Lesson Plan
Department ELECTRONICS AND Year III Year
COMMUNICATION ENGINEERING
Semester VI Faculty Name J.JAISUDHA
Subject code 22EC19E Subject Name WEARABLE DEVICES
Session Topics Planned Required Teaching Text book/ Brief Description Completion Remarks HOD / Principal Dean
No. date hour Methodology Reference Date Director Sign Sign
Book Sign
Unit 1: INTRODUCTION TO WEARABLE SYSTEMS AND SENSORS
Wearable Systems- Introduction, Need for Wearable Systems, Drawbacks of Conventional Systems for Wearable Monitoring, Applications of Wearable
Systems, Types of Wearable Systems, Components of wearable Systems. Sensors for wearable systems-Inertia movement sensors, Respiration activity sensor,
Inductive plethysmography, Impedance plethysmography, pneumography, Wearable ground reaction force sensor.
Objective: To know the hardware requirement of wearable systems
1 Wearable Systems- 02.01.25 1 Black board T1 Study the basics of
Introduction Thursday wearable systems.
6th hr
2 Need for Wearable Systems 03.01.25 1 Black board T1 To understand the
Friday needs of wearable
1st hr systems
3 Drawbacks of Conventional 06.01.25 1 PPT T1 To know the
Systems for Wearable Monday drawbacks of
Monitoring 2nd hr Conventional
Systems for
Wearable Monitoring
4 Applications of Wearable07.01.25 1 Black board T1 know the
Systems, Types of Wearable Tuesday applications of
Systems 2nd hr Wearable Systems
and its types.
5 Components of wearable 08.01.25 1 PPT T1, R1 To understand the
Systems. Wednesday components of
1st hr wearable Systems.
6 Sensors for wearable 10.01.25 1 PPT T1, R1 To understand the
systems-Inertia movement Friday need of sensors for
sensors 1st hr wearable Systems.
7 11.01.25 1 Black board T1, R1 To know the
Respiration activity sensor Saturday Respiration activity
3rd hr sensor
8 Inductive plethysmography, 21.01.25 1 PPT T1 To understand the
Impedance plethysmography, Tuesday Inductive
pneumography 2nd hr plethysmography,
Impedance
plethysmography and
pneumography
9 Wearable ground reaction 24.01.25 1 PPT T1 To know the
force sensor. Friday Wearable ground
1st hr reaction force sensor.
Unit 2: SIGNAL PROCESSING AND ENERGY HARVESTING FOR WEARABLE DEVICES
Wearability issues -physical shape and placement of sensor, Technical challenges - sensor design, signal acquisition, sampling frequency for reduced energy
consumption, Rejection of irrelevant information. Power Requirements- Solar cell, Vibration based, Thermal based, Human body as a heat source for power
generation, Hybrid thermoelectric photovoltaic energy harvests, Thermopiles.
Objective: To understand the communication and security aspects in the wearable devices
1 Wearability issues -physical 28.01.25 1 PPT T3 To solve and analyze
shape and placement of sensor Tuesday the Wearability
2nd hr issues -physical
shape and placement
of sensor
2 Technical challenges - sensor 29.01.25 1 Black board T3 To solve and analyze
design Wednesday the Technical
1st hr challenges and sensor
design
3 Signal acquisition 31.01.25 1 PPT T3 To understand about
Friday the Signal acquisition
1st hr
4 Sampling frequency for 03.02.25 1 PPT T3 To understand the
reduced energy consumption Monday Sampling frequency
2nd hr for reduced energy
consumption
5 Rejection of irrelevant 04.02.25 1 Black board T3 Understand the
information. Tuesday Rejection of
2nd hr irrelevant
information.
6 Power Requirements- Solar 05.02.25 1 PPT T3 Study about the
cell Wednesday Power Requirements
1st hr and Solar cell
7 Vibration based, Thermal 08.02.25 1 PPT T3 To know the
based Saturday Vibration based,
3rd hr Thermal based
8 Human body as a heat source 10.02.25 1 Black board T3 Understand the
for power generation Monday Human body as a
2nd hr heat source for power
generation
9 Hybrid thermoelectric 12.02.25 1 PPT T3 To know about the
photovoltaic energy harvests, Wednesday Hybrid
Thermopiles. 1st hr thermoelectric
photovoltaic energy
harvests,
Thermopiles.
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Unit 3: WIRELESS HEALTH SYSTEMS
Need for wireless monitoring, Definition of Body area network, BAN and Healthcare, Technical Challenges- System security and reliability, BAN
Architecture – Introduction, Wireless communication Techniques.
Objective: To introduce the wireless healthcare systems
1 Need for wireless monitoring 14.02.25 1 Black board T4 To understand the
Friday needs for wireless
1st hr monitoring
2 Definition of Body area 15.02.25 1 Black board T4 To study the
network Saturday definition of body
3rd hr area network
3 BAN and Healthcare 17.02.25 1 PPT T4 To know about the
Monday healthcare
2nd hr
4 Technical Challenges 18.02.25 1 Black board T4 To know the
Tuesday technical challenges
2nd hr
5 System security and 19.02.25 1 PPT T4 To understand the
reliability Wednesday system security
1st hr
6 BAN Architecture 21.02.25 1 PPT T4 To know about the
Monday BAN architecture
2nd hr
7 Introduction 24.02.25 1 Black board T4 To study the
Monday introduction of
2nd hr wireless
communication
8 Wireless communication 25.02.25 1 PPT T4 To understand the
Techniques Tuesday wireless
2nd hr communication
techniques
9 Revision 26.02.25 1 Black board T4
Wednesday
1st hr
Unit 4: SMART TEXTILE
Introduction to smart textile- Passive smart textile, active smart textile. Fabrication Techniques- Conductive Fibres, Treated Conductive Fibres, Conductive
Fabrics, Conductive Inks.Case study- smart fabric for monitoring biological parameters - ECG, respiration.
Objective: To introduce the smart textile
1 Introduction to smart textile 28.02.25 1 Black board T2 To know about the
Friday smart textile
1st hr
2 Passive smart textile 1.03.25 1 PPT T2 To understand the
Saturday passive smart textile
rd
3 hr
3 Active smart textile. 3.03.25 1 Black board T2 To understand the
Monday active smart textile
2nd hr
4 Fabrication Techniques 4.03.25 1 PPT T2 To understand the
Tuesday fabrication
2nd hr techniques
5 Conductive Fibres 5.03.25 1 Black board T2 To study about the
Wednesday conductive fibres
st
1 hr
6 Treated Conductive Fibres 8.03.25 1 Black board T2 To study about the
Saturday treated conductive
3rd hr fibres
7 Conductive Fabrics, 10.03.25 1 PPT T2 To know about the
Conductive Inks. Monday conductive Inks
nd
2 hr
8 Case study- smart fabric for 12.03.25 1 PPT T2 Learn the smart
monitoring biological Wednesday fabric for monitoring
parameters 1st hr biological parameters
9 ECG, respiration 14.03.25 1 PPT T2 Study the ECG and
Friday respiration
st
1 hr
Unit 5- APPLICATIONS OF WEARABLE SYSTEM
Medical Diagnostics, Medical Monitoring-Patients with chronic disease, Hospital patients, Elderly patients, neural recording, Gait analysis, Sports Medicine.
Cameras in smart-watches; Use of Wearable Microphones: MEMS microphones, Bioacoustics, Microphones and AI for respiratory diagnostics and clinical
trials. Wearable Assistive Devices for the Blind - Hearing and Touch sensation, Assistive Devices .Wearable devices with Global Positioning System (GPS)
integration for tracking and navigation.
Objective: To know the applications of wearable devices in the field of medicine
1 Medical Diagnostics, Medical 17.03.25 1 PPT T3 To study the Medical
Monitoring-Patients with Monday Diagnostics, Medical
chronic disease 2nd hr Monitoring and
Patients with chronic
disease
2 Hospital patients 19.03.25 1 Black board T3 To study about the
Wednesday Hospital patients
1st hr
3 Elderly patients 21.03.25 1 PPT T3 To study about the
Friday elderly patients
1st hr
4 Neural recording, Gait 24.03.25 1 PPT T3 To study about the
analysis Monday Neural recording,
2nd hr Gait analysis
5 Sports Medicine. 26.03.25 1 Black board T3 To know the sports
Wednesday medicine.
1st hr
6 Cameras in smart-watches 28.03.25 1 Black board T3 To Study the cameras
Friday in smart watches
1st hr
7 Use of Wearable 01.04.25 1 PPT T3 Know the use of
Microphones: MEMS Tuesday Wearable
microphones, Bioacoustics, 2nd hr Microphones: MEMS
Microphones and AI for microphones,
respiratory diagnostics and Bioacoustics,
clinical trials. Microphones and AI
for respiratory
diagnostics and
clinical trials.
8 Wearable Assistive Devices 04.04.25 1 PPT T3 To understand the
for the Blind - Hearing and Friday Wearable Assistive
Touch sensation, Assistive 1st hr Devices for the Blind
Devices . - Hearing and Touch
sensation, Assistive
Devices .
9 Wearable devices with Global 07.04.25 1 Black board T3 To understand the
Positioning System (GPS) Monday Wearable devices
integration for tracking and 2nd hr with Global
navigation. Positioning System
(GPS) integration for
tracking and
navigation.
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*Innovative Teaching Methodology:
PPT
NPTEL Video Lecture
Smart Class,
Lab based Learning
Activity Based Learning
Quiz
Virtual lab
Textbooks
1. Annalisa Bonfiglo and Danilo De Rossi, Wearable Monitoring Systems, Springer, 2011.
2. Zhang and Yuan-Ting, Wearable Medical Sensors and Systems,Springer, 2013.
3. Edward Sazonov and Micheal R Neuman, Wearable Sensors: Fundamentals, Implementation andApplications, Elsevier, 2014.
4. Mehmet R. Yuce and JamilY.Khan, Wireless Body Area Networks Technology, Implementation and Applications, Pan Stanford
Publishing Pte.Ltd, Singapore, 2012.
5. Toshiyo Tamura and Wenxi Chen, “Seamless Healthcare Monitoring”, Springer 2018.
Reference books
1. Sandeep K.S, Gupta, Tridib Mukherjee and Krishna Kumar Venkatasubramanian, Body Area Networks Safety, Security, and
Sustainability, Cambridge University Press, 2013.
2. Guang-Zhong Yang, Body Sensor Networks, Springer, 2006.
3. M. Mardonova and Y. Choi, "Review of Wearable Device Technology and Its Applications to the Mining Industry," Energies, vol. 11,
p. 547, 2018.
4. Subhas Chandra Mukhopadhyay, “Wearable Electronics Sensors - For Safe and Healthy Living”, Springer 2015
OUTCOMES:
On successful completion of this course, the student will be able to
CO1: Describe the concepts of wearable system.
CO2: Explain the energy harvestings in wearable device.
CO3: Use the concepts of BAN in health care.
CO4: Illustrate the concept of smart textile
CO5: Compare the various wearable devices in healthcare system
