There are many types of fitness or activity trackers available on the market that can monitor your heart rate, your sleep patterns or your performance in a variety of sports activities. Our solution showcases how a 32-bit microcontroller (MCU) can be used to create a variety of products for the healthcare and wearables markets.
The interactive block diagram below illustrates how our products can be integrated to create a fitness tracker/wearable application. Click on each product to learn more about it.
This fitness tracker demo displays heart rate readings measured in beats per minute (bpm) on a low-power E ink display, and optionally posts this data to the Microchip Bluetooth® Data mobile application for Android™ via Bluetooth Low Energy (for SAM E51-based demo only). Here’s a quick overview of how it works:
- The host SAM D21 or SAM E51 MCU communicates with a MikroElektronika Heart Rate 9 click board over the I2C interface and with a MikroElektronika eINK click over the SPI interface
- The Heart Rate 9 click board provides accurate heart rate readings when you place an index finger on top of the sensor
- The eINK click bundle features a low-power display that shows the heart rate and retains data even after the device is disconnected from a power source
- The BM71 Bluetooth module is used to send the heart rate data over Bluetooth Low Energy (for SAM E51-based demo only)
Our Ultra-Low-Power Connected Demo Reference Design (ATULPC-DEMO) is also available for creating similar applications.
How to Create a BLE Fitness Tracker Application on SAM E51 Curiosity Nano
A Fitness tracker device offers solutions to individuals toward specific health and fitness goals. This video shows you how to create a Bluetooth Low Energy-based Fitness Tracker Application on Microchip's 32-bit MCU using MPLAB® Harmony version 3. The project is based on the SAM E51, our Cortex M4 based Microcontroller. This video shows the usage of the SAM E51 Curiosity Nano Evaluation kit to implement a BLE fitness tracker application.
How to Create a BLE Fitness Tracker Application on SAM E51 Curiosity Nano
How to Create a BLE Fitness Tracker Application on SAM E51 Curiosity Nano
A Fitness tracker device offers solutions to individuals toward specific health and fitness goals. This video shows you how to create a Bluetooth Low Energy-based Fitness Tracker Application on Microchip's 32-bit MCU using MPLAB® Harmony version 3. The project is based on the SAM E51, our Cortex M4 based Microcontroller. This video shows the usage of the SAM E51 Curiosity Nano Evaluation kit to implement a BLE fitness tracker application.