In this post, we outline a cheap and creative way to perform repeatable and controlled tests on the Fitbit heart rate monitor. Our test has a reasonable degree of accuracy. We hope it helps the Fitbit developers rapidly test their prototypes. To be clear: thorough, accurate and precise testing is needed in the later stages of development. The test outlined […]
Testing the Fitbit heart rate monitoring system: Part 2
Testing the Fitbit heart rate monitoring system: Part 1
We outline a quick and dirty test for testing Fitbit’s heart rate monitor. This is the first in a series of two posts that will cover our work on developing a cheap and quick test with an acceptable level of accuracy for the Fitbit heart rate monitor. Why this post? The ‘why’ behind this post is long. You can safely […]