TIDUDO6B May 2019 – October 2020
Figure 2-1 shows the high-level block diagram for the TIDA-01580 device, which is a simple, wearable, multi-parameter, patient monitor. The AFE4900 is a single-chip, biosensing, front end for synchronized ECG and PPG measurements. The AFE4900 device can drive LEDs and support receive signal chains for the photo diodes. The AFE4900 device communicates with the CC2640R2F device over SPI (or I2C). The CC2640R2F is a microcontroller with an integrated Arm Cortex-M3 and 2.4-GHz RF transceiver. The design supports wired data capture using a JTAG connection, as well as wireless data capture by sending it over BLE through the antenna.
The board is powered using a 3-V, 500-mA coin-cell battery, CR3032. A boost converter (TPS61099) powers TX_SUP for the AFE4900 device, which supports the internal LED drivers for PPG measurement. A buck-boost converter (TPS63036) powers RX_SUP and IO_SUP for the AFE4900 device and VDDS2 and VDDS3 for the CC2640R2F device. VDDS for the CC2640R2F device is directly powered by the battery.
The board supports connections to external data-log memory, but it is currently not populated. The board indicates battery power source availability, low-battery detection, BLE connection status, and lead-off detection through onboard LEDs.
All the connections from the main to the external world are protected by ESD diodes (TPD1E10B06). The design contains a main board, an ECG board, and a sensor board.