As it turns out, nowadays you can make your own fingertip pulse oximeter using an Arduino microcontroller and an appropriate pulse oximeter sensor module. There’s nothing to be afraid of, so go ahead ...

These oximeters output a “beep” for every beat of your heart. [Sophi] rolled her own AVR board running Arduino firmware to capture pulses on their way to the oximeter audio transducer.

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Pulse oximeters could be a handy tool to monitor COVID-19 symptoms at home, write Stuart Marshall and David A. Story.

A pulse oximeter is a routine clinical monitor that’s been in use in and out of hospital for years. Most types you can buy for use at home are designed like a large clothes peg you clip onto ...