Inexpensive, wearable, wireless, multi-channel, and multi-sensor data acquisition system

Author

Reyes, Angelica ; Valero-Cuevas, Francisco J.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Biomed. Eng. Dept., Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA

fYear

2013

fDate

16-18 Jan. 2013

Firstpage

216

Lastpage

219

Abstract

In this paper, we discuss a wearable wireless system capable of acquiring data from a variety of sensors. The device uses Bluetooth technology to stream data from up to 16 channels/sensors to a laptop computer running MATLAB. Complete with programmable sampling rates, off-the-shelf components, and power saving features, this system provides an inexpensive and reliable means of transmitting data for collection and processing. Currently, this device has been used in clinical applications to collect force data during dexterous manipulation and to drive interactive computer games, in outdoor environments to collect 3D accelerometer data to analyze human movement during slack line walking, and in the sports setting to measure limb and trunk accelerations from individuals recovering from ACL injuries.

Keywords

Bluetooth; accelerometers; biomechanics; biomedical telemetry; computer games; data acquisition; graphical user interfaces; injuries; mathematics computing; medical administrative data processing; medical computing; sensor fusion; sport; wearable computers; 3D accelerometer; ACL injuries; Bluetooth technology; MATLAB; data transmission; dexterous manipulation; force data; human movement; interactive computer games; laptop computer; limb acceleration; multichannel system; multisensor data acquisition system; outdoor environments; power saving features; programmable sampling rates; slack line walking; sports setting; trunk acceleration; wearable wireless system; Acceleration; Accelerometers; Bluetooth; Force; Sensors; Springs; Thumb;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Point-of-Care Healthcare Technologies (PHT), 2013 IEEE

Conference_Location

Bangalore

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-2765-7

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4673-2766-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PHT.2013.6461323

Filename

6461323