Maxim has produced a biosensor module, comprised of internal LEDs, photodetectors and an ECG analog front-end (AFE) to provide FDA-certifiable PPG and ECG performance in compact, power-saving designs, ...

Austin, Texas-based semiconductor producer Silicon Labs has announced a new line of optical biometric sensors that promise more fleshed out heart rate monitoring and lower power consumption for ...

There are two common methods to monitor a heart rate in a wearable device, but it is important to understand the limitations of each, says Mark Patrick. Heart rate measurement is no longer confined to ...

Maxim Integrated Products’ first Health Sensor Platform (HSP) made it much easier to build wearable devices. However, the latest version—HSP 2.0 (Fig. 1)—lets developers monitor electrocardiogram (ECG ...

In a recent study published in Applied Physics Reviews, researchers optimized dry electrode geometries for a wearable electrocardiogram (ECG) patch to enhance its performance and comparability with ...

Earlier this month Zepp has announced its latest smartwatch – the Zepp Z – and now owners in the brand’s homeland are about to be treated to an ECG update. The ECG feature does come at a cost though.

Blood pressure monitoring, now part of daily life, has mostly been achieved with bulky and mechanical cuff-based medical devices. That’s changing with the availability of solid-state blood-pressure ...