A multi-protocol SoC for ultra low-power wireless applications
https://www.electronics-lab.com/multi-protocol-soc-ultra-low-power-wireless-applications/
Author: Maurizio Di Paolo Emilio The nRF52840 SoC of Nordic Semiconductor is based on a 32-bit ARM Cortex-M4F CPU running at 64 MHz with flash and RAM integrated on chip. Ultra low-power wireless applications can use this advanced multi-protocol SoC with different communication protocols. The 2.4 GHz transceiver supports Bluetooth low energy (Bluetooth 5), 802.15.4, […]
SensorTile, An Accurate Development Kit For Biometric Wearables
https://www.electronics-lab.com/sensortile-accurate-development-kit/
Valencell, a biometric wearable sensor technology company, in partnership with STMicroelectronics, an electronics and semiconductor manufacturer, announced a new highly accurate and scalable development kit for biometric wearables. The kit combines ST’s compact SensorTile turnkey multi-sensor module with Valencell’s Benchmark biometric sensor system. The SensorTile is a tiny IoT module (13.5mm x 13.5mm) that features […]
Biometric sensor platform for wearables and IoT
https://www.electronics-lab.com/biometric-sensor-platform-wearables-iot/
A scalable development kit integrates ST SensorTile with Valencell’s Benchmark biometric sensor system to accelerate smart wearable and IoT product development. By Graham Prophet @ edn-europe.com Valencell (Raleigh, North Carolina) is a company active in high-performance biometric data sensor technology; in a joint announcement with STMicroelectronics the two companies have disclosed an accurate and scalable […]
Ambient light sensor for heart rate sensing in wearables
https://www.electronics-lab.com/ambient-light-sensor-heart-rate-sensing-wearables/
Everlight (New Taipei City, Taiwan) has introduced an ambient light sensor that operates at 550nm with a very low signal calculation failure rate and a high current efficiency. An anticipated application for this device is heart rate signal detection in wearable electronics for the health and fitness sector. by Graham Prophet @ edn-europe.com: Based on […]
Glucose Wearable Biosensor
https://www.electronics-lab.com/glucose-wearable-biosensor/
Biosensors for consumer wearable devices is a new trend as it facilitates multiplexed physiological monitoring for quantitative assessment of body functions. Highly functional wearable biosensors that can also provide meaningful diagnostics to guide therapeutics would be extremely valuable to end-user consumers or health-professionals. Researchers at The University of Texas at Dallas developed a wearable device […]
A $20 Heart Rate Module For Health-Tech Projects
https://www.electronics-lab.com/20-heart-rate-module-health-tech-projects/
Heart rate monitoring is a common procedure for most of health related projects. Therefore, producing sensors modules and circuit boards for such tasks will facilitate and push forward the development of new health-tech projects. Maxim Integrated, an analog and mixed-signal integrated circuits manufacturer, has developed a new module for measuring heart rate and pulse oximetry. […]
Lightweight Body Heat – Electricity Converter
https://www.electronics-lab.com/lightweight-body-heat-electricity-converter/
Powering wearable technologies using thermoelectric generators (TEGs) is becoming more efficient. An undergraduate student in North Carolina University, Haywood Hunter, is producing a lightweight and an efficient wearable thermoelectric generator. It generates electricity by making use of the temperature differential between the body and the ambient air.This converter produces 20 times more electricity than other […]
Wearable sensors analyze your sweat
https://www.electronics-lab.com/wearable-sensors-analyze-your-sweat/
Engineers at the University of California are focusing on measuring Sodium, Potassium, Glucose, Lactate in an attempt to measure an individual’s health. The team have developed a prototype that comprises a flexible printed circuit board holding five sensors. A new device is able to calibrate the data based on skin temperature and transmit the information wirelessly in real […]
DIY Wearable Posture Sensor
https://www.electronics-lab.com/diy-wearable-posture-sensor/
With the help of this wearable device you can improve your posture as it will remind you whenever you slouch. The device is based on ADXL335 accelerometer and Attiny85 microcontroller and a vibration motor will get you notified. Posture sensors/monitors have been a recurring theme on this blog. They are supposed to remind you of your posture […]
iCE40 Ultra Wearable Development Platform
https://www.electronics-lab.com/ice40-ultra-wearable-development-platform/
Lattice Semiconductor has introduced their iCE40 Ultra Wearable Development Platform that supports multiple wearable applications. Portable and easy to use development platform: iCE40 Ultra Wearable Development Platform features iCE40 Ultra FPGA and MachXO2 with sensors and 1.54” LCD display in a compact watch form factor for designers to implement and develop always-on functions for wearable […]