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This voltage is used to store the necessary power as a battery to operate the BLE module. In this paper, we provide a step-by-step design approach using piezoelectric elements attached to a shoe to power an actual BLE module. We derive an equivalent circuit for the piezoelectric element under walking conditions and, through circuit simulation and actual measurements, clarify the amount of time required to charge the voltage to drive the BLE, demonstrating the possibility of a batteryless BLE module for use in locating a wanderer while they are walking.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/s24092829","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,4,29]],"date-time":"2024-04-29T08:49:24Z","timestamp":1714380564000},"page":"2829","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":3,"title":["Batteryless BLE Module with a Piezoelectric Element Mounted on a Shoe Sole"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"24","author":[{"given":"Shusei","family":"Dan","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Nagoya 466-8555, Japan"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-1268-8039","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Yusuke","family":"Yano","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Nagoya 466-8555, Japan"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-8794-8678","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Jianqing","family":"Wang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Nagoya 466-8555, Japan"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2024,4,29]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1220","DOI":"10.1093\/brain\/awaa054","article-title":"Plasma tau, neurofilament light chain and amyloid-\u03b2 levels and risk of dementia; A population-based cohort study","volume":"143","author":"Ghanbari","year":"2020","journal-title":"Brain"},{"key":"ref_2","unstructured":"WHO (2024, April 15). 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