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Plethysmographs developed using the Kinetis K53 MCU, The Healthcare AFE reference platform includes
featuring an ARM Cortex-M4 core six healthcare-specific plug-in boards with
embedded in the ready-to-develop Tower reusable software and hardware, providing
System hardware platform. This combination developers with fast prototyping tools that
makes the Healthcare AFE reference platform reduce time to market and allow for greater
focus on product key differentiators.
Healthcare Analog
Healthcare AnalogFront End(AFE)
Front End (AFE) Reference
Reference Design
Platform
TWR-LCD
Plug-In Boards
MED-STETH ADC SPI FlexBus
Digital Stethoscope
MED-EKG DAC
Electrocardiograph
MED-SPI I2C
Spirometer
MED-BPM GPIO
Blood Pressure Monitor
Freescale Technology
Healthcare AFE Reference Kinetis K53 Measurement Engine Overview
Platform Contents
Module Description Features
TWR-K53N512 Kinetis embedded
ADC 16-bit sucessive Up to 16-bit resolution
control board approximation analog- Up to four pairs of differential and 24 single-ended external analog inputs
to-digital converter
Hardware average
(ADC)
TWR-SER serial communications board Temperature sensor
Selectable voltage reference
TWR-LCD Self-calibration mode
Programable gain amplifier up to x64 gain
TWR-ELEV DAC 12-bit low-power On-chip programmable reference generator output
general-purpose digital- 16-word data buffer supported with configurable watermark
MED-EKG electrocardiograph to-analog converter
DMA support
(DAC)
development board with and without Linear
Op-Amp CMOS single supply, Programmable voltage gain
Technology analog components low-input offset voltage, Low-input offset voltage and current
low-input offset and
Low-input bias current
bias current amplifier
MED-SPO2 pulse oximeter Low current consumption
development board with and without Linear Tri-Amp CMOS single supply, On-chip generation of bias voltages
low-input offset voltage, Low-input offset voltage and current
Technology analog components low-input offset and
Low-input bias current
bias current amplifier
Low current consumption
MED-GLU glucose meter
VREF Reference voltage Programmable trim register with 0.5 mV steps
development board with and without Linear supply that can be Programmable buffer mode selection
trimmed in 0.5 mV
Technology analog components 1.2 V output at room temperature
Dedicated output pin, VREF_OUT
MED-BPM blood pressure monitor PDB Provides controllable Up to 15 trigger input sources and one software trigger source
delays to the hardware
development board with and without Linear trigger inputs of ADCs
Up to eight configurable PDB channels for ADC hardware trigger
Up to eight DAC interval triggers
Technology analog components and/or generates the
interval triggers to DACs Up to eight pulse outputs
MED-SPI spirometer development board CMP Provides a circuit for Operational over the entire supply range
comparing two analog Programmable hysteresis control
input voltages
MED-STETH ultrasound stethoscope Selectable interrupt on rising edge, falling edge or both edges of the comparator output
Selectable inversion of comparator output
development board DMA transfer support
EKG cables
Blood glucose test strips MED-SPO2 MED-SPO2 is a pulse oximetry solution development board ideal for designing Pulse oximeters
applications requiring an SpO2 measurement or beats per minute (bpm) Anesthesia units
determination using non invasive procedures.
Optical heart rate monitors
Price/Availability This board is reduced in size and includes most of the required components for
pulse oximetry determination. Multi-parameter patient
monitors
The Healthcare AFE reference platform will MED-GLU MED-GLU is a single-board glucometer solution. This board is reduced in size and Blood glucose meters
not be available for sale. Please contact enables developers with tools to ease the design of medical or industrial solutions
based on glucometry.
your local Freescale sales person for a This board can be used together with the Tower System, offering a complete suite
of solutions including serial communications and LCD screens.
demonstration and access to the reference
MED-BPM MED-BPM is a development board which eases and accelerates the design of Blood pressure monitors
platform. All application notes, schematics blood pressure monitor applications. It includes isolation circuitry for an air pump Multi-parameter patient
and escape valve and is designed for operation with 33.3 V monitors
and source code are available at
MED-SPI MED-SPI is a development board which demonstrates the basic implementation Spirometers
freescale.com/healthcareAFE. of a spirometer solution. It includes a MPXV7025DP differential pressure sensor Anesthesia units
that facilitates the measurement of the air flow and allows the calculation of lung
capacity measurement.
MED-STETH MED-STETH implements a stethoscope solution based on the use of ultrasonic Digital stethoscope
waves. This board is auxiliary in the design of applications using ultrasound in the Fetal heart rate monitors
detection of heart rate such as digital stethoscopes or fetal heart rate monitors.