A Power Model for DC-DC Boost Converters Operating in PFM Mode

Abstract

Next generation of computing is going to be outside of the traditional stationary computing realm. In the future paradigm, many non-stationary objects around us sense and actuate on the environment while they are connected to each other via internet. During the last few years, the number of these devices has been growing rapidly. This is making an explosion of small computing platforms for commercial, consumer, and industrial use cases. The overall concept of IoT is based on the communication (mainly through the internet) between multiple entities which are generalised as things . According to the diversity of the application fields, large number of entities are considered as things . From simple one-bit sensors to complex robots. Even some concepts consider human being as an entity within an IoT system. This leads into ambiguity of the definition for objects. Consequently, no unified definition for things is accepted among different communities. However, Cyber Physical Systems (CPS) as embedded devices with communication capabilities would fit into most (if not all) of them.