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How do you assess MCU performance for Medical applications?

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Hello,

I'd like to gather some advice on designing new medical devices.

How do you assess the performance of the latest MCU’s which integrate analog peripherals, connectivity, user interface, …for your medical application without spending too much time and effort?

How do you validate the architecture of your next generation product knowing the increasing complexity with the addition of sensors, connectivity and Rich User interfaces?

Thanks for your feedback.

Capitol
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    Hi Capitol,

     

    I am a Freescale user and recommend new devices released by Freescale in terms of microcontrollers... the kinetis k50 family (www.freescale.com/k50), its a Cortex M4 based micrcontroller (has DSP instruction set, thatt can be used for sw filtering low amplitude/low freq signal commonly used in portable medical applications).

     

    Freescale also has product longevitity program in this family of devices, delivering product to the customer by up to 15 years... very well valued in medical applications.

     

    They also integrate operational and transimpedance amplifiers, so your final application is smaller in size and you can reduce cost and procurement logistics...

     

    They have a complimentary usb stack with phdc (personal healthcare device class) communication, very good for standardizing with Continua Health Alliance. This reduces medical device development time. Same for the MQX real time operating system, FREE, and it includes an ethernet stack in case you need it for monitoring.

     

    best regards

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    Hi Capitol,

     

    I am a Freescale user and recommend new devices released by Freescale in terms of microcontrollers... the kinetis k50 family (www.freescale.com/k50), its a Cortex M4 based micrcontroller (has DSP instruction set, thatt can be used for sw filtering low amplitude/low freq signal commonly used in portable medical applications).

     

    Freescale also has product longevitity program in this family of devices, delivering product to the customer by up to 15 years... very well valued in medical applications.

     

    They also integrate operational and transimpedance amplifiers, so your final application is smaller in size and you can reduce cost and procurement logistics...

     

    They have a complimentary usb stack with phdc (personal healthcare device class) communication, very good for standardizing with Continua Health Alliance. This reduces medical device development time. Same for the MQX real time operating system, FREE, and it includes an ethernet stack in case you need it for monitoring.

     

    best regards

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