Authors:
Diego Assis Siqueira Gois
;
João Paulo Andrade Lima
;
Marco Túlio Chella
and
Methanias Colaço Rodrigues Júnior
Affiliation:
Sergipe Federal University, Brazil
Keyword(s):
Acquisition, Conditioning, ECG, EMG, EOG, Usability.
Related
Ontology
Subjects/Areas/Topics:
Accessibility and Usability
;
Enterprise Information Systems
;
Human-Computer Interaction
Abstract:
As physical computing has grown and the concept of “Do it Yourself” (DIY) increased, various open-source electronics platforms emerged, such as Arduino and Raspberry pi. Still, these platforms aren't suited for acquisition and conditioning of biomedical signals. Inspired by the DIY concept, this paper presents a framework for acquisition and conditioning of biomedical signals composed of various interconnected, interchangeable, inter-configurable and reconfigurable boards, called YouMake. Moreover, they are low cost and have good documentation, making it easy for prototyping. The experimental evaluation of the platform was performed in a group of people who used it to show the level of usability and the time spent. The results showed that there are no statistical differences between the groups “with experience” and “without experience”, and even more, that it can reliably be used for a low cost alternative for acquisition and conditioning of biomedical signals.