MAX86150 Evaluation Kit
Evaluates: MAX86150
General Description
The MAX86150 evaluation kit (MAX86150EVSYS#)
provides a proven platform to evaluate the MAX86150
integrated
photoplethysmogram
(PPG)
and
Electrocardiogram (ECG) sensor module. The EV kit
consists of two parts, a MAX86150EVKIT (Bluetooth Low-
Energy (BLE) device) and an android tablet with application
software pre-installed.
The MAX86150EVKIT BLE device consists of a board
that includes the MAX86150 together with 2 stainless
steel dry electrodes for ECG evaluation purposes. The EV
kit is powered by a single external coin battery (CR2032),
as well as +1.8V and +3.3V voltage regulators for the
sensor ASIC and the internal LEDs of the MAX86150,
respectively.
The EV kit comes with a MAX86150EFN+ in a 22-pin
OLGA (Organic Land Grid Array) package.
Quick Start
Required Equipment
●
MAX86150EVKIT (BLE device)
●
1 x CR2032 lithium coin 3V battery (included)
●
Android tablet (included)
Procedure
1)
The EV kit (Figure
1)
is fully assembled and tested. Follow
the steps below to verify board operation:
Turning on the device. Please refer to
Figure 2
for
details.
a. Slide the black slider switch to on. The system
will go into low power sleep mode after 1-2 min
of inactivity. If on, but asleep, press the “wake-
up” push-button (located below and to the left of
module).
b. Once on, you should see a blue BLE pairing light.
If no light is present, check connections or try
replacing the CR2032 Li Battery with a fresh one.
2)
3)
The included tablet comes with the APK software
pre-installed.
Make sure bluetooth is enabled on the tablet
provided.
Do not upgrade the preinstalled
Android operating system.
Open the “Sensor
MAX86150 EV”
Application by
clicking the teal Maxim logo (Figure
3).
The splash page will first appear as in
Figure 4.
Then, you will need to connect to the BLE EV KIT
Hardware. Do this by selecting the “Maxim BT 2.0”
that shows up upon opening the android application
(Figure
5).
Features
●
Real-Time Monitoring of Optical Reflective PPG and
1 Lead ECG
●
Data-Logging Capabilities
●
Fully Assembled and Tested
●
Integrated and Exchangeable Dry Electrodes
Ordering Information
appears at end of data sheet.
4)
5)
6)
Note:
“Maxim BT #.##” may be vary depending on the
firmware version.
Note:
The blue LED will stay on until you either swipe left or
press the “ECG+PPG” tab at the top.
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MAX86150 Evaluation Kit
Evaluates: MAX86150
7)
8)
After a bluetooth connection is successfully estab-
lished, the main GUI will launch, as shown in
Figure 6.
Each of the highlighted blocks on the sensor functional
block diagram are programmable. Refer to
Detailed
Description of GUI
for more information.
9)
Once you have selected the desired settings, swipe
left
or press “ECG+PPG” at the top to start PPG+ECG
data acquisitions.
10) Please refer to
ECG Usage
for more details on finger
placement.
Figure 1. MAX86150 Evalution Kit
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