Technology Guide
ECG And PPG Heart Rate Monitoring Compared
PPG sensors and ECG front ends measure different things. Knowing which is which decides what a wearable may legally and honestly claim.
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Knowledge Centre
Eight guides written for people specifying wearables: what the sensors actually measure, what an IP rating does and does not cover, why battery figures vary so much, and how OEM and ODM sourcing routes differ. Every example uses the real figures from our own catalogue.
Component Guide
AMOLED And TFT Smart Watch Displays Compared
Panel choice drives battery life, daylight readability, case thickness and cost. Here is how the two behave in the models in this catalogue.
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Buying Guide
What Actually Decides Smart Watch Battery Life
Battery capacity explains less than buyers expect. Screen, radio and sensor duty cycle explain most of it, and the numbers in this catalogue show why.
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Specification Guide
IP67 And IP68 On Smart Watches Explained
IP ratings describe a laboratory test, not a swimming pool. Here is what each rating in this catalogue actually permits.
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Sourcing Guide
OEM And ODM Smart Watch Sourcing Compared
The two words get used interchangeably and they should not be. The difference decides who owns the design, who carries the tooling cost and how fast you launch.
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Buying Guide
How To Choose A Bluetooth Calling Smart Watch
Four calling models, four different answers. Screen size, case material, audio path and ruggedness are the axes that actually separate them.
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Deployment Guide
4G Smart Watch SIM And Network Deployment Guide
A standalone watch phone is a network device before it is a wearable. Most deployment failures are SIM and carrier problems, not hardware problems.
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Material Guide
Smart Watch Strap Materials And Fit Guide
Straps decide comfort, skin reaction and how many SKUs one hardware build can produce. Here is what the materials in this range do.
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About The Knowledge Centre
Who writes these guides
Our engineering and sales team, using the specification sheets of the products we actually manufacture.
Why do the guides quote specific part numbers
Because a chipset a buyer can look up settles a technical argument that marketing language cannot.
Can you advise on a specification we already have
Yes. Send it through WhatsApp or email and we will tell you which of our platforms meets it and which parts of it would need new tooling.
Have A Specification To Check
Send it over. We will tell you plainly which of our platforms meets it, what would have to change, and what that change costs.