Design of a low-cost wireless surface EMG acquisition system

Author

Jianting Fu ; Jian Chen ; Yizhi Shi ; Yao Li

Author_Institution

Chongqing Inst. of Green & Intell. Technol., Chongqing, China

fYear

2013

fDate

6-8 Nov. 2013

Firstpage

699

Lastpage

702

Abstract

A low-cost wireless surface EMG acquisition system has been designed for general purpose human-machine interaction. The system includes disposable surface EMG sensor, wireless communication module and signal analysis unit. The system has four simultaneous recording channels with the resolution of micro volt and wireless communication distance ranges 15 meters. A new pattern extraction algorithm has been developed to predict hand wrist gesture from forearm-surface EMG signal. This EMG data acquisition system provides a convenient human-machine interaction interface for biomimetic control applications.

Keywords

biomechanics; data acquisition; electromyography; human computer interaction; medical signal detection; medical signal processing; pattern classification; telemedicine; wireless channels; wireless sensor networks; EMG channel recording; biomimetic control applications; distance 15 m; electromyography; forearm-surface EMG signal analysis; hand wrist gesture prediction; human-machine interaction interface; microvolt resolution; pattern extraction algorithm; surface EMG sensor; wireless communication module; wireless surface EMG data acquisition system; Electrodes; Electromyography; Muscles; Surface impedance; Surface treatment; Wireless communication; Wrist;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Neural Engineering (NER), 2013 6th International IEEE/EMBS Conference on

Conference_Location

San Diego, CA

ISSN

1948-3546

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NER.2013.6696030

Filename

6696030