A Precision Low-Level DAS/ECG

Cardiotachometer Demo Board

Created by Dr. John Brown

Prepared by Thomas Kuehl & Laura Groskie
Texas Instruments – Tucson, AZ
 A Precision Low-Level DAS/ECG
Cardiotachometer Demo Board

Presentation Outline

• Biopotentials

• Electrocardiogram, ECG

• ECG characteristics

• ECG electrodes and connections

• The DAS/ECG board electrical functions and capabilities

• AC and DC applications for the DAS/ECG board

Biopotentials – Muscle Cell

Muscle Reaction

Resting State
 Biopotentials from Cells
Electrical Signals From the Body

EVERY CELL IS LIKE A LITTLE BATTERY

Action
Voltage
Potential
Reversed Potential
HUMAN CELL +20mV
Volts 0V
Time
-70mV
+ Na +
Na
+ K + Depolarization Repolarization
K
++ Ca ++
Ca
- Cl -
Cl
IONS Resting Potential
-70mV
Biopotentials from Cells
Electrical Signals From the Heart
Cardiac Conduction System of the Heart
ECG Waveforms
English E C G, German E K G
P, Q, R, S, T, U

Left Heart
Contracts

Biggest Heart Muscle, R Wave

 Biopotentials from Cells - Electrodes

IONS to ELECTRONS CONVERTER

Electrodes Convert
Ionic Signals From The Body DIAGNOSTIC
Into Electrical Signals in Wires MONITOR
ECG
BP
TEMP
RESP

Na+ e-
K+ e-
Cl - e-
 Basic ECG electrode connections

Electrocardiogram
Records Electrical
ECG is Measure Changes From Beating
of Heart as a Heart
Ionic or Electrical Vin- INA
(Left Arm)
Generator
+2.5V dc Vin = Vin+ - Vin-

ECG +2.5V dc
Heart
+2.5V
Vin+ INA
(Right Arm)
+2.5V

Electrodes Transduce
Elec
Ions Into Electrons
+2.5V dc

Common-mode Volt
= (Vin+ + Vin-)/2
(Used for RL Drive)
 ECG Einthoven Triangle, 1907

3 Derived Leads
I, II, III Einthoven’s Law

I = VLA-RL – VRA-RL In electrocardiogram at any

given instant the potential
of any wave in Lead 2 is
equal to the sum of the
3 Body potentials in Lead I and III.
Electrodes

II = VLL-RL – VRA-RL III = VLL-RL – VLA-RL

RL
Ref
 ECG Electrode – Electrical Model

0 to 500mV Electrode
0.5 to 10F
0.5 to 100k Skin Amplifier
1k 1F
Body

55 10k
10kΩ 10^10

1k 1F

Frequency Response BSEA

Ions to Electrons
Fo = 1 / 2 π RC
Fo = 0.159 / (1k) (1F)
= 159Hz
 ECG and Blood Pressure Waves

120 mm Hg Vessel Maximum Pressure Head

Pressure signal has slower rise

30Hz BW, 25 harmonics
60 mm Hg Vessel Relaxation

R
1 mV p-p ECG signal has faster rise
P TU
100Hz BW, 70 harmonics
QS Left Heart Relaxes
Left Heart Contracts
 Actual ECG - Normal

Chart Speed: 25mm / sec 24 mm, 0.96 sec

1mV R
Cal T U
P
Q 10 mm, 1 mVp-p
10 mm = 1 mV

S
= BW

10mm = BASELINE or dc DRIFT

0.4sec Charging Time Constant of High Pass Filter and
Changing Electrode Half-Cell Potential
24 mm x 1 sec / 25mm = 0.96 sec / beat => 1 / 0.96 sec = 1.04 bps
62 bpm
at rest
ECG Irregular Tracings Due to Artifacts

60Hz Pick-Up Baseline dc Instability

Muscle Shaking Baseline or dc Drift

 A Precision Low-Level DAS/ECG
Cardiotachometer Demo Board
Can Also Be Used As Precision Low-Level Data Acquisition System Front-End

“Mr. E. C. Gee”

ECG

Vin- INA
(Left Arm)
Demo Meter
0 6 0
Heart
About 1mVp-p
Board BPM
Vin+ INA
Single +5V Supply
(Right Arm)

VCM = (Vin+ + Vin-)/2 Flashing LED Beeping Speaker

Common-mode volt
Used for RL drive
(Right Leg)
John Brown, 12/5/2006
 A Precision Low-Level DAS/ECG
Cardiotachometer Demo Board

ECG BP

Vin- INA
(Left Arm)
Meter
Finger
INA & Vout Cardiotach 6 0
0.15 – 2.5mVp-p
0
OPAs Circuit BPM
Heart
Vin+ INA
(Right Arm)
Vout, Overall
Non-Inv Gain
With Respect
to Vin- INA

(Right Leg)

Common-mode Volt LED Speaker

= (Vin+ + Vin-)/2
(Used for RL Drive)
 A Precision Low-Level DAS/ECG
Cardiotachometer Demo Board
Uses 7 TI IC Types, 11 U’s Total
Resistor Divider for TPS71550 TLV3491
Creating Differential LDO Auto
Voltages on Demo Board +5.2V to +24V dc +5V +4.8V dc, <1mA to 15mA
SubReg Power
Vin
Ckt Down Ckt
0.1uF
RA ECG BP U7 Cb7,8 U8
499k
Vin- INA
(Left Arm)
Meter
Finger Cardiotach
RB
499k
Vdiff 0.15 – 2.5mVp-p INA326 Vout Circuit 0 6 0
OPA335s BPM
Heart
Vin+ INA 0.1uF
OPA335s
(Right Arm) Cb1,2,3,4,5,6
TLC556
DIP-8 U1, U2, U3 U4, U5, U6
RC Socket Vout, Overall
499k 0.1uF
OPT101 Non-Inv Gain Cb9

U11 With Respect

to Vin- INA +2.5V
OPA335 out REF3025
U9
Common-mode Volt LED Speaker
= (Vin+ + Vin-)/2 Uncommitted U10
(Used for RL Drive)
Op Amp
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Cardiotachometer Demo Board
AC-coupled input stage
LPF

Normal-Mode dc Normal-Mode dc
R Removed
480R

0.48V dc + 2mV p-p G = -480 GT = 2,400

G=5 - +5
Vin- V
- OPA336, 4.9V max
+5V +2.5V 335
Tiny Offset
Signal 1mVp in INA326 +
HPF +2.5V ±2.4Vp 4.8Vp-p
max
Vin+ + IA Ref Pin
0.1V min
0.48V dc + 1mV p-p
-
+2.5V Input +2.5V
+ Offset
Vcm
Integrator in Feedback
Common = 0V, Vref = +2.5V
 A Precision Low-Level DAS/ECG
Cardiotachometer Demo Board
Right leg drive circuit

R1 22pF
390k R4 1k C2
Vin-
480mV max dc differential (Left Arm)
R6 C1 2
electrode potential Vin = Vin+ - Vin- 40.2k100pF 1
-
+2.5V dc U1
0.15 - 2.4mVp-p 8 INA326
40.2k 3
R7 +
Heart +2.5V dc R2
390k R51k
Vin+
(Right Arm) +5V 0.1uF
C3
22pF RG =R6+R7
2 - 8Cb2 Vcm +
A1 1
3
+ 4
U2 47pF C4
OPA2335 R8
R9 20k
390k
Self-Zero
+2.5V dc 6
390k 7 -
A2
Common-mode Volt R3 Vcm - + +2.5
= (Vin+ + Vin-)/2 5
(Used for RL Drive) (high inverting gain)
Right Leg Drive Amplifier
 A Precision Low-Level DAS/ECG
Cardiotachometer Demo Board
CMOS +5V SINGLE SUPPLY, INA326/7 & OPA2335

Stage2, Gain = 200 – 1,200 GT=1k,2k,4k,6k

CLPFext xxxxuF xxxxHz
Low Pass Filters C7 0.0015uF 100Hz Total Gain = 1,000 – 6,000
Stage1, Gain = 5 (noise roll off)
V IA Out C8 0.0047uF 35Hz
0.1uF C9 0.01uF 17Hz
Total Gain, V/V RGext
Cb1 4.99k
+5V x1k R14 Centered +2.5V
U1 x2k R15 2.49k
2 - +5V 1M

INA326,
7 x4k R16 1.24k
A3
81
R18
Vout
x6k R17 0.825k = Vin x Rgain total
327 (shtdn) 6 Vout INA 3 + 4 0.1uF
R/R I/O
ac
High Pass Filters Cb3 0.15V to 4.8Vp-p out
Self-Zero (dc restoration)
Hold
5 4C5 R11 R12 R13
R10
470pF 3.01M 316k 80.6k
200k
0.05Hz 0.5Hz 2Hz (quick restore)
ac 20k
dc + 5 +2.5V
7 +5V supply
A4 U3 Vdc R19
- 20k
C6 6 OPA2335 pedestal R20
C high pass = 1uF Self-Zero ½ Vsup
Integrator (high pass filter): Electrically Isolated
Time Constant = RC. Fo=
0.05Hz diagnostic mode, from Earth Gnd
0.5Hz monitor mode, and
+2.5V dc 2Hz quick restore
Power Supply

ac-Coupled
Analog Circuit Common
Removes dc electrode offset
(isolated from earth ground)
+Vs -Vs
 A Precision Low-Level DAS/ECG
Cardiotachometer Demo Board
DC restorer - removes electrode offset

Vout frequency response

U1 INA326
-
R1 Av f-3dB = 1/(2πR2C2)
Vout INA
RG 80.4k

R1 + Ref
+
R2
C2 1uF R2 3M
+5
C1 470pF

f
R1 200k

0.05Hz
-

2.5v R4 20k
+
+ +5
U2 OPA365
+5 R3 20k
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Cardiotachometer Demo Board

Light Sound
Flash Burst

<30 to >240 Beats per Minute 0 6 0

BPM BPM
Meter

Differentiator Pulse Peak Pulse Stretcher Burst Output

Front-End
Meter
ECG (Electro)
Differentiator
One Shot Flasher
Or Peak-to-Peak
Multivibrator
Detector Beep
BP (Optical)
oscillator
See Detailed Circuits
 A Precision Low-Level DAS/ECG
Cardiotachometer Demo Board
+5V Single Supply
Front-End
<30 to >240 Beats per Minute
ECG Differentiator & Pos-Neg Burst Output
+2.5V
Peak-to-Peak Detector One Shot fosc = 1.44 / C15 (R26 + 2R27)  1kHz
+5V
+2.5V Pulse Stretcher 0V
50% osc duty cycle
Person +5V
TON = 1.1R25C13 = 0.1s thi = 0.693 C15 (R26+R27), tlo = 0.693 C15 R26
Vout Elec Common
D2 0.1uF
C10
6 0.01F 0.01F
IN4148 R25 C12 Cb6 R26 C14
+5V 7 1M 3 4 14 28k 11
0.1F 2 5
8 D1 R22 9
0.1uF
Cb4
1 5 2M 1
½ TLC556 R27 13 ½ TLC556 R28 R29
C11 61.9k
3 4 IN4148
3.01M 0.1F 2 Dual Timer 12
Dual Timer 4.99k 249
R19 R20 C16
R21 8
20k 20k OPA2335 0.1F 0.01F 1F
U4 C13
One-Shot C15
Oscillator
+5V 6 Trig 5 10 Reset
0.1uF
R24
100k
100msec 1kHz
Cb5 U6
2 +5V R23 Clean 7
8 1 10k 6 Triggering
7
3 4 OPA2335 +5V +5V
U5 5 LED Speaker
0V 0V
Vdcpedestal = +2.5V = ½ Vsup
 A Precision Low-Level DAS/ECG
Cardiotachometer Demo Board
Battery, Power Sub-Regulator
and Auto Power Down Circuit
<1mA to 15mA On 
6A Off
Battery +6.5V to +9.25V +5.9V to +8.65V
Reg Output Power Down When C3
D3 4 4A Iq is Charged >90% of Vreg
0.6V Drop
Ext. Reverse TPS 71550
External i
bat protect 5V Vreg +5V
Supply +4.8V
+5.1V to LDO Reg
+24V Cb7 SOT323-5 5 10M +5V 1A U8 1.2A
R30 +4.5V
+ C17
SC70 0A e 1M Iq +1mA to
0.1F R31 4 5 +15mA
9V Cb8
-
U7 2 C18
R33
TLV 3491 1
Battery 0.47F 1k
+4.5V Comp
- C19
dc sot23-5
100F + 2
Load
3 1M
C3 4.75M
R32
R34

Common, Isolated or Ground Mom. close SW to Start Timer 90% of 5V

40 minutes to Auto Turn-Off Threshold
 A Precision Low-Level DAS/ECG
Cardiotachometer Demo Board

“Pin-Plug and Play” features

• Wires to pin-sockets, no soldering, plus plug selectable gain & BW

• Self contained ICs, resistors, capacitors, LED, speaker, switches
• Battery operated (+9V included) or external supply up to 24V max
with auto-sleep
• Adjustable gain & BW (Separate LPF & HPF), differential or single-
ended inputs, ac or dc coupled
• Breadboard area for additional circuits
 A Precision Low-Level DAS/ECG
Cardiotachometer Demo Board – top side
Can Hold Right Side of Board Against Table to Steady Skin-Electrode Contact

Speaker On
Left Thumb

G = 1kV/V
OPT Not Used
In This Example 0.05Hz to 35Hz BW

Plugged Into
ac-Coupled
Position
Right Thumb
Forward, Out put Swing Up From
Mid +2.5Vdc Towards +5V
Right Finger
Underneath
ac-coupled ECG Waveform Appear at Vout
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Cardiotachometer Demo Board – top side
Gain Control, Selected By Changing Shorting Bar Position

LA
LED
Input
40 Vsup
Gain minute Ext
x1k,2k,4k,6k Timer
Start Off/On
Input Pins

Ext Switch
Speaker
Vout
ac LPF
dc 17,35,100Hz
RA HPF Ext +5V
Input dc,0.05,0.5,2Hz Com

RL
back
 A Precision Low-Level DAS/ECG
Cardiotachometer Demo Board – top side

External Pwr Supply Input

Independent Op Amp Digital Burst Out
U9 with Pin Socketsac Peak-to-Peak Start Timer Burst Test Point
Comparator
Detector U4, U5 Push Oscillator
Left Arm Pad, +2.5V REF3025 4 Op Amps Button U6
U8 TLV3491 LED
Vin- of IA U10 with Test
Point TLC556
Vin+, Vin-, and Vin common-mode (RL on back)

8-pin DIP Socket

U11 with Pin Sockets
½ Vsup
test pt
IA Out Off/On
test pt Switch

Vout

Gain LPF
x1k,2k,4k, 17,35,100Hz,
HPF 6k,Ext Ext
OPA U2 ac 0.05,0.5,
dc Breadboard
CM 2Hz
Sel Area
Right Arm Pad, Vcm, +, -, or 3 R Div Can Convert Instrumentation U1 OPA U3 2nd +5V LDO U7 Speaker
Vin+ of IA Com Select Single-ended to Diff Amplifier 1st Stage Gain Stage Gain TPS71550
 A Precision Low-Level DAS/ECG
Cardiotachometer Demo Board – back side
This Demo Board Supports Many Applications Brief Instructions

Easy-to-Use Pin
Sockets (No Soldering)

Speaker +9V Battery

Left Arm Pad,

Vcm from IA, -
Vcm, +Vcm,
Breadboard Com

Area
 Low-Level DAS / ECG Cardiotachometer
Demo Board - Standing

Gently Hold Electrode Pad Areas (relax fingers), Standing can be ok. Sit Down if Possible
 A Precision Low-Level DAS/ECG
Cardiotachometer Demo Board

Additional Applications

• Industrial pressure, temperature flow and humidity and

general sensor signal conditioning
• Medical diagnostic and biophysical monitoring
• Analytical and scientific instrumentation
• Communications sensor and signal amplification
• Automotive sensors
 A Precision Low-Level DAS/ECG
Cardiotachometer Demo Board

Vref

Puffing
Tube
Pressure

Pressure Bridge Application

Quickly Puffing on Tube
ac-Coupled
 Low-Level DAS / ECG Cardiotachometer
Demo Board – Puffing Pressure Bridge
Silicon Microstructurers Inc.
Milpitas, CA, Press Bridge
SSM5410-005-G-P
408-577-0100
Stage1, Gain = 5 Stage2, Gain = 600
GT = 2000V/V
R1 22pF
Vref = +5V Vin- 390k R4 1k C2
0.1uF
Cb1
+5V
Vbrg offset 1 +2.5VCM U1 7 2 +5V 1M
= 43mVdc 5 (+) R6 C1
100pF
2
- INA326, -
A3
81
R18
Vout
40.2k 1 = Vin x Rgain total
2 (-) 327 (shtdn) 6 Vout INA 3 + 4 0.1uF
3.3k ΔVin 1.5mVP-P
8 R/R I/O High Pass Filters
Cb3
40.2k 3 ac (dc restoration) 2.5VDC ± 1.5Vp
0.15 – 2.4mVP-P + Self-Zero Hold
5 4C5
R7
R2 R11 1.0 to 4.0V
3,4 Vin+ 390k R51k
R10
200k 470pF 3..01M
C3 0.05Hz
22pF ac 20k
+2.5VCM +5V
dc + 5 +2.5V
2 7 +5V supply
- 8 1
Vcm + A4 U3 Vdc R19
- 20k
Spec is 100mV A1 C6 6 OPA2335 pedestal R20
+ 4
diff out for 5psi U2 3 47pF C4 Self-Zero ½ Vsup
input: 0.75mVp OPA2335 R8

out for 0.0375 Self-Zero

390k
R9 20k ac-Coupled
390k 7 - 6 Removes 43mVdc brg offset
psi input +2.5V A2 +2.5V dc
R3 Vcm - +
Common-mode Volt 5 Power Supply

= (Vin+ + Vin-)/2 (high inverting gain)

(NOT USED) Analog Circuit Common
It’s possible to omit A1, depending on resistances. (isolated from earth ground)
+Vs -Vs
 Low-Level DAS / ECG Cardiotachometer
Demo Board – Puffing Pressure Bridge
Vin-
+5V Excitation Directly INA
From Sub Regulated +5V Gtotal = 2kV/V
Supply 2Hz to
Pressure Bridge Vin+ 17Hz BW
INA
NOTE – Same Phase
- Bridge (2) Out => Vin+ INA
+ Bridge (5) Out => Vin- INA
Makes Vout Have Same
Plugged Into
Phase as Vin diff That is
ac-Coupled
Vout 2nd Stage Increases
Position
When Vin- INA Increases
With Respect to Vin+ INA 5mmHg, 0.0375psi Change
When Puffing

ac-Coupled
Puffing Pressure
Input
Same Phase
Mechanical
Pressure Gage
 Low-Level DAS / ECG Cardiotachometer
Demo Board – Puffing Pressure Bridge
0.2 second per puff
300 puffs per minute

SIGNAL
1.5Vp-p ac

+2.5V
Offset
0.2 second
Puffs
Scope
Trace 0V

+4V

2nd Timer 0V
100ms, 1kHz
Burst Osc Out
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Cardiotachometer Demo Board

Squeezing Vref
Circuit Uses OPA336s
Tube Instead of OPA335s

Pressure Bridge Application

Slowly Squeezing on Tube
dc-Coupled
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Cardiotachometer Demo Board
dc-coupled
dc bridge offset (Normal-Mode voltage) is
not removed
Vout Bridge offset will shift output
ac + dc
voltage up or down
+4.9V max swing
Output
Signal
+2.5V mid scale

0.1V min swing

time
In single supply circuits, a mid-scale offset is used
with the amplifiers to assure linear operation.
 Low-Level DAS / ECG Cardiotachometer
Demo Board – Squeezing Pressure Bridge
Silicon Microstructurers Inc.
Milpitas, CA, Press Bridge
SSM5410-005-G-P
408-577-0100
G1= 100V/V
G2= -1V/V GT= 100V/V
R1 22pF G= 2(R10/RG)
Vref = +5V Vin- 390k R4 1k C2
+5V
Vbrg offset +2.5VCM U1 +5V 1M
1 7 2
= 43mVdc 5 (+)
R6 C1
100pF
2
-
-
A3
81
R18
Vout
40.2k 1 = Vin x Rgain total
2 (-) 6 Vout INA 3 + 4 0.1uF
3.3k RG = 4.21k 8 INA326
ac
High Pass Filters
Cb3
[RA ║(R6+R7)] 40.2k RA 3 (dc restoration)
R7 + 4 Hold
R2 R10 5 C5 R11
3,4 Vin+ 390k R51k 3..01M
200k 470pF
C3 0.05Hz
22pF ac 20k
+2.5VCM +5V
dc + 5 +2.5V
2 7 +5V supply
- 8 1
Vcm + A4
-
U3 R19
20k
Spec is 100mV A1 C6 6 OPA2336 R20
+ 4
diff out for 5psi U2 3 47pF C4 not used
input: 0.75mVp OPA2336 R9
R8
20k dc-coupled
390k
out for 0.0375 not used amplifies 43mVdc
390k 7 - 6
psi input +2.5V A2 +2.5V dc bridge offset
R3 Vcm - +
5 Power Supply

Analog Circuit Common

(isolated from earth ground)
+Vs -Vs
 Low-Level DAS / ECG Cardiotachometer
Demo Board – Squeezing Pressure Bridge

#2, +2.5V Excitation Gtotal =

Buffered Through Op amp Vin- 100V/V dc
INA +2.5V
Or
+5V
#1, +5V Excitation Directly 17Hz BW
From Sub Regulated
Supply Circuit Uses
Vin+
INA OPA336s
NOTE – Opposite Phase
Instead of
+ Bridge (5) Out => Vin+ INA
- Bridge (2) Out => Vin- INA OPA335s for
Makes Vout Have Opposite INA326 OPA336 Op Amps
Phase as Vin diff That is RG = RF = 1M
Vout 2nd Stage Decreases 4.02k Plugged Into
When Vin+ INA Increases dc-Coupled
With Respect to Vin- INA Position

dc-Coupled
Pressure Bridge Slowly Squeezing
Tube Opposite
Pressure Tubing
T-Connection
Phase
 Low-Level DAS / ECG Cardiotachometer
Demo Board – Squeezing Pressure Bridge

Scope
Trace
#1 +5V on Bridge SIGNAL, with +5V Bridge Excitation
0.99V 0.99V out  G=100 = 9.9mV in => 0.255psi bridge

#2 +2.5V on Bridge
0.51V SIGNAL, with +2.5V Bridge Excitation
0.51V out  G=100 = 5.1mV in => 0.495psi bridge
Half signal 5 seconds
amplitude,
due to half Vdc offset + Vac sig
43mV + 0.99V
2nd Timer
excitation 0V 100ms, 1kHz
voltage Slow Squeeze
Burst Osc Out

Pulse +4V
Triggered P-P Detector
0V
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Demo Board - Optical Relative Blood Pressure Monitor

Optical Finger Plethysmograph

BP is Measure of Heart as Records Volume Changes Due to Blood Flow
a Mechanical Pump
+5V Single Supply
Stage1, Gain = 5
22pF
+2.5V dc 499k 390k +Vcc
1k
Vin- +5V
Vsig
-Vcc
2 7
BP Finger
40k
100pF
1
-
INA326, 6
Photodiode 8 R/R I/O
+2.5V 499k Self-Zero
40k 3 4
+
+2.5V 5
Light Heart +2.5V dc 390k +Vcc
1k 200k 470pF
Source Vin+ -Vcc 22pF 6
+5V 7 +
Mech Lamp or 2 A4
- 8 1 -
LED 499k
A1 5
3
+ 4
47pF

390k 20k

Photodiode Examples +2.5V dc 390k 7 - 6

A2
+
Vishay/Telefunken BPW34, 7.5mm2 Area 5 +2.5V dc
Hamamatsu S1227-BR, S2387-16R, 6.49mm2 Area (high inverting gain)
Right Leg Drive Amplifier
TI OPT101, Just PD, 5.2mm2 Area
It’s possible to omit A1, depending on resistances.
 A Precision Low-Level DAS/ECG Cardiotachometer
Demo Board - Optical Relative Blood Pressure Monitor

Photodiode Inside OPT101 (Can Use Separate Photodiode) ac-Coupled

Gt=6kV/V

17Hz
2Hz
ac-
Coupled

Differential Input Voltage OPT101 Photodiode Connected to 3-R Divider

to Create Differential Input Voltage
 A Precision Low-Level DAS/ECG Cardiotachometer
Demo Board - Optical Relative Blood Pressure Monitor
0.94 second per beat
64 beats per minute

SIGNAL
0.7Vp-p ac
Optical
+2.5V
1st Timer Offset
Trigger
0.94 second
Input Scope 0V
Trace

1st Timer
Output
0V

2nd Timer
100ms,
1kHz Burst 0V
Osc Out Missing Sound Burst
Did Not Trigger P-P Detector or Maybe
DIGITAL O-SCOPE Abnormality
 A Precision Low-Level DAS/ECG
Cardiotachometer Demo Board

The low-level DAS/ECG demo board:

• Provides a useful platform for low signal level circuit
development.
• Is useful as a portable, self-contained cardiotachometer.
• Demonstrates the ability of very small amplitude signals to be
amplified in the presence of large common-mode signals.
• Provides either AC or DC coupling, but very large gain may be
difficult to use for DC due to offset.
• Accommodates a variety of medical and non-medical sensors
and applications.