title: Design and implementation of a wireless (Bluetooth) four channel bio-instrumentation amplifier and digital data acquisition device with user-selectable gain, frequency, and driven reference.
abstract: A portable, multi-purpose Bio-instrumentation Amplifier and Data AcQuisition device (BADAQ) capable of measuring and transmitting EMG and EKG signals wirelessly via Bluetooth is designed and implemented. Common topologies for instrumentation amplifiers and filters are used and realized with commercially available, low-voltage, high precision operational amplifiers. An 8-bit PIC microcontroller performs 10-bit analog-to-digital conversion of the amplified and filtered signals and controls a Bluetooth transceiver capable of wirelessly transmitting the data to any Bluetooth enabled device. Electrical isolation between patient/subject, circuitry, and ancillary equipment is achieved by optocoupling components. The design focuses on simplicity, portability, and affordability.
authors.affiliation: Electr. Eng. Dept., Cooper Union, New York, NY 10003, USA. cosman@cooper.edu
authors.forename: Alin
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cosmanescu
authors.forename: Benjamin
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Miller
authors.forename: Terence
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Magno
authors.forename: Assad
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ahmed
authors.forename: Ian
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Kremenic
mesh_terms: D000669:Amplifiers, Electronic; D003195:Computer Communication Networks / Q000295:instrumentation*; D003936:Diagnosis, Computer-Assisted / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D004562:Electrocardiography / Q000295:instrumentation*; D004569:Electroencephalography / Q000295:instrumentation*; D004867:Equipment Design; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D018670:Monitoring, Ambulatory / Q000295:instrumentation; D012815:Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted / Q000295:instrumentation*; D013686:Telemetry / Q000295:instrumentation*; D014584:User-Computer Interface