Jabil Circuit, Inc., an electronic product solutions company, and Clothing+, acquired by Jabil in June 2015, have introduced Peak, an innovative smart garment reference design for building an integrated textile heart rate monitoring solution.

Jabil and Clothing+ partnered with Suunto, a manufacturer of heart rate monitors and Firstbeat, a provider of physiological analytics for sports, fitness, and wellbeing.

The Peak+ solution includes Clothing+ textile-integrated electronics that disappear into fabrics for optimum comfort, durability and convenience, Suunto wireless transmitter that transfers accurate measurement data collected from garment sensors to a smartphone app, providing easy access to tracked HRM data, and Firstbeat research-based, patented analytics of HRM data delivering deep insight and actionable feedback into stress, recovery and effects of physical training, according to a press release.

John Dargan, Jabil senior vice president said, “Building an integrated textile Heart Rate Monitoring solution today requires very different competencies and capabilities, which often turn into a guessing game between multiple vendors trying to piece it all together. With Peak+™, we’re offering customers in the fitness, fashion and healthcare markets a strong competitive advantage with a unique, custom solution that gives them easy entry into the high-growth wearables market.”

As the e-textile industry’s first reference design, Clothing+, Suunto, Firstbeat, and Jabil are taking time and risk out of smart garment development. Throughout each step of the highly customisable design and development process, regular testing takes place to ensure accurate measurement collection. (GK)