SAN JOSE, Calif., Oct. 1, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Demonstrating
its commitment to the wearables market, Maxim Integrated Products,
Inc. (NASDAQ: MXIM) will preview its Wellness Platform at
electronica 2014. The new Wellness Platform is a suite of design
hardware and software, including the WASP/MAX32600 microcontroller
unit (MCU), for wearable medical applications. Using this flexible
and scalable platform, designers will be able to optimize wellness
device performance and lower their R&D costs, all while meeting
stringent time-to-market requirements.
Wearable medical and fitness devices empower people to live
healthier lives. To enable the comfort, wearability, and
effectiveness of new body-worn devices, Maxim is coordinating a
company-wide initiative to develop products for wearable solutions.
The Wellness Platform provides power and battery management,
digital processing, highly integrated sensors, ultra-low-power
communications, and industry-leading security. With wellness
applications developing quickly, Maxim will continue to expand this
product portfolio.
At the heart of the Wellness Platform is MAX32600, a
highly integrated ARM® Cortex®-M3 low-power
microcontroller with high-precision analog performance. Its
integrated Trust Protection Unit provides the highest level of
security with onboard public key authentication, data encryption,
and tamper detection. This integrated security ensures that data
cannot be compromised. Requiring minimal discretes, the onboard,
highly configurable analog front-end (AFE) includes high current
LED drivers and facilitates one or more wellness metric
measurements, such as heart rate monitoring (HRM) and galvanic skin
response (GSR). The MAX32600 is available in 192-ball, 12mm x 12mm
CTBGA, 120-ball, 7mm x 7mm CTBGA, and 108-ball WLP packages.
Demonstration platform examples:
The Wellness Platform
is architected with several body measurements in mind, all of which
will be exhibited as demonstration platform examples at electronica
2014.
- The Wellness Watch, co-developed with Logic PD, is a low-power,
highly integrated, sleek wearable watch incorporating several
components from the platform. It allows users to monitor heart
rate, oxygen level, movement, position, temperature, and mood
response.
- The Pulse Oximetry Patch measures blood oxygen content
saturation while residing in an unobtrusive, mobile unit.
- The Fit 2 Shirt, which communicates over a
Bluetooth® connection, measures electrocardiogram
response, blood pressure, temperature, blood oxygen content, heart
rate, and activity level to provide the ultimate wearable fitness
experience. It is smaller, more accurate, more secure, and has a
longer battery life than its previous generation.
- The NFC Temperature Patch, featuring the MAX66242
DeepCover® Secure Authenticator chip, is a passive NFC
tag that remotely measures temperature while using energy
harvesting as the power source.
Additional components to the Wellness Platform:
- The MAX14676 is a tiny power- and
battery-management solution that saves space with a high level of
integration. It provides the longest wear time to extend the
battery life of wearable electronics by providing the lowest power
during sleep modes and the highest efficiencies during run
modes.
- The MAX21100, a monolithic 3-axis
gyroscope plus 3-axis accelerometer Inertial Measurement Unit
(IMU), provides low power and accuracy. It is the industry's
smallest and thinnest 6DoF IMU with a stable, accurate gyroscope
and a reliable accelerometer.
- The MAX30100
is a fully integrated optical biosensor. It combines two LEDs,
photodetector, optimized optics, and low-noise analog front end,
providing the industry's smallest and lowest power pulse oximeter
and heart-rate solution.
- The MAX66242 secure authenticator is a
dual interface tag IC that combines an ISO front end with an
I2C circuit block on a single chip.
Its SHA-256 engine runs a symmetric key-based bidirectional secure
authentication scheme for counterfeit and cloning protection.
A Product on Module (PoM) board and a separate application board
with medical wellness sensors is being created using components
from the Wellness Platform. This board will program the ARM
microcontroller, configure built-in analog peripherals, operate
with built-in security, drive the RF links and sensors, and manage
the system power. The PoM board will be an easy-to-use,
high-quality turnkey solution for a wide range of customers.
Communication, sensors, and human machine interface functions are
integrated so the user has a complete system-level solution. To
achieve scalability, the PoM will be compatible with multiple
application boards through the expansion connector. An
Android® demo GUI application running on a smartphone or
tablet will be available to chart the readings from the PoM.
Commentary
- "Wearable technology continues to advance in the health and
wellness sectors. Today the MAX32600 MCU is an important component
for battery-powered applications where size, weight, performance,
and power are critical," said Logic PD CTO and EVP Scott Nelson,
Ph.D. "Its power consumption, high processing speed, and integrated
security features result in a high-functioning, dependable device
for consumers."
Maxim provides a full ecosystem of partners available to develop
various medical products, including partners for software, wearable
textiles, and full medical product design. A hi-res image of the
Wellness Platform is available.
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electronica 2014
To see the Wellness Watch and other
demonstration platform examples, visit Maxim at electronica 2014 in
Munich, Germany from November 11-14. Maxim will be located in hall A4,
stand 266. For more information, please visit
http://www.electronica.de.
About Maxim Integrated
Maxim is the leader in analog
integration. From mobile to industrial solutions, we're making
analog smaller, smarter, and more energy efficient. Learn more at
www.maximintegrated.com.
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