Extending Battery Life for Ultra-Low-Power Wearables

Examines how silicon vendors enable low-power wearables through power-efficient microcontrollers, radios, displays and power management to extend battery life.

Runxin Ultra-Low-Power MCU with BLE Solution

Overview of ultra-low-power MCU technology (SPOT) and low-power BLE solutions, including BLE 5.2 and LE Audio, for always-online IoT and wearable devices.

Designing Wireless Charging for Wearable Devices

Technical overview of wireless charging for wearable devices: inductive and resonant principles, Qi communication, coil components, controllers, and design considerations.

PCB Design Considerations for Wearable Devices

Practical guide to wearable PCBs covering substrate choices (FR4 vs Rogers), manufacturing tolerance, RF design, and RF transmission lines like microstrip and coplanar waveguide

Wireless Li-Ion Charger with Integrated DC/DC for Wearables

Technical overview of the LTC4126 wireless charger receiver for wearables, detailing inductance-free DC-DC charge-pump, CC/CV charger, safety features, and ZVS transmitter pairing.

Technologies Used in Wearable Device Design

Technical overview of capacitive sensing for wearables: low-power touch and proximity design, wear detection, gesture touchpads, robustness, signal processing, and cost trade-offs.

Extending Wearable Battery Life Through Charging Control

Overview of how battery capacity, leakage current and termination current affect runtime in low-power wearables, with charger IC recommendations.

Wearables in the Wireless Charging Market

Overview of wireless charging technology and market adoption across wearables, automotive and mobile devices, highlighting receivers, transmitters and coils.

Multi-Rail DC/DC Converters for Wearable Devices

Overview of TI's TPS62770 multi-rail buck and boost DC/DC converter for wearables, highlighting low quiescent current, display/LED driving for PMOLED and LCD backlights.

Selecting Accurate Fuel Gauges for Wearable Devices

Technical overview of HG-CVR smart fuel gauge (LC70920XF/LC709203F) using internal-resistance and voltage tracking to estimate RSOC with ±2.8% accuracy, low power.

Heart Rate and SpO2 Measurement for Wearable Devices

Technical overview of pulse oximetry: principles, SpO2 measurement, transmission vs reflection methods, signal conditioning and digital filtering for device design.

Wearable Device Circuit Protection Design

Overview of ESD protection and PCB layout for wearables, and UAV long-term tracking algorithm with altitude control for aerial robotics.

Power Management Challenges in Wearable Devices

Power management strategies for wearables: PMIC, SIMO and LDO selection, battery capacity trade-offs and low?power design techniques to extend battery life.

Transition from Wearables to Medical Devices

Overview of ADI's GEN II wearable platform integrating ECG, PPG, bioimpedance, motion and temperature sensors for prototype development and continuous monitoring use cases.

Medical Wearables and Sensor Ecosystem Growth

Analysis of medical wearables market growth, sensor technologies (PPG, ECG), regulatory hurdles and integration for clinical-grade patient monitoring and remote care.

Survey and Analysis of Global Wearable Health Devices

Market analysis of wearable medical devices: aging demographics, rising chronic disease prevalence, remote monitoring benefits to reduce hospitalizations and VC interest.

History and Applications of Electronic Skin

Electronic skin overview: flexible tactile sensors, sensor types (capacitive, SAW), working principles and applications in prosthetics, wearables, and robotics.

Design Considerations for Medical Wearables

Overview of wearable health technologies for engineers: wearables and remote monitoring, embedded sensors, and reference designs for developers.

Wearable Devices and PCB Development Overview

Technical summary: challenges in PCB design for wearable devices—size, temperature, humidity, insulation, and power constraints engineers must address.

Resource-Rich MCUs for Small Battery-Powered Wearables

ARM Cortex-A32 overview: a scalable ARMv8-A 32-bit core with ~25% silicon efficiency gain, low-power scalability and enhanced instructions for wearable IoT and edge devices.