MyoWare 2.0 Muscle Sensor Module

Using our muscles to control things is the way that most of us are accustomed to doing it. We push buttons, pull levers, move joysticks… but what if we could take the buttons, levers and joysticks out of the equation and control it with our muscles? The MyoWare® 2.0 Muscle Sensor is an Arduino-compatible, all-in-one electromyography (EMG) sensor from Advancer Technologies that allows you to do just that! The MyoWare 2.0 Muscle Sensor has been redesigned from the ground up with a new easy-to-use, compact design and upgraded with the latest and greatest chipset improving sensor performance and reliability. The innovative snap connector system eliminates the need to solder connections for the MyoWare 2.0 ecosystem. It’s that easy: stick on a few electrodes, read the output voltage and flex some muscles!
The MyoWare 2.0 Muscle Sensor measures muscle activity through the electric potential of the muscle, commonly referred to as surface electromyography (EMG or sEMG for short). When your brain tells your muscle to flex, it sends an electrical signal to your muscle to start recruiting motor units (the bundles of muscle fibers that generate the force behind your muscles).
The harder you flex, the more motor units are recruited to generate great muscle force. The greater the number of motor units, the more the electrical activity of your muscle increases. MyoWare 2.0 Muscle Sensor will analyze the filtered and rectified electrical activity of a muscle and output a signal (0-VIN volts, where VIN signifies the voltage of the power source) that represents how hard the muscle is being flexed.
The MyoWare 2.0 Muscle Sensor builds upon its previous wearable design that allows you to attach biomedical sensor pads directly to the board itself, getting rid of those pesky cables. This board includes a single-supply voltage of +3.3V to +5V, three output modes, reverse polarity protected power pins, and indicator LEDs. Additionally, we have developed a few shields (such as the Cable, Power, and LED shields to name a few) that can attach to the MyoWare 2.0 Muscle Sensor to help increase its versatility and functionality! The muscle sensor’s snap connector system makes it easier to stack shields together. The top side connectors link to power and the sensor’s EMG envelope output while the bottom side links to the input electrodes.
Measuring muscle activity by detecting its electric potential has traditionally been used for medical research. However, with the advent of ever shrinking yet more powerful microcontrollers and integrated circuits, EMG circuits and sensors have found their way into all kinds of control systems such as video games, robotics, and prosthetics! Biomedical sensor pads can be found in the Recommended Products section below to be purchased separately.

Features:

• Wearable Design
• Supply Voltage
  • Minimum: +2.27V
  • Typically: +3.3V to +5V
  • Maximum: +5.47V
• Input Bias Current
  • 250pA, max 1nA
• Reverse Polarity Protection
• Three Output Modes
  • Raw EMG
  • Rectified
  • Envelope
• Expandable via Shields
• MyoWare® 2.0 Muscle Sensor Form Factor
  • 3x Female Snap Pins (Power and EMG Envelope Output)
  • 3x Male Snap Pins (Input Electrodes)
• LED Indicators
  • VIN
  • ENV
• Reference Electrode Jumper
• Specially Designed For Microcontrollers
• Adjustable Gain
• Board Dimensions
  • 37.57mm x 35.90mm (1.48” x 1.41”)

Biomedical Sensor Pad:
This is a Biomedical Sensor Pad, disposable electrodes that can be used to measure EEG, ECG and EMG levels. These little pads are perfect for short-term monitoring of Neurofeedback and Biofeedback purposes. They are to be used once and are very handy because of integrated, latex-free gel. Each pad adheres very well to the skin and the snap connector can be pushed on or removed from the electrode lead with no issue.

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Package Includes:
1 x MyoWare Muscle Sensor module
3 x Biomedical Sensor Pads
1 x MyoWare 2.0 Reference Cable