This Chip Could Change Power Management Forever

Forget everything you know about PMICs. NanoPower has built a completely new approach to managing power within ultra-low-power systems. In this Embedded World 2025 interview, we speak with CTO William from NanoPower Semiconductor about their standalone intelligent PMIC, which sits between the host and sensors—actively managing system behaviour, not just supplying power. Learn more: https://nanopowersemi.com/ ⏱️ Timestamps: 00:00 – Intro: What makes NanoPower’s chip different 00:16 – What is a “standalone PMIC”? 01:00 – How it fits between host and sensors 01:43 – Real-world use case: managing power intelligently 02:56 – What's programmable and how it works 03:52 – How it redefines system power architecture 05:00 – Changing sensor behaviour, not just power 06:10 – Pre-programmed or adaptive? 07:01 – Memory config and control logic 08:00 – What’s new in Gen 1 (SPI support, TDK ToF demo) 08:42 – Powering full systems below 15µA 09:50 – The vision for future ecosystems 11:00 – Power source management: battery, supercap, harvesting 13:00 – Designing agnostic energy-aware systems 14:30 – Evaluation kit and GUI launching April 2025 15:22 – What’s next: full SDK video walkthrough with GUI demo • The latest disruptive technology, ready to evaluate for your next design: https://ipxchange.tech/ • Join the ipX community: https://ipxchange.tech/sign-up/ • Submit your own electronics projects: https://ipxchange.tech/projects/ • Follow us on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ipxchangeltd/ Learn more about ipXchange here: https://ipxchange.tech/about/