Processing
Ultra-low-power local compute provides the platform on which BioVerity firmware can coordinate device behaviour and sensing logic.
ONiO®
Ultra-low-power wireless microcontroller
Intelligence at the edge.Built for harvested power.
ONiO.zero is an ultra-low-power wireless microcontroller designed for power flexibility, including operation from harvested energy or conventional battery sources.
22 µW/MHz active power<1 µW cold startIntegrated CPU + radios + memory + PMICAmbient-energy capable
Published ONiO capability
One chip. Multiple system functions.
ONiO describes ONiO.zero as a power-agnostic wireless MCU that can operate from ambient-energy harvesting or batteries. ONiO's current published material states active MCU power of 22 µW/MHz and cold-start capability below 1 µW.
ONiO also states that CPU, radios, memory and power management are integrated on the device. Its published material describes support for harvested energy including RF, solar, thermal and piezoelectric sources. These characteristics are relevant to BioVerity because they reduce the power and component burden of a thin sensing architecture.
Active MCU power22 µW/MHz — ONiO published specification
Cold start<1 µW — ONiO published specification
Power modelHarvested energy or battery operation
IntegrationRISC-V CPU, radios, memory and power management
Harvesting supportRF, solar, thermal and piezoelectric energy sources
BioVerity relevanceUltra-low-power processing and wireless platform for the proposed label architecture
Memory
Integrated memory supports embedded firmware and local data-handling functions within the ONiO.zero platform.
Wireless
Integrated wireless capability provides the radio layer used by the proposed BioVerity communications architecture.
Power management
Integrated power-management and energy-harvesting capability is designed for extremely constrained energy sources.
Published ONiO + BeFC collaboration
A complementary low-power architecture.
BeFC and ONiO have publicly announced a strategic partnership to co-develop sustainable connected devices combining ONiO.zero with BeFC paper-based biofuel cells. BeFC describes ONiO.zero as providing sensing, processing and wireless communication while BeFC provides the micro-energy source.
This published ONiO–BeFC relationship is separate from BioVerity's proposed integration. BioVerity's role is its own firmware, communications, observed-location and endpoint architecture built around the enabling technologies.
ONiO: ultra-low-power processing, wireless and power management.
BeFC: thin, metal-free biofuel-cell micro-energy source.
BioVerity: proposed firmware, communications and endpoint integration.
Technical-source note: Numerical ONiO.zero specifications shown on this page are attributed to ONiO's published material. Final BioVerity power budget, sensing interval, memory configuration, radio behaviour and operating duration remain dependent on the production hardware and firmware configuration and require engineering validation.