Electronic Products - January 2019

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FEATURES

8 MEMS & Sensors for Wearables

New AI features extend performance of MEMS sensors for wearable designs

11 Overcoming Challenges in Connected Medical Devices

Five design considerations for medical sensors

13 Designer’s Guide: Accelerometers

Designer’s guide to accelerometers: choices abound

16 Getting Started: 5 IoT Development Kits

5 dev kits unravel the anatomy of IoT

18 COVER STORY 43rd Annual Product of the Year Awards

TOUCH POINTS

4 Viewpoint: IoT design: It takes a village

5 Outlook (Technology News):

Key factors for design verification of industrial IoT sensor nodes

24 Product Spotlight:^10 Hot Processors for IoT

27 New Products:

27 Packaging & Interconnects

28 Power

28 Product Mart

31 Product Roundup: Rechargeable batteries need advanced power^

management and control

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