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Designing Wearable Computing Systems: Constraints and Tradeoffs

7 chapters · 32 lessons

1. 1. Power and Thermal Budgets for Wearables

   4 lessons

   Learn to calculate and allocate power budgets across sensors, processors, and radios within the thermal and battery constraints of body-worn devices.

2. 2. Processor Architectures for Edge Devices

   5 lessons

   Understand mobile processor designs, heterogeneous computing, and how to match processing capability to wearable workloads.

3. 3. Sensor Selection and Integration

   5 lessons

   Evaluate sensors for wearables by understanding sampling rates, power draw, data volume, and the tradeoffs between capability and feasibility.

4. 4. Edge vs Cloud Processing Architectures

   5 lessons

   Design data pipelines that split workloads between device, phone, and cloud based on latency, privacy, bandwidth, and power requirements.

5. 5. Social Acceptability and Bystander Design

   4 lessons

   Apply frameworks for evaluating how device features affect bystanders, workplace norms, and public perception to guide feature inclusion decisions.

6. 6. Interaction Models for Hands Free Devices

   5 lessons

   Design input and output methods suited to wearables, including voice, gesture, haptics, and minimal visual displays.

7. 7. Building Product Requirements for Wearables

   4 lessons

   Translate constraint analysis into product specifications, feature prioritization, and technical requirement documents for wearable projects.