BITalino - A Multimodal Platform for Physiological Computing

José Guerreiro, Raúl Martins, Hugo Silva, André Lourenço, Ana Fred

2013

Abstract

By definition, physical computing deals with the study and development of interactive systems that sense and react to the analog world. In an analogous way, physiological computing can be defined as the field, within physical computing, that deals with the study and development of systems that sense and react to the human body. While physical computing has seen significant advancements leveraged by the popular Arduino platform, no such equivalent can yet be found for physiological computing. In this paper we present a novel, low-cost and versatile platform, targeted at multimodal biosignal acquisition and that can be used to support classroom activities, interface with other devices, or perform rapid prototyping of end-user applications in the field of physiological computing. We build on previous work developed by our group, by presenting an improved version of the BITalino platform, emphasizing on the hardware characterization, benchmarking and design principles.

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in Harvard Style

Guerreiro J., Martins R., Silva H., Lourenço A. and Fred A. (2013). BITalino - A Multimodal Platform for Physiological Computing . In Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics - Volume 1: ICINCO, ISBN 978-989-8565-70-9, pages 500-506. DOI: 10.5220/0004594105000506


in Bibtex Style

@conference{icinco13,
author={José Guerreiro and Raúl Martins and Hugo Silva and André Lourenço and Ana Fred},
title={BITalino - A Multimodal Platform for Physiological Computing},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics - Volume 1: ICINCO,},
year={2013},
pages={500-506},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0004594105000506},
isbn={978-989-8565-70-9},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics - Volume 1: ICINCO,
TI - BITalino - A Multimodal Platform for Physiological Computing
SN - 978-989-8565-70-9
AU - Guerreiro J.
AU - Martins R.
AU - Silva H.
AU - Lourenço A.
AU - Fred A.
PY - 2013
SP - 500
EP - 506
DO - 10.5220/0004594105000506