MAX30105 - Heart Rate, Oximeter, Smoke Sensor

The MAX30105 is an precision optical sensor that can be used to measure heart rate, pulse oximetry (SPO2 / blood oxygen saturation), and smoke (and other particles).

Installing

Stable library from PyPi:

• Just run sudo pip install max30105

Latest/development library from GitHub:

• git clone https://github.com/pimoroni/max30105-python
• cd max30105-python
• sudo ./install.sh

Important!

This code should not be used for medical diagnosis, as the basis for a real smoke or fire detector, or in life-critical situations. It's for fun/novelty use only, so bear that in mind while using it.

Changelog

0.0.5

• Bugfix: fix off-by-one error in sample average bitmask

0.0.4

• Bugfix: fix timeout bug in get_temperature(), requires i2cdevice>=0.0.7

0.0.3

• Bugfix: support 0 init value of MODE_CONFIG register

0.0.2

• Port to i2cdevice>=0.0.6 set/get API

0.0.1

• Initial Release