Peter Gamma (Physiologist & Director) Meditation Research Institute Switzerland (MRIS)

Suggestion for a reference device for validation of accuracy of consumer grade heart rate monitors

Last Updated on July 7, 2022 by pg@petergamma.org

  1. For hardware choose Pluxbiosignals solo kit:

2. For hardware support choose Pluxbiosignals support:

https://support.pluxbiosignals.com/

3. For software choose HeartPy – Python Heart Rate Analysis Toolkit for noisy PPG signals:

4. Software support for HeartPy in scientific research is available at: P.vanGent@tudelft.nl. paulvangent.com: A Tech Blog About Fun Things With Python and Embedded Electronics.

5. Alternative for Hardware choose the stackable Rasperri PI HAT with 16 bit and 8 channel for 200 USD:

6. What is missing: a high quality open source optical heart rate sensor which replaces the sport sensors.

7. What is missing: Validation of the 8 channel 16 bit Rasperri PI hat according to the following standard:

to obtain the most low-cost high quality 8 channel 16 bit data acquisition system on the market.