Systems and methods for federated power management

1. A method of providing federated power management in an electronic circuit, comprising:

performing first operations by a processing device to obtain information indicating a current level of charge for each capacitor of a plurality of capacitors which have been supplied energy from a power source, where each said capacitor is configured to supply power to a respective electronic load device of a plurality of electronic load devices that is configured to perform at least one type of load device operation;

transforming, by the processing device, each said capacitor's current level of charge into a number of service units representative of a duration or a number of times that the at least one type of load device operation can be performed by the respective electronic load device with said current level of charge of said capacitor of the plurality of capacitors;

determining, by the processing device, at least one of recharging priorities for the plurality of capacitors and discharging priorities for the plurality of capacitors at least based on the numbers of service units; and

performing second operations by the processing device to cause the plurality of capacitors to be selectively connected to the power source to facilitate recharging in accordance with the recharging priorities or to be selectively connected with the plurality of electronic load devices to facilitate discharging in accordance with the discharging priorities.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the second operations comprise selectively controlling a plurality of switches respectively connected between the power source and the plurality of capacitors.

3. The method according to claim 2 , wherein voltage regulators reside respectively between the plurality of switches and the plurality of capacitors.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the second operations comprise selectively controlling a plurality of switches respectively connected between the plurality of capacitors and the plurality of electronic load devices.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the second operations comprise selectively controlling a plurality of switches respectively connected between at least two capacitors of the plurality of capacitors.

6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the information comprises values specifying sensed voltage levels across plates of the plurality of capacitors.

7. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the power source is an Energy Harvesting Circuit (“EHC”).

8. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the number of service units comprises a number of available transmissions, an amount of available time that can be spent in a reception state, a number of memory reads, a number of memory writes, or a number of measurements that can be taken by a sensing device.

9. An electronic circuit, comprising:

a plurality of capacitors; and

a processing device configured to perform federated power management by:

obtaining information indicating a current level of charge for each capacitor of the plurality of capacitors, each said capacitor configured to supply power to a respective electronic load device of a plurality of electronic load devices that is configured to perform at least one type of load device operation;

transforming each said capacitor's current level of charge into a number of service units representative of a duration or a number of times that the at least one type of load device operation can be performed by the respective electronic load device with said current level of charge of said capacitor of the plurality of capacitors;

determining at least one of recharging priorities for the plurality of capacitors and discharging priorities for the plurality of capacitors at least based on the numbers of service unit; and

performing control operations to cause the plurality of capacitors to be selectively connected to a power source to facilitate recharging in accordance with the recharging priorities or to be selectively connected with the plurality of electronic load devices to facilitate discharging in accordance with the discharging priorities.

10. The electronic circuit according to claim 9 , wherein the control operations comprise selectively controlling a plurality of switches respectively connected between the power source and the plurality of capacitors.

11. The electronic circuit according to claim 10 , wherein the power source is an Energy Harvesting Circuit (“EHC”).

12. The electronic circuit according to claim 10 , wherein voltage regulators reside respectively between the plurality of switches and the plurality of capacitors.

13. The electronic circuit according to claim 9 , wherein the control operations comprise selectively controlling a plurality of switches respectively connected between the plurality of capacitors and the plurality of electronic load devices.

14. The electronic circuit according to claim 9 , wherein the second operations comprise selectively controlling a plurality of switches respectively connected between at least two capacitors of the plurality of capacitors.

15. The electronic circuit according to claim 9 , wherein the information comprises values specifying sensed voltage levels across plates of the plurality of capacitors.

16. The electronic circuit according to claim 9 , wherein the number of service units comprises a number of available transmissions, an amount of available time that can be spent in a reception state, a number of memory reads, a number of memory writes, or a number of measurements that can be taken by a sensing device.