Materials List:
Decoding Muscle Movement:
Analyzing Neuromuscular Signals With EMG
https://www.teachengineering.org/activities/view/umo-2936-virtual-lab-neuroscience-microcontrollers-activity
Analyzing Neuromuscular Signals With EMG
For the entire class to share:
- laptop or computer with Internet access and a projector (to show YouTube videos)
Each student needs:
Each group needs:
- 1 laptop or desktop computer
- 1 EMG Muscle SpikerBox Getting Started Guide
- 1 Spike Recorder Documentation V2.0
- 1 Getting Started With Muscle SpikerBox
- 1 Backyard Brains (BYB) Muscle SpikerBox Bundle
Kit includes:
- 1 Muscle SpikerBox
- 1 9v battery
- 1 orange muscle electrode cable with 3 alligator clips (red, red, black)
- 6 EMG sticker patch electrodes for large muscles
- 1 adjustable wooden electrode holder for small muscles
- 1 small bottle of electrode gel to be used with the small muscle electrode
- 1 smartphone cable to see/record spikes on mobile devices
- 1 laptop cable to view/record data onto a laptop and attach an external amplifier/speaker
- 1 Getting Started Guide
- 1 box (100 units) of EMG sticker patch electrodes for large muscles
- Access to Muscle SpikerBox Basics YouTube video (1:24 minutes)
- Access to metronome app
Note 1: This kit is ideal for you to do a demonstration. Alternatively, the above kit can support student teams of two or three. The setup could include a couple of stations that can facilitate EMG data collection for the entire classroom.
Note 2: Once the EMG data is collected, it is available to be analyzed for teaching or student research purposes.
