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Title:
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ENVIRONMENT- AND USER-FRIENDLY POWER-SUPPLY CONCEPT FOR RF-COUPLED HEALTH AND SPORT SENSORS |
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Author(s):
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Hans Weghorn |
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ISBN:
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978-989-8533-65-4 |
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Editors:
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Mário Macedo |
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Year:
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2017 |
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Edition:
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Single |
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Keywords:
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Sport Computers, Health Monitoring, Sport Sensors, Body Network, ANT+, Bluetooth LE |
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Type:
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Full Paper |
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First Page:
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11 |
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Last Page:
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18 |
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Language:
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English |
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Cover:
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Full Contents:
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Paper Abstract:
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Nowadays during sports and in health activities, various electronic monitoring tools are in use quite commonly. Patients or sports persons often are embedded into a personal body sensor network, which traces different facets of their physiological activity. Widespread are heart rate sensors, but all kinds of meters, e.g., for counting foot steps and pedal turning are often also used in parallel. As technical construction, it has commonly established that these sensor devices are autonomously operated as very tiny computer systems from built-in lithium battery cells. Exchanging such sensor batteries from time to time is expensive, the mechanical handling of this process is not very easy due to the small sensor housings, and it has to be reminded that use of throwaway batteries represents a waste of resources. In this work, an alternative power supply for sports sensors is investigated, which bases on the use of so-called supercapacitors. Construction concepts, advantages of the approach related to handling and manufacturing, and the possible application ranges are thoroughly discussed, while the study is complemented with practical experiments from endurance sports. |
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