Which hardware and software to choose for recording heart rate and breath rate in real-time for practicing mediation?

Last Updated on May 22, 2022 by pg@petergamma.org

1. iWorks recorder setup:

Record data from iWorx Recorders with Matlab and Octave

– LabScribe ECG Analysis Module

– Matlab

– Respiratory Rate Estimation in Matlab

2. Biosignalsplux Solo 16 bit data acquisition system:

Biosignalsplux Solo 16 bit data acquisition system

-Python Toolbox for Heart Rate Variability

Python Toolbox for Heart Rate Variability

– or HeartPy – Python Heart Rate Analysis Toolkit for noisy PPG signals

HeartPy – Python Heart Rate Analysis Toolkit for noisy PPG signals

a purely Python setup.

3. and Polar H10 or Polar OH1:

Indirect Estimation of Breathing Rate from Heart RateMonitoring System during Running

-software based on the Polar SDK, preferentially in Python

– needs to be developed first

1. I suppose setup one has the most papers

2. Setup two is cost-efficient, all in Python and well documented

3. Setup three is the most affordable setup and most comfortable to wear, but software is little developed.