heart rate to arduino question

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Hi everyone.

I am looking for a way to record heart rate data when working out and then be able to send all the data wirelessly to an arduino after a hour or so of working out. I want to use a heart rate monitor and watch. All of the heart rate and arduino setups I have seen immediately send the heart rate data to the arduino and cant store the data to be sent when I’m in a certain range of the arduino. Can anyone offer suggestions on any hardware available to solve my problem?

Thank you in advance

Leslie :smiley:

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Of course this is going against the DIY spirit, but there are some great commercial heart rate monitors out there with logging features. I think by the time you paid for the sensor, the watch, the arduino, and the wireless communications at the arduino and PC end, it’d be easier and cheaper to go for a nice package where someone has solved all the hard bits for you.

That said, is there something that you want to be able to do that the commercial versions don’t offer? Of course just wanting to do it yourself for the experience is a good thing too.

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  1. Latest issue of Make magazine has a pleth style heart rate monitor featured. I think it is also for sale at the Make store.

  2. Make your own pleth sensor. It is fairly simple, but does have issues with nose form motion.

  3. Use a heart rate strap and the heart rate monitor for SFE (http://www.sparkfun.com/products/8661) or just the bare module if you can find one. This is the solution I used as the pleth type monitor would not work reliably during motion.