Development of a wireless physiological computing platform using a national instruments´ myRIO embedded device

We designed a physiological computing platform, which is easy to configure and setup using National Instruments´ myRIO embedded device. Physiological signal acquisition, processing, and visualization are required for the most basic sort of physiological computing platform. Therefore, the proposed platform consisted of these three basic modules. (1) Signal acquisition module: the physiological signals captured via the biosensors were sent wirelessly using the myRIO´s analog input channels to a PC or mobile handheld devices such as, tablet or smartphone. (2) Signal processing module: the signal processing procedures were conducted using a graphical design software i.e., LabVIEW. (3) Visualization module: the signals and computing results were on the screen for the user. In this paper, we demonstrated the effectiveness of proposed platform on non-contact measurement of the heart and respiration rates using microwave radar.