Miniature motion-sensing and data-processing chips from STMicroelectronics are used in the latest Swimovate sports watches, the PoolMateLive. The automatic training aid is an intelligent water-proof watch that provides information about a swim and stores the data for analysis.
Wearable
Digital ultraviolet index sensor tracks light for wearable computing
Claimed to be the industry’s first single-chip digital ultraviolet (UV) index sensor ICs to track UV sun exposure, heart/pulse rate and blood oximetry and provide proximity/gesture control, the Si1132 and Si114x sensor ICs have been added to Silicon Labs’ portfolio.
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