Use case
Validate a HealthTech hardware concept fast
HealthTech founders often need to prove a sensing concept works before raising money or committing to a real engineering build. But standing up even a basic pulse, temperature, or motion prototype means firmware and wiring you don’t have time for. The result is a deck full of promises and no working demo.
The problem with HealthTech prototyping
Health concepts live or die on a working demo, but the path from idea to “it reads a heartbeat on screen” usually runs through embedded firmware and board bring-up. For an early team, that effort is hard to justify before the concept is even validated. So promising ideas stay stuck in slides.
How Palpable helps
Connect heart-rate, temperature, motion, or other I2C/Qwiic health-adjacent modules and describe the behavior in plain English. PAL writes the code, deploys it to a Pi, and runs it — with a live display, REST/WebSocket APIs for your app, and OTA updates as you iterate. You get a tangible demo to show investors and test with users in days.
What you’d build
A bench demo that reads a pulse and skin temperature, shows a live trend on a display, and streams readings to your prototype app over WebSocket. You can change thresholds and display logic by describing the change, then iterate on the same hardware.
Scope and regulatory limits — read this
Palpable is for concept and MVP validation only. It is explicitly NOT a path to FDA clearance, 510(k) submissions, clinical trials, or any regulated medical device. Nothing built with it should be used for diagnosis, treatment, or patient care. Regulatory, clinical, and safety-critical engineering are entirely out of scope — use Palpable to prove the idea, then take it to a qualified medical-device team.
Turn a HealthTech sensing idea into a working demo without an embedded team.
Questions
Can I use this for a regulated medical device?
No. Palpable is for concept and MVP validation only — not FDA/510(k) clearance, clinical use, or patient care. Regulatory and safety-critical work is out of scope.
What can I actually demonstrate?
A working bench prototype: live sensor readings, on-device logic, a display, and APIs that feed your app — enough to validate the concept and show stakeholders.
Which health-adjacent sensors work?
Any I2C/Qwiic module — heart-rate, temperature, motion, and similar sensors. 76 modules are certified and tested; others can still connect for experimentation.
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