Application Notes

Maxim > Solutions > Electrocardiographs (ECG/EKG)


		Overview

App Note 5300: RF Basics
App Note 5296: An Easy-to-Understand Explanation of Calibration in Touch-Screen Systems
App Note 4811: MAXQ® Family User's Guide
App Note 5133: Power-Supply Solutions for Altera FPGAs
App Note 5132: Power-Supply Solutions for Xilinx FPGAs
App Note 5129: Stabilize Your Transimpedance Amplifier
App Note 5122: Touch-Screen Technologies Enable Greater Interaction Between User and Device
App Note 5106: Getting Started with the MAXQ1010 Secure Microcontroller Evaluation Kit and the IAR Embedded Workbench
App Note 5100: General Layout Guidelines for RF and Mixed-Signal PCBs
App Note 5093: TacTouch™ Product Brief
App Note 5086: Measure the Input Capacitance of an Op Amp
App Note 5083: Digital-to-Analog Converter Fine-Tunes Reference Output
App Note 5074: Implementing an ADC with a Microcontroller, an Op Amp, and Resistors
App Note 5042: Implementing Nonvolatile, Nonresettable Counters for Embedded Systems
App Note 5036: Calibration Circuit Library
App Note 5028: MAXQ1050 Rowley Development Environment Setup
App Note 5026: Protecting 5V 1-Wire® Slaves from Overvoltage Exposure
App Note 4993: Reduce the Chances of Human Error: Part 2, Super Amps and Filters for Analog Interface
App Note 4992: Reduce the Chances of Human Error: Part 1, Power and Ground
App Note 4991: Oops...Practical ESD Protection vs. Foolhardy Placebos
App Note 4931: IEEE 1451.4 Class 1 MMI Smart Transducer Digital Driver Circuit
App Note 4813: MAXQ612/MAXQ622 User's Guide
App Note 4825: MAXQ® Family User's Guide: MAXQ8913 Supplement
App Note 4820: MAXQ® Family User's Guide: MAXQ2010 Supplement
App Note 4717: Injection Molding an IC into a Connector or Consumable Item
App Note 4716: How to Build a Simple, Interactive Digital Voltmeter
App Note 4704: Introduction to Electronic Calibration and Methods for Correcting Manufacturing Tolerances in Industrial Equipment Designs
App Note 4703: Introduction to Electronic Calibration and Methods for Correcting Manufacturing Tolerances in Medical Equipment Designs
App Note 4702: Easily Add Memory, Security, Monitoring, and Control to Medical Sensors and Consumables
App Note 4701: Introduction to Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs) and the Operational Function of Main System Modules
App Note 4700: Introduction to Medical Instruments and Growing Trend for Point-of-Care and Near-Patient Testing
App Note 4699: Overview of Sensor Signal Paths
App Note 4698: Introduction to Dialysis Machines
App Note 4694: Introduction to Digital Stethoscopes and Electrical Component Selection Criteria
App Note 4693: Introduction to Electrocardiographs
App Note 4692: Introduction to Ventilators and Ventilation Rate Measurements
App Note 4691: Introduction to Hearing Aids and Important Design Considerations
App Note 4690: Important Design Considerations for Digital Thermometers
App Note 4689: Blood Pressure Monitor Design Considerations
App Note 4688: Introduction to Spirometers and Important Design Considerations for Selecting Electrical Components
App Note 4686: Important Design Considerations for Heart-Rate and Fitness Monitors
App Note 4685: How Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) Respiratory Ventilation Systems Function
App Note 4679: Thermal Management Handbook
App Note 4677: Important Considerations for Infusion Pump and Portable Medical Designs
App Note 4675: Important Considerations for Insulin Pump and Portable Medical Designs
App Note 4671: Improve Sensor Performance and SNR in Pulse Oximeter Designs
App Note 4659: Blood Glucose Meters
App Note 4623: Smart Cable Aids Quality Control and Authentication
App Note 4617: ADC Input Translator
App Note 4606: Self-Starting Can Be Hard to Do—Understanding Power-on-Reset Requirements in Regulators and Bandgaps
App Note 4605: Avoid Design Misinterpretations that Put System Operation in Jeopardy
App Note 4594: Protect Your FPGA Against Piracy: Cost-Effective Authentication Scheme Protects IP in SRAM-Based FPGA Designs
App Note 4576: Protect LED Driver in Backlit Displays
App Note 4563: Dynamic Siphon Steals Current from USB Port
App Note 4558: Simple Latching Watchdog Timer
App Note 4551: Simple Circuit Limits Amplifier's Output
App Note 4527: White-Noise Generator Has No 1/f Component
App Note 4478: How to Implement SHA-1 Based Secure Authentication and System Feature Settings
App Note 4477: Reference Design of a 1-Wire® Bidirectional Voltage-Level Translator for 1.8V to 5V
App Note 4458: Executing Application Code from RAM on the MAXQ8913 Microcontroller
App Note 4437: Zero-Drift Instrumentation Amplifier (IA) Takes the Strain out of Sensor Measurements
App Note 4427: Demonstrating Green Technology with Apples, Oranges, Lemons, and Limes
App Note 4420: Automatically Initializing Data Segment Values in MAX-IDE
App Note 4409: USB Carries 16-Bit Voltage Measurements
App Note 4350: Reading Temperature Using the MAXQ2010 Evaluation Kit
App Note 4335: Saving Energy: Little Things Mean a Lot
App Note 4327: Keep Power Consumption in Check with Low-Power Comparators that Autosense Plugged-In Accessories
App Note 4321: Precision Instrumentation Amplifiers with Rejustors Solve High-Gain Applications
App Note 4314: Getting Started with the MAXQ610 Evaluation Kit (EV Kit) and the IAR Embedded Workbench
App Note 4294: Differential Gain and Phase—Why Measure It, if You Cannot See It?
App Note 4290: Ratiometric Design Overcomes the 25% Tolerance of a Digital Potentiometer
App Note 4277: Getting Started with the MAXQ2000 USB Thumb Evaluation Kit
App Note 4276: WLAN Reference Design with the MAX2830
App Note 4255: How to Power the Extended Features of 1-Wire® Devices
App Note 4247: Oscillator Design Considerations for Low-Current Applications
App Note 4229: Comparison of Internal and External Watchdog Timers
App Note 4223: The evolution of the RS-232 transceiver
App Note 4214: Estimating Switching Speed for the DS2715 NiMH Battery Charger
App Note 4195: Selecting SPI Clock Modes for Interfacing the MAX1132 ADC with the MAXQ2000 Microcontroller
App Note 4180: Optimizing the Load-Switch Function of the DS2715 Battery-Charger IC
App Note 4179: Autozero Noise Filtering Improves Instrumentation Amplifier Output
App Note 4156: Reference Design for an 802.11b/g RF Front-End Module Using the MAX2830
App Note 4132: Attachment methods for the electro-mechanical SFN package
App Note 4125: Getting Started with the MAX1233/MAX1234 Touch-Screen Controllers
App Note 4114: Calibrating RSGAIN for the DS278x Family of Fuel Gauges
App Note 4050: Current Sensing on a Negative Voltage Supply Rail, using a Precision Instrumentation Amplifier
App Note 4034: Three is a Crowd for Instrumentation Amplifiers
App Note 4010: MAX2831 Power Amplifier (PA) Output Power and Bias-Current Optimization
App Note 4002: Understanding Flip-Chip and Chip-Scale Package Technologies and Their Applications
App Note 3989: Add Control, Memory, Security, and Mixed-Signal Functions with a Single Contact
App Note 3977: Class D Amplifiers: Fundamentals of Operation and Recent Developments
App Note 3960: Unlocking the Secrets of the MAXQ®
App Note 3930: Package Thermal Resistance Values (Theta JA, Theta JC) for Temperature Sensors and 1-Wire Devices
App Note 3921: Using a DS1307 with a PIC Microcontroller
App Note 3831: Memory Card Interface Translates and Protects Signals
App Note 3826: Xilinx® FPGA IFF Copy Protection with 1-Wire® SHA-1 Secure Memories
App Note 3816: Selecting a Backup Source for Real-Time Clocks
App Note 3770: Table Operations for the MAXQ Architecture
App Note 3741: Analog ICs for Low Voltage Systems
App Note 3735: Audio-DAC Performance Investigation
App Note 3729: Using the MAX6951/MAX6950 LED Display Drivers with SPI Interface to Communicate with the MAXQ2000 Microcontroller
App Note 3697: Transition Guide: Replacing the DS2430A with the DS2431
App Note 3675: Protecting the R&D Investment—Two-Way Authentication and Secure Soft-Feature Settings
App Note 3665: External Component Calculator for Setting up a Buck or Boost Converter with the MAX5072/MAX5073
App Note 3638: 2.2MHz Buck or Boost Power Supply for ADSL2+ Chipset
App Note 3630: Power Supply and Ground Design for a WiFi Transceiver
App Note 3607: Charging batteries from USB
App Note 3584: Storing Battery Fuel Gauge Parameters in DS2780
App Note 3578: Audio Data Transmission in MAX9217/MAX9218 Video Link
App Note 3522: White Paper 9: Are SHA-1 Devices Still Secure Enough?
App Note 3510: Interfacing a DS1305 RTC with an 8051-Type Microcontroller
App Note 3505: Assembling High-Lead (Pb) DS2502 Flip-Chips in a Pb-Free Assembly Flow
App Note 3482: Interfacing a DS1388 Real-Time Clock with an 8051-Type Microcontroller
App Note 3463: Getting Started with the DS2780
App Note 3438: Serial Digital Data Networks
App Note 3426: Resistive Bridge Basics: Part One
App Note 3377: Maxim Wafer-Level Package Assembly Guide
App Note 3318: HFAN-08.2.0: How to Control and Compensate a Thermoelectric Cooler (TEC)
App Note 3313: Interfacing a DS1390/DS1391 RTC with a Motorola DSP with SPI
App Note 2966: Minimal Remote 1-Wire® Master Protocol
App Note 2965: 1-Wire® Master Device Configuration
App Note 2833: Interfacing an SPI RTC with a Motorola DSP
App Note 2420: 1-Wire® Communication with a Microchip PICmicro Microcontroller
App Note 2361: Interfacing an SPI-Interface RTC with a PIC Microcontroller
App Note 2199: Driving LEDs with Push-Pull Port Expander Outputs
App Note 2141: Determining Clock Accuracy Requirements for UART Communications
App Note 244: Advanced 1-Wire Network Driver
App Note 1948: Analysis of ADC System Distortion Caused by Source Resistance
App Note 1926: Watchdogs Improve System Reliability—How to Choose the Right Part
App Note 1883: LEDs Are Still Popular (and Improving) after All These Years
App Note 1880: Charlieplexing - Reduced Pin-Count LED Display Multiplexing
App Note 1879: Using Maxim SPI-compatible Display Drivers with other SPI Peripherals
App Note 1804: Driving LEDs in Battery-Operated Applications: Controlling Brightness Power Efficiently
App Note 1201: White Paper 8: 1-Wire® SHA-1 Overview
App Note 1193: Electronic Displays Comparison
App Note 1159: Level Translators For SPI™ and I²C Bus Signals
App Note 1100: White Paper 5: Using 1-Wire APIs for Data Sheet Commands
App Note 1099: White Paper 4: Glossary of 1-Wire SHA-1 Terms
App Note 1098: White Paper 3: Why are 1-Wire SHA-1 Devices Secure?
App Note 1097: White Paper 2: Using the 1-Wire® Public Domain Kit
App Note 1069: High-Gain Signal Conditioning Circuit for Thin and Thick Film Sensors
App Note 874: Using the MAX6950 and the MAX6951 LED Display Drivers with Multiplex Dual-Digit Displays
App Note 187: 1-Wire Search Algorithm
App Note 505: Lithium Coin-Cell Batteries: Predicting an Application Lifetime
App Note 192: Using the DS2480B Serial 1-Wire® Line Driver
App Note 155: 1-Wire® Software Resource Guide Device Description
App Note 504: Design Considerations for Maxim Real-Time Clocks
App Note 701: Using the DS32kHz with Dallas Real-Time Clocks
App Note 186: Creating Global Identifiers Using 1-Wire® Devices
App Note 178: Printed Circuit Board Identification Using 1-Wire® Products
App Note 876: Migrating from the MAX7219 and MAX7221 to the MAX6950 and MAX6951 LED Drivers
App Note 875: Experimenting with the MAX6950 and the MAX6951 SPI LED Display Drivers from a PC
App Note 148: Guidelines for Reliable Long Line 1-Wire® Networks
App Note 810: Understanding Flash ADCs
App Note 589: CPU Supervisors: Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
App Note 114: 1-Wire File Structure
App Note 502: Interfacing SPI Real-Time Clocks (RTCs) with a Microcontroller
App Note 58: Crystal Considerations with Maxim Real-Time Clocks (RTCs)
App Note 27: Understanding and Using Cyclic Redundancy Checks with Maxim iButton Products
App Note 74: Reading and Writing 1-Wire® Devices Through Serial Interfaces
App Note 739: Design Considerations for Data-Lump Cables
App Note 1080: Understanding SAR ADCs: Their Architecture and Comparison with Other ADCs
App Note 836: Selecting and using RS-232 Interface Parts for Your Power Supply Voltages
App Note 882: RS-232 Features Explained
App Note 719: Understanding Voltage-Reference Topologies and Specifications
App Note 639: Maxim Leads the Way in ESD Protection
App Note 126: 1-Wire® Communication Through Software
App Note 651: ESD Protection for I/O Ports
App Note 103: pFET Linear Regulator Has Low Dropout Voltage