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    The document describes the design and implementation of an electrocardiogram (ECG) circuit. The ECG circuit amplifies and filters low amplitude signals from the heart to produce a clean signal of the heartbeat. The circuit uses components like electrodes, an instrumentation amplifier, variable gain amplifier, band-pass filter, notch filter, and a microcontroller. The ECG effectively amplifies and filters input signals to generate a clean cardiac waveform and remove noise like 60Hz hum.

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    ElectroCardioGra

    Variable Gain
    Amplifier

    Brian Chen & Mike Freyberger


    Department of Electrical Engineering, Princeton
    University

    Introduction
    The electrical
    What is an ECG
    activity of the heart
    produces a low
    Signal?
    amplitude signal
    every heartbeat.
    This signal is
    captured by
    measuring the
    voltage differential
    between electrodes
    placed on each wrist.
    The ECG is used to
    Visualization of the electric activity of
    amplify and filter the
    the heart
    signal from the body,
    in order to produce a
    clean signal of the
    human heartbeat.

    Physical
    Implementati
    on
    Microcontrolle
    r

    INPU
    T
    OUTP
    UT
    Instrumentation

    Notch Filter
    Band Pass
    Filter

    Instrumentation
    Amplifier

    ECG Design

    Schematic of complete
    circuit

    ECG Electrodes: Measures electric activity of the heart.


    Isolation Circuit: This contains circuitry to optically isolate the
    signal in order to ensure human safety.

    Components of the ECG


    system

    Instrumentation Amplifier: INA122 Operation Amplifier


    precision instrumentation amplifier for accurate, low noise
    differential signal acquisition.

    Band-Pass Filter: A passive filter design consisting of


    cascaded high and low pass filters to remove frequencies below
    50mHz and above 1kHz.

    Variable Gain Amplifier: Two cascaded inverting amplifiers


    used to produce a variable gain from 1 to 20.

    Notch Filter: An active op amp Twin-T notch filter with variable


    Q that eliminates main line electric hum of 60Hz.

    Results

    LTSpice simulation of complete circuit using a


    cardiac signal

    Display
    Circuit

    Physical output of complete circuit using a


    cardiac signal

    Amplifier
    Notch
    Filter

    Voltage
    Follower

    BPM Output
    Variable
    Gain
    Amplifier

    Band
    Pass
    Filter

    LTSpice simulation of complete circuit


    frequency response
    LED Heartbeat

    Physical output of complete circuit frequency


    response

    The ECG effectively amplifies and filters the input signal in order to produce a
    clean cardiac waveform.
    The frequency response demonstrates the desired results of the cascaded filters.
    DC offset, 60Hz noise, and most high frequency noise are successfully
    eliminated, but some high frequency noise persists in our output. In order to
    decrease the noise, we would decrease the upper cutoff frequency of the band
    pass filter and add another low pass filter at the end of the circuit.

    Complete ECG with display circuit

    Depending on the strength of the input signal, both the reference voltage and
    resistance of the variable gain amplifier need to be adjusted accordingly. In
    order eliminate the possibility of human error, a microcontroller can be used to
    set the right amount of amplification before ECG readings are taken.

    Schematic of display
    circuit

    The output of the ECG is sampled at a high


    frequency by the Arduino microcontroller,
    which then calculates and presents the BPM
    on the 4-digit 7-segment display.
    The amplitude of the output voltage drives
    the LED heartbeat, which lights up according
    to the different parts of the cardiac
    waveform.

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