Whizz Systems, Inc. Unveils 1st Solar Beacon at IoT Congress Barcelona 2015

Santa Clara, CA, September 19, 2015 --(PR.com)-- Whizz Systems Inc., in partnership with Cypress Semiconductor and Place Global, is proud to unveil Helio, the world's first solar powered beacon. The Solar Beacon is using state of the art energy harvesting ICs, and an ultralow power PSOC module from Cypress.

The Solar Beacon comes loaded with a best in class beacon management system and mobile application from Place Global. Those two pieces combined with Whizz RF engineering, ME and systems integration expertise created the Helio. It can be powered purely by ambient light of just 200 LUX, enabling a tremendous range of applications, while lowering deployment and maintenance costs significantly. Stop by the Booth, #570, to witness the Helio in action. "Look Ma, no batteries!"

Whizz Systems is a product development company offering custom electronic hardware / system level design services. Their comprehensive portfolio of services includes electrical, RF, mechanical, and thermal engineering, as well as industrial design. They also have extensive experience with embedded software and firmware development. These are fused with state of the art manufacturing facilities situated in the heart of Silicon Valley (Santa Clara, USA) and Penang (Malaysia) servicing rapid prototyping all the way to mass production.