Product Teardowns

Teardown of the MedApps HealthPal MA105 Wireless Transmitter

Tuesday, September 21
1:00pm — 1:50pm
ESC Theater

Teardown of the MedApps HealthPal MA105 Wireless Transmitter
Speaker:Allan Yogasingam (Technical Marketing Analyst, UBM TechInsights)
Key Takeaways: Science fiction has always depicted the future of medicine incorporating technology into every facet of healthcare. With the advances in technology that has seen computers scaled down in size and wireless technology becoming readily available, we’re seeing glimpses of that future now. Hospitals are beginning to take advantage of these advances in computing and wireless technology to provide more efficient, cost-effective forms of medical treatment. Allan Yogasingam of UBM TechInsights will be taking a look at one of these advances: the MedApps HealthPal – a wireless, GSM-based device that connects to various off-the-shelf medical devices and transmits health information so that the data can be stored, tracked and trended by healthcare providers.
Audience Level: Introductory

Can FitBit Change My Life Before I Break It?

Tuesday, September 21
2:00pm — 2:50pm
ESC Theater 2

Can FitBit Change My Life Before I Break It?

Key Takeaways: The FitBit is a pocket-sized, clip-shaped device that acts as the ultimate fitness tool, accurately tracking the calories you burn, the number of steps you take, the distance you travel and even how good a night’s sleep you had. How? By using MEMS and wireless technology while capturing your motion in 3-D. and converting what it captures into useful information (simply by passing by a wirelesss base station). Patrick Mannion, Editorial Director is undertaking the FitBit challenge to see if it can help him attain a healthier lifestyle but he only has until the week of ESC, where he will take the device apart and fill us in on whether this little clip helped him become a lean, mean fitness machine. The teardown will include a panel of experts to discuss embedded wireless options and issues, as well as MEMS choices and implementation.
Audience Level: Introductory

Smart Wireless Residential Thermostat

Tuesday, September 21
3:00pm — 4:00pm
ESC Theater 1

Live Teardown: Smart Wireless Residential Thermostat

Sponsored by:

Speaker: John Day (Technical Fellow, Field Applications Eng, Microchip Technology)
Date: Tuesday, September 21
Time: 3:00pm — 4:00pm
Location: ESC Theater
Track: Special Events
Key Takeaways: A smart wireless thermostat could remove some of the stress in your life. With such a device, you could be assured of not consuming too much energy unnecessarily. And you'd never have to worry about your pipes freezing while you're away. In addition to talking to your home over a simple Internet connection, you could also have those conversations via an iPhone, Android phone, or iPad. Radio Thermostat Company has developed a platform of wireless communicating residential automatic setback thermostats that will support virtually any type of communication required by the system integrator. This teardown will cover the following subsystems/features:

• Wi-Fi Module and its communication and control by a sever over the web using Microchip’s low power / low cost MRF24WBOM Wi-Fi radio
• USNAP SPI Radio bus protocol overview
• QVGA display using the low power PIC24FJ128GA010 and Microchip’s free QVGA library.
• Power management and design concerns / issues / design considerations needed to switch over from AC power and survive on batteries for over 1 year continuously.
• Special features such as automatic setback, energy savings modes. And don't forget—at the conclusion of the presentation, one of these devices will be given away to a lucky attendee.

Audience Level: Introductory