BUILD IT YOURSELF

Components to Buy 

• Myoware Muscle Sensor 2.0

• Myoware Link Shield

• Myoware Arduino Shield

• Arduino Uno R3

• USB A to USB B Cable

• Compact 3.5mm Jack Male to Male

• Bar Electrodes 

• Wires

• Heat Shrink

There are 3 components to this build: 

1. The hardware

   1. Arduino

   2. Myoware arduino shield

2. The human connection

   1. Electrodes and wiring 

3. The frontend 

   1. Google app builder

      1. Hosted on APPLICATION

THE HARDWARE

Components for this section:

• 1 Arduino Uno R3 Board

• 1 Myoware Arduino Shield

• 1 USB A to USB B Cable

• 2 Compact 3.5mm Jack Male to Male

• Plastic Case

• Foam Pads

Summary:

The hardware for this project is how the EMG signal is compiled and transferred into the laptop. This section primarily includes basic assembly, but caution must be taken to correctly attach the Myoware Shield to the Arduino board.

Procedure:

1. Attach Myoware Shield to Arduino board

2. Attach the two 3.5 mm cables to two difference ports on the Myoware link shield

3. 3D print the housing file

4. Fit the Arduino construction into the print

5. Attach cable through the port

THE SOFTWARE

Components for this section:

• Laptop

Summary:

This part of the project takes the signals from a basic graphical output to a musical instrument. The code is attached below

THE HUMAN CONNECTION

Components for this section:

• Wires

• Sticky Electrodes

• Bar Electrodes

• Heat Shrink

• Myoware Muscle Sensor 

• Myoware Link Shield

Summary:

This part of the project that takes the signals from the human directly to the Myoware Muscle Sensor and into the Arduino where the signal is processed. It requires soldering equipment, a heat gun.

1. First cut the white snap electrodes that come with the reusable sticky electrodes -- we well use these to make an adaptable attachment for regular bar electrodes and the stick electrodes

2. Add wire in between the cut off snap electrode to lengthen it by about 3 - 4 feet -- these will attach to the Myoware muscle sensor

   1. One of the wires should be off colored to indicate that it is the ref/ground wire.

   2. Add heat shrink to the soldered connection

3. Use the Nylon braided wire cover and and snake the three wires through.

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