloading network processing tasks and embodies a low-power micro controller goes a long way in improving battery life.