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Whether you’re just starting with an idea in your garage or part of a team developing a new product for an established OEM, we invite you to explore our resources to stay up to date in the world of wearable trends and technology.
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/IOTCONNECT, powered by AWS, enables smart PPE, keeping site workers safer
By Philip Ling   -   March 7, 2025
Part of the value proposition for IoT technology and ubiquitous connectivity is enabling new approaches to solving long-standing challenges. Many of those challenges are incidental to the task, like keeping construction site workers safe.
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Optical sensing heart-rate monitors may move from the wrist to the clinic
By Avnet Staff   -   March 27, 2023
Optical sensors deliver a non-invasive solution for monitoring the body below the skin, especially the cardiovascular system. The way tissue absorbs light is the principle, but sensors provide the accuracy.
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Diagnostic wearables: Design challenges and opportunities
By Karen Field   -   October 27, 2022
From the need to maintain small form factors and keep system power requirements low to concerns over data integrity and cost, the design space for diagnostic wearables is fraught with complexity.
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Seven strategies for designing wearable devices on an ultra-low power budget
By Philip Ling   -   September 13, 2022
The design requirements for wearable devices are unique amongst embedded systems. Design engineers don’t have the freedom to trade size against weight, or performance for power.
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Connectivity Among Major Analog Design Considerations in Health Wearables
December 10, 2019
Development of very low powered analog body sensors, digital microcontrollers, and innovative power and battery management circuits are driving the growth of wearable healthcare products.
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Customization comes with a competitive edge—and security challenge
By Guillaume Crinon   -   October 29, 2019
Whether you have an in-house team or are exporting the building of infrastructure to a trusted partner, make sure the team is asking the right questions when it comes to implementing and deploying IoT solutions.
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How the Deaf Experience Music—Then and Now
November 8, 2018
When you think of experiencing music, what comes to mind? The sound. But sound is vibrations—and the key to how Avnet created a wearable to allow deaf and hard of hearing people to listen to live music.
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Wearables: Tracking, Computing and Making Sense of Context Awareness
April 15, 2017
Wearable devices are moving quickly from concept to reality based on evolving technologies such as sensor fusion, communications and vision. Wearables have evolved to become perceptually aware agents that learn through users’ experiences, activitie
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Wearable Electronics: Four Approaches to Implement a Sensor Hub and Save Power
March 17, 2017
As more sensors are added to nearly every electronic device including smartphones, tablets and wearables, more power is needed to run sensor data and turn it into useful information.
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