How to stream heart rate data from Apple watches to InfluxDB? – PETER GAMMA (Director & Physiologist), MEDITATION RESEARCH INSTITUTE SWITZERLAND (MRIS)

Last Updated on January 23, 2023 by pg@petergamma.org

According to by Rob ter Horst, PhD. the Quantified Scientist, Apple watches are the most accurate sports watches:

What is an Apple watch good for, which is recommended by Rob ter Horst, PhD. the Quantified Scientist as the most accurate sports watch, but we are only allowed to look at the heart rate on the watch face, and anything beyond is only a project for nerds?

Also two papers of the group of Dr. Milind Desai from Cleveland Clinic in Ohio who studied the accuracy of the Apple watch 1 and Apple watch 3 confirmed Robs findings:

90.05 Table of the accuracy of HRMs compared to research & medical grade ECG devices

Apple watches can be paired to bike computers via BLE and used as an external heart rate monitor. Instructions for this can be found in the web. Let us use Apple watches and pair those to the following Raspberri Pi projects:

How to stream ANT+ & BLE sensor data to InfluxDB: past, present, and future solutions

to get an easy solution to stream heart rate sensor data from the Apple watch to InfluxDB.