Building a real-life version of the Star Trek tricorder has been the goal of engineers and hackers alike since the first time Dr McCoy complained about being asked to work outside of his job ...

He wanted to do a little more with the equipment so he ditched the watch and built an Arduino-based heart rate monitor. He’s still using the chest strap and was happy to find that SparkFun sells ...

If you would prefer to build your very own DIY heart rate monitor, rather than purchase an expensive smartwatch or fitness tracker. You may be interested in a project published to the Hackster.io ...

Here’s a good one, showing you how to build a heart rate monitor using a Genuino 101 with Bluetooth comms. The project takes advantage of the Bluetooth Smart comms (aka Bluetooth Low-energy) built ...

This article gives a glimpse of what a heart rate monitor is and why it’s needed. Next, the design considerations of a simple hand held heart rate monitor are discussed. Finally, it is shown how to ...