Charles Fracchia


SmartGlasses: for high-throughput Phenotype Collection

Fracchia and Marblestone







Description

Disclaimer: We make no claims about the safety of the below techniques or about their appropriateness for any purpose. Use at your own risk and consult experts on electronics safety. For example, you should not place the electrodes on your body if the power is supplied from a computer that is plugged in to mains!

Capabilities of the system

Using this system with a set of three fabric electrodes from a Zeo Sleep Monitor, we were able to observe heart rate by placing the electrodes on the user's chest, thumbs, throat and temples. We have also been able to see certain muscle activities when the electrodes were placed on the user's temples. We were able to record eye movements, blinking and swallowing motion.

Note: The following assessments are based on early testing of a protype and thus may not reflect accurately the full capabilities of the system.

  • From Chest

  • From Throat

  • From Hand

  • Detecting blinking

  • Is there EEG there? :)

Download

FabECG GitHub

Circuit PNG files

How to make it

Milling

We used a Modela MDX-20 from Roland with the open-source Fab Modules from the Center for Bits and Atoms at MIT to mill the board. Load the latest traces png file from the archive and cut them using a 1/64" mill. The default settings are changed by using the correct option in the dropdown from the Fab Modules program. Use a -1 value for the number of offsets when generating the path if you want a board that has only the traces left (like picture above). Use a 1/32" mill to cut the outline of the board by using the cutout png.

Soldering

Electronic Components List
Name Position Reference
0 Ohm Resistor R1, R6 and R7 link
2.2k Ohm Resistor R8 & RG link
15k Ohm Resistor R2 & R3 link
25k Ohm Resistor R9, R10 & R11 link
1M Ohm Resistor R4 & R5 link
1M Potentiometer Potentiometer link
6.8nF or 10nF Capacitor C1 link
0.1uF Capacitor C2 & C3: Bridging the 2 pins of the input connector (bottom left of board on v6m) link
220nF Capacitor C7, C8 & C9 link
AD620 Instrumentation Amplifier Bottom Left IC (v6m) link
CA3140 OpAmp Top Right IC (v6m) link

Data collection and measurements

  • Measurement setup

    Use the analog input of the arduino to sample the FabECG board. We will be sharing our software soon. Please bear with us as we prep for a release we're sure you'll enjoy :)

Download

EAGLE schematic and board

Design

Please use either the download or the GitHub links above to obtain the latest version of the EAGLE design files.

v6m is the latest version as of October 10th 2012. It doesn't include some indicator LEDs that are likely to be added in future

v5m is the last version with a double-sided board. It is not functional in its current state. It is likely missing a filtering capacitor on the CA3140 Voltage Follower feedback loop (see this thread).

Below is the schematic for v6m of the FabECG board:

Authors

FabECG is the work of Charles Fracchia and Adam Marblestone as part of a collaborative effort between MIT and Harvard Medical School. The aim of this effort is to revolutionize the way medicine uses genetic and physiologic data by creating new tools that enable the collection and analysis of data streams from a wide range of sources.

Adam has a more detailed page about some of the electronics findings here.