Last Updated on March 10, 2023 by pg@petergamma.org
Home Assistant has a large community of developers and YouTubers who connect sensor by sensor to it. For physiological sensors, we have Matlab, OpenSignals, OpenBCI GUI, and NeuroKit 2. But although we review physiological sensors since several years, we don t use those on a regular basis, except for the Fenix 6 paired to a Polar OH1.
This is similar to a Muse headband with a Mind Monitor. We can meditate with the Mind Monitor to reach high alpha brain wave values. We can meditate with the Fenix 6 paired to a Polar OH1 to reach a breath rate of 12 breath per minute, which is the lowest physiological value. But do we also have high alpha at 12 breath per minute? We don t know. This requires a multi-sensor database.
One of the easiest way to start a multi-sensor database is with an Apple watch and Udo Bernts Home Assistant tutorial:
Home Assistant is also easy to run on a LattePanda if we flash an image on it, where the .yaml files can be edited. This is for us personally the easiest way to start a multi-sensor database. Several physiological sensors have already Home Assistant integration. It would be highly desirable, to have Home Assistant example YouTube videos and integration for all available physiological sensors.