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.

Boost Converter Topologies for Portable and Wearable Devices

Technical overview of DC-DC boost converters for portable/wearable devices: topologies, component selection, layout, and efficiency-focused design trade-offs and tools.

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.

5 ESD Considerations for AR Wearables

Review of ESD protection and PCB layout strategies for wearable AR devices, covering diode selection, placement, routing, and key protection parameters.

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.

Technical Barriers to Medical Wearable Development

Technical overview of medical wearables: trade-offs in sensor design, battery miniaturization, graphene-based sensors, and challenges for clinical-grade monitoring.

Applying IoT Platforms and Systems to Wearable Design

Technical overview of wearables: sensor selection, low-power radios and platforms using Bluetooth Low Energy to enable compact, battery-efficient wearable devices.

Hexiwear Wearable Platform for IoT Design

Overview of the Hexiwear wearable platform: Kinetis K64F MCU, BLE, multi-sensor suite and expansion via MikroBUS; sensor fusion techniques for health, fall and drone applications.

ADI wearable VSM platform and sensor technologies

Technical overview of ADI's wearable VSM platform for engineers: sensor stack, PPG and ECG front ends, motion, EDA, temperature, and ADuCM3029 processing.

Conversa Embedded Multi-Microphone Voice Kit

Conversa full-duplex voice processing suite for multi-microphone devices: architecture, hardware/software setup, operating modes, presets, AEC and noise reduction.

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.

3 Common Charging Issues for Wearable Devices

Technical guide to selecting and troubleshooting linear chargers for wearable devices, covering bq24232, bq24040 and bq25100 issues like termination and oscillation.

Low-Power Embedded Smart Wristband Design

Technical design overview for a smart wristband: user requirements, BLE nRF51822 MCU and RF matching, three-axis accelerometer, battery options, system architecture and process.

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.

Key Specs for Wearables, Condition Monitoring and IoT

Technical guide to selecting accelerometers and MEMS sensors for wearables, CBM, IoT and asset monitoring—covers noise, bandwidth, g-range, power, FIFO and on-node features.

Monitoring Heavy Trucks with 5G Gateways for Safer Driving

Overview of BMG5000 gigabit 5G gateway-based heavy truck safety monitoring system: blind-spot cameras, real-time video upload, GPS positioning, and emissions sensor integration.

Debug 5G NR Multi-Channel Systems Across Domains

Technical article about electronics and hardware engineering.

Key Energy-Efficiency Tips for Wearable Devices

Low-power wearable design guide covering sleep modes, regulator and MOSFET selection, clock and RF optimization, and power budgeting to extend battery life.

ams TMG4903 Optical Sensor Module for Gesture Recognition

Overview of gesture recognition hardware: ams TMG4903 optical sensor module, evaluation board, design challenges, and lower-cost APDS9960/SparkFun breakout option.

5G Intelligent Gateways for Unmanned Smart Agriculture

Overview of using 5G intelligent gateways for smart agriculture: drone and machinery control, IoT monitoring, edge computing, and cloud-based platform integration.