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This chapter describes the development of an embedded data logging platform for research in diving physiology. It records oxygen saturation (sO2) and other physiological parameters like heart rate and 2-channel electrocardiography, plus physical parameters like water temperature and water pressure in real time. All measured data is stored on a SD-Card in text-files. Thus easy processing with standard programs like MatLab or LabVIEW is assured. The housing is waterproof and pressure resistant to more than 20 bar (breath-hold divers have already passed the 200 m mark). It is small, lightweight, power conserving and easy to use. Moreover with a standard 1 GB SD-Card the minimum recording capacity is more than 72 h. The work was previously published at the Seventh International Workshop on Intelligent Solutions in Embedded Systems (Kuch et al. 2009, Ancona, Italy, pp 43–48) [1].
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Kuch, B., Bedini, R., L’Abbate, A., Wagner, M., Buttazzo, G., Sieber, A. (2011). Embedded Data Logging Platform for Research in Diving Physiology. In: Conti, M., Orcioni, S., Martínez Madrid, N., Seepold, R. (eds) Solutions on Embedded Systems. Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, vol 81. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-0638-5_4
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