Muse S Meditation Headband Teardown
2022-07-03 | By bekathwia
License: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike
Today I'm taking a look inside the Muse S meditation headband. This brainwave-sensing device uses conductive fabric sensors to track your brain activity, and that biometric data informs the app's meditation and sleep programs. The folks at Lumafield were kind enough to scan the Muse before I took it apart, so we can look at the inside of the device through digital imaging as well as under a microscope. Thanks to David Cranor for lending his electrical engineering expertise.
Tools used in this teardown:
Parts we could identify on the Muse S circuitry:
150mAh Li-ion battery - Great Power GSP061621
Photodiode 5010 VB37296
Oximeter/heart rate sensor - Analog Devices/Maxim IntegratedMAX86140ENP+
Battery charger IC - Analog Devices/Maxim Integrated+MAX 77651B EWV
Unknown SH [QR CODE] 141
Unknown K33
Arm Cortex-M4 MCU - ST Micro L452RCI6
Unknown - ST Micro K193 Y121
Unknown - ST Micro K16 Y102
Bluetooth module PRD601 2013877 [QR code]
Chip antenna
Unknown 28E 16 18J (6 pins)
You can explore the scan of the Muse S yourself on Lumafield.
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