eHealth Sensor Platform
Posted on 2014/02/25
E-Health Sensor Shield
I have identified an interesting hardware option for building a portable system for the bulk of the sensor/data gathering needed to determine pilot affect: the open source eHealth Sensor Platform. It is Arduino or Raspberry Pi based, and offers a rudimentary API for data gathering from sensor like:
- Pulse Oximeter (heart rate and blood oxygen saturation)
- Electrocardigram sensor (ECG and heart rate)
- Galvanic Skin Reponse Sensor (GSR – sweating)
- Electromyogramphy Sensor (EMG)
- Sphyganomater (Blood Pressure)
- Airflow sensors (Breathing)
- Accelerometer (Subject Position)
It also offers a variety of connectivity options in terms of data transport (USB, serial, 3G, GPRS, Bluetooth, 802.15.4, and ZigBee). I’ve ordered the platform and several sensors to evaluate their performance for use in my research. It’s potentially a good fit, as the flexiforce sensors I have decided to utilize are also Arduino/Raspberry Pi based.