This heart rate monitor is based on NXP’s KW41Z, an ultra-low-power BLE-enabled MCU that provides all the capabilities for acquiring, processing and sending data obtained from analog sensors. NXP also offers a battery charger IC, RTC and LED controller for a complete heart rate monitor solution.
| Category Name 1: | MCU | 
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| Product Description 1 | The KW41Z is an ultra-low-power, highly-integrated single-chip device that enables Bluetooth® Low Energy connectivity, The KW41 also has a 16-bit ADC for data acquiring and a 6-bit High-Speed Analog Comparator. If needed the KW41Z also has AES-128 Accelerator (AESA), True Random Number Generator (TRNG) for an end-node secure. | 
| Category Name 2: | Battery Charger | 
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| Product Description 1 | The MC34673 is a cost-effective fully-integrated battery charger for Li-Ion or Li-Polymer batteries. It tolerates an input voltage up to 28 V, which eliminates the input over-voltage-protection circuit required in handheld devices. | 
| Category Name 3: | Real-time clock/calendar | 
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| Product Description 1 | The PCF2123 is a CMOS Real-Time Clock (RTC) and calendar optimized for low power applications. Data is transferred serially via a Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI-bus) with a maximum data rate of 6.25 Mbit/s. | 
| Category Name 4: | GPIO Expander | 
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| Product Description 1 | NXP® I/O expanders provide a simple solution when additional I/Os are needed while keeping interconnections to a minimum. The PCAL6408A provides remote I/O expansion for most microcontroller families via the I²C-bus interface. | 
| Category Name 5: | LED Driver | 
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| Product Description 1 | The PCA9633 is one of the first LED controller devices in a new Fast-mode Plus (Fm+) family. Fm+ devices offer higher frequency (up to 1 MHz) and more densely populated bus operation (up to 4000 pF). | 
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| Level shifting techniques in I2C-bus design | |
| Improved timekeeping accuracy with PCF85063, PCF8523 and PCF2123 using an external temperature sensor | |
| Hardware Design Considerations for MKW41Z/31Z/21Z BLE and IEEE 802.15.4 Devices | |
| FRDM-KW41Z RF System Evaluation Report for BLE Applications | 
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