Muscle-BioAmp-BisCute
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A cute DIY EMG sensor.
Muscle BioAmp BisCute
Muscle BioAmp BisCute is a cute DIY EMG sensor for precise ElectroMyoGraphy (EMG) at an affordable cost. It comes with a fixed gain of x2420 and BandPass filter of 72Hz - 720Hz. To record the EMG signals you can use any standalone ADC like ADS1115 or any microcontroller development board with an ADC of your choice like Arduino UNO/Nano.


Hardware
Muscle BioAmp Biscute has been created using KiCad and all the design files can be found under hardware folder. Images below shows a quick overview of the hardware design.
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Assembly
You can get your own Muscle BioAmp BisCute bag of parts from our store or Tindie and for assembling your Biscute you can take a look at this interactive BOM or the step by step guide below.
| Step 1 - Bare board | Step 2 - 100K Resistor | Step 3 - 10K Resistor | Step 4 - 1M Resistor |
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| Step 5 - 330R Resistor | Step 6 - 220K Resistor | Step 7 - 4.7nF Capacitor | Step 8 - 2.2uF Capacitor |
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| Step 9 - 470uF Capacitor | Step 10 - 100nF Capacitor | Step 11 - 1nF Capacitor | Step 13 - 1K Resistor |
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| Step 13 - BioAmp Connector | Step 14 - Header Pin | Step 15 - IC | Step 16 - Biscute ready |
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License
| Licenses Facts | OSHWA Certification |
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Hardware
CERN Open Hardware License Version 2 - Strongly Reciprocal (CERN-OHL-S-2.0).
Software
MIT open source license.
Documentation:

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

















