Sensor-Based Wearables in Industrial and Factory Environments

Overview of industrial wearables and sensors: advances in AR smart glasses, ambient/proximity sensing, power modules, and field/warehouse use cases, plus deployment challenges.

Challenges for Indoor Positioning in Wearables

Overview of indoor positioning technologies for wearables: GNSS limitations, single-chip receivers, Wi-Fi and cellular assistance, and low-frequency or hybrid localization methods.

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.

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.

Improving Wearable Power Efficiency with ESR Capacitors

Technical overview of output capacitor ESR in DC/DC converter design for wearables, covering impedance, load transients, capacitor types and EMI trade-offs.

ECG for Wearables: Managing Noise and Power

Technical overview of wearable ECG design using the AD8233 front-end and ADuCM350 MCU: noise mitigation, lead-off detection, evaluation board use, and low-power considerations.

Measuring Heart Rate and SpO2 with MAXREFDES117

MAXREFDES117 reference design for wearable PPG heart rate and SpO2 monitoring using the MAX30102 sensor; includes low-power hardware, Arduino/mbed firmware and test results.

Heart Rate Measurement Solutions for Wearables

Overview of pulse oximetry design challenges, SpO2 and heart-rate measurement, and integration using the MAX30102 module with reference design and sample firmware.

Optimizing Power Consumption in IoT Wearables

DC/DC converter strategies for IoT wearables, analyzing hysteretic control and hybrid converters to balance fast transient response, low quiescent power, and controlled noise.