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From: nagle@netcom.com (John Nagle)
Subject: Re: heart pulse detector
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Date: Sun, 24 Oct 1993 18:16:43 GMT
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monty@mensa.usc.edu (jim montgomery) writes:
>I wish to either purchase or make a sensor that can detect a human pulse
>and then feed that pulse into a 68332 microcontroller chip.  

      Just visit any bicycle shop, sports-equipment store, or gym.  Pulse 
monitors are widely available.  A typical approach is to shine light through
some part of the body, like a finger or earlobe, and watch the changes.

					John Nagle
