Nanochap Medical Chip EPC001: Leading the New Trend of Health Technology

In today's digital health world, the rapid development of wearable devices and telemedicine technology is revolutionizing the way we manage our health. As an innovative force in this field, Nanochap is at the intersection of technology and health, injecting new vitality into the industry with its flagship product - EPC001 medical chip.

Background of Research and Development

With the accelerated pace of life and rising health awareness, people's demand for daily health monitoring and prevention is increasing. Advances in motion health sensing technology have enabled functions such as heart rate monitoring and blood oxygen detection, driving the development of the telemedicine and wearable device markets. Nanochap focuses on the research and development of biomedical chips and has launched the EPC001 chip, which integrates a variety of advanced functions to meet personalized health monitoring needs.

R&D Challenges

The development of the EPC001 chip was not a smooth process, and the Nanochap team faced multiple challenges:

1. Technological breakthrough: As a highly integrated sensing chip system, EPC001 needs to monitor ECG, PPG, EEG and EMG at the same time, which puts forward very high requirements on chip design, manufacturing and testing.

2. Market competition: The market for biosensing chips is highly competitive, with many similar products. How to stand out in terms of technology, performance and cost has become a key issue for Nanochap to solve.

3. User demand: Different users have different needs for wearable medical devices, how to ensure that the EPC001 chip can meet the needs of a wide range of users is also a major challenge in the research and development process.

4. Regulation and certification: The development and use of medical chips need to comply with strict regulations and certification requirements. Nanochap needs to ensure that the EPC001 chip complies with the relevant regulations and standards in order to gain market access.

Practical application examples

The EPC001 chip has shown a wide range of applications in the real world. Below are some specific examples:

- Wearable health monitoring device: EPC001 chip can be used to continuously monitor a variety of health parameters, such as heart rate, oxygen saturation, sleep quality, etc., to provide users with personalized health monitoring and early warning services.

- Brainwave toys: Brainwave toys based on the EPC001 chip can capture brainwave activity by measuring the weak electrical signals on the skin surface of the head, thus reflecting different states of the brain, such as relaxation, concentration, excitement and so on. Players can use these different brainwave activities to control games, music or other entertainment experiences.

- Medical-grade monitoring devices: EPC001 chips can also be used in medical-grade monitoring devices, such as electrocardiographs and electroencephalograms, to provide more accurate and reliable biosensing data support for healthcare professionals.

Core Technology Advantages 

The core technology advantages of EPC001 chip are mainly reflected in the following aspects:

1. High integration: EPC001 chip integrates high-precision EEG/ECG/EMG/PPG analog front-end (AFE), 64MHz RISC-V microcontroller (MCU), powerful ECG/PPG feature extraction function (Heart APP) and 24bit high-precision ADC and other modules, which realizes a high degree of integration of multi-parameter monitoring.

2. High precision: EPC001 chip integrates ultra-low noise programmable amplifier and 24bit high-precision ADC for EEG/ECG/EMG, which enables the weak bioelectric signals collected by the analog front-end to be converted into digital signals with the greatest precision, providing a strong guarantee for the accuracy of measurement results.

3. Flexibility: The EPC001 chip's versatile peripheral interfaces allow for the external expansion of the SoC with multiple different sensors, and the RISC-V core MCU processing and its memory space facilitates the integration of different wireless transceiver stacks, which can be used to transmit measurement data.

4. Low power consumption: The EPC001 chip supports low-power modes such as sleep mode, shutdown mode, standby mode, etc., which helps extend the battery life of wearable devices.

With its unique R&D background, determination to overcome challenges, wide range of practical applications and significant core technology advantages, Nanochap's medical chip EPC001 is leading the new trend of health technology.