The first widespread home electrical appliance was the toaster, and 90% of homes today still have one.[i] Today, wireless connectivity to the internet is as ubiquitous as electricity was a hundred years ago. Smartphones, tablets, wearables, laptops, televisions, Nest thermostats, Alexa, Google Home, Ring video doorbell sensors, surveillance cameras, door locks, smart lighting, and anything […]
Medical
Integrated PPG and ECG biosensor module for mobile devices
The new MAX86150from Maxim Integrated Products, Inc. is a first-of-a kind biosensor module, comprised of internal LEDs, photodetectors and an ECG analog front-end (AFE) to provide highly accurate, FDA-certifiable PPG and ECG performance in compact, power-saving designs, including mobile phones, laptops, tablets and smart speakers. Delivering synchronized PPG and ECG measurements has been challenging because designers […]
Embedded board offers POE, multi-size display support
The new EMB-7610 from Estone Technology is a proprietary form factor board, 160mm x 90mm, designed especially for digital surveillance, in-vehicle electronics, industrial automation, retail and medical technologies. Available Power Over Ethernet and Estone Tech’s proprietary 40-pin expansion header open up plenty of additional uses. The fanless design is industrial rugged, and will operate in temperatures […]
Ultra-low-power data logging RAM maximizes battery life for IoT applications
Cypress Semiconductor Corp. today introduced at electronica 2018 a nonvolatile data-logging solution with ultra-low power consumption. This solution is ideal for the latest-generation portable medical and wearable devices and other Internet of Things (IoT) applications that demand nonvolatile memories to continuously log an increasing amount of user and sensor data while using as little power […]
80-MHz Arm Cortex-M4 MCUs include 64Kbyte/128Kbyte Flash, energy management
With a focused feature set and compact package options, STMicroelectronics’ STM32L412 and STM32L422 microcontrollers (MCUs) bring ultra-low power technologies and high performance to budget-conscious consumer, industrial, and medical applications. Whether the squeeze is on core performance, energy, physical space, or bill of materials, the new MCUs give more freedom to beat the constraints. Combining economical 64Kbyte or […]
Single Board Computer incorporates Trusted Platform Module 2.0 technology and USB 3.1
WinSystems has introduced its next-generation computing platform in the Nano-ITX form factor. The ITX-N-3900 provides a complete system that can be readily expanded and configured for diverse applications requiring an extended product life and high reliability under extreme operating temperatures. The 4.27 inch (120 mm) square footprint features an onboard Trusted Platform Module (TPM) 2.0-compliant […]
Single-core digital signal controller accelerates DSP performance for time-critical control
System designers looking for digital signal processing power with the design simplicity of a microcontroller can now utilize a new family of 16-bit Digital Signal Controllers (DSCs) from Microchip Technology Inc. Designed to deliver faster deterministic performance in time-critical control applications, the new dsPIC33CK DSCs have expanded context selected registers to reduce interrupt latency and new, faster […]
FPGAs handle multiple monitors on a single DisplayPort connection thanks to new IP
Microsemi Corporation, today announced the availability of Bitec’s DisplayPort intellectual property (IP) core optimized for PolarFire field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs). Compared to alternative solutions, the core gives designers the ability to take advantage of the PolarFire family’s smaller size and 50 percent lower power to enable stunning image quality in small formfactor embedded displays and monitors. “Bitec’s targeting […]
Rad-tolerant secure authenticator withstands gamma sterilization, protects medical device data
Medical device designers can protect surgical tool data from memory-disruptive, high-energy gamma radiation used in sterilization, while simultaneously providing tool security with capabilities such as secure tool use management and counterfeit prevention, with the DS28E83 DeepCover secure authenticator from Maxim Integrated Products, Inc. As the industry’s first secure authentication solution designed for gamma sterilization exposure, it […]
Evaluation and development platform targets wrist-worn heart-rate and activity monitor apps
Designers can extract vital signs and raw data for their wearable designs with the MAX-HEALTH-BAND, as well as monitor clinical-grade electrocardiograph (ECG) and heart rate with the MAX-ECG-MONITOR from Maxim Integrated Products, Inc. The MAX-HEALTH-BAND evaluation and development platform, a wrist-worn heart-rate and activity monitor, features the MAX86140 optimized optical pulse-oximeter/heart-rate sensor, the MAX20303 wearable power-management solution, and Maxim’s motion-compensated algorithms. The MAX-ECG-MONITOR evaluation […]
