Biomedical · Medical Devices & Instrumentation
Wearable ECG Heart Rate Monitor
Intermediate 5 weeks 35-60 hours
Build portable ECG device with electrodes and signal conditioning. Extract heart rate. Store data. Validate against clinical reference. NOTE: Educational project only. NOT a medical device and not for clinical or diagnostic use.
Major
Biomedical
Focus area
Medical Devices & Instrumentation
Total hours
35-60 hours
What you'll need
- Arduino Uno R3 microcontroller board with analog inputs
- AD8232 ECG heart monitor sensor module kit
- disposable ECG electrodes pads pack
- 16x2 LCD display module with I2C for Arduino
- microSD card reader module for Arduino
- op-amp signal conditioning module kit
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Steps
- Wire the AD8232 ECG module, LCD, and SD card module to the Arduino.
- Place the electrodes and view the raw ECG signal on the serial plotter.
- Add filtering to clean up noise from movement and power lines.
- Program heart rate detection by finding the R-peaks in the signal.
- Compare your heart rate readings to a fitness tracker or manual pulse count.
- Document your signal plots and accuracy results for your portfolio.
What to photograph for your portfolio
- ECG waveform displayed
- heart rate extracted
- signal quality analysis
- device photos
- clinical comparison
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Designed and built a wearable ECG heart rate monitor using Biomedical signal processing, ECG fundamentals, Arduino
Applied signal conditioning to implement, test, and validate the system end-to-end
Skills you'll show off
Biomedical signal processingECG fundamentalsArduinosignal conditioning