Just been on to the Texas Instruments stand at Electronica 2010. The stand was rammed with visitors looking at a variety of exciting new products. There was particular buzz around a metallic table top maze containing wirelessly controlled robots.
The eZ430-Chronos is a highly integrated, wearable wireless development system that comes in a sports watch. It is designed around the CC430F6137 <1 GHz RF SoC. This watch features a 96 segment LCD display and provides an integrated pressure sensor and 3-axis accelerometer for motion sensitive control. The integrated wireless feature allows the Chronos to act as a central hub for nearby wireless sensors such as pedometers and heart rate monitors.
The demonstration on the stand today shows the Chronos watch utilising wireless to control a small robot around a maze.
Check out the video below by Ivan Dobes, Texas Instruments Microcontroller Business development manager.
The audio quality isn’t great, the stand was mega busy and very noisy, but the video is great!
