19.20 We Suggest for Scientific Purposes to Develop Our Own HRM Device

Last Updated on August 22, 2023 by pg@petergamma.org

for ECG based on OpenBCI:

OpenBCI As a Reference ECG Device to Test the Accuracy of HRMs?

For optical heart rate sensors, based on multiple DF Robot modules:

If We Want to Develop and Validate Our Own Product, Let us Consider an Open Source Optical Heart Rate Sensor:

and HeartPy for noise reduction:

https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=OOhuA6gAAAAJ&hl=de&oi=sra

Optical heart rate monitors and chest straps are coming closer to the most accurate ECG devices, as far as accuracy is concerned:

19.19 Table of Accuracy Values for Polar OH1, Apple Watches, Polar H7 & Polar H10

We are convinced it is worth to build our own device and test those, since consumer grade devices are always updated, and there are no generally accepted and in a high quality journal well validated devices available. And if there are, they quickly become obsolete and may no longer be available. Consumer grade devices often change, own developments last longer, and there are no miracle devices available from consumer grade manufacturers, what they do, we can can try to build it ourselves.

We do not know, however, if it is possible. Whe did not test it. Do it at your own risk. But we think it is worth to give it a try.

Is it worth to develop new highly accurate optical heart rate monitors for clinical and research applications?

See also this article:

Future directions of accuracy studies of consumer grade heart rate monitors