EMG raw data

[blackjacksme]

Hi,
Thank you for your work , this code really helped a lot

I have a question though, how do i access the raw, unfiltered, EMG data from your myo_raw.py code?
because i noticed in your proc_emg function :

def proc_emg(emg, moving, times=[]):
        if HAVE_PYGAME:
            ## update pygame display
            plot(scr, [e / 2000. for e in emg])
        else:
            print(emg)
        ## print framerate of received data
        times.append(time.time())
        if len(times) > 20:
            #print((len(times) - 1) / (times[-1] - times[0]))
            times.pop(0)`

you can print out the emg, but the EMG data in that variable is already filtered, as in there is no EMG data with negative value. I need help to access the real raw EMG data because i need the frequency spectrum of the signal. How can i do this?

Another thing is about the sample rate. After i change the m.run(1) into m.run(), the sample rate increased into 50 Hz, but the myo device itself can send the EMG data up to 200 Hz. How can i further increase the sample rate?

Best Regards,
Rizki F.Z.

[larasamirammal]

@blackjacksme
Did you solve the problem ? If so how do you reach the Raw EMG data ? and how did you solve the sampling rate problem ?
there is a line where they set emg_hz to 50 did you try to change it?

[Alvipe]

I don't know if you are still interested, as this issue is from a year ago, but I've managed to get the real raw EMG signals, not the filtered ones that this code provides. You can check the code in my fork: https://github.com/Alvipe/myo-raw

[hananabilabd]

@Alvipe which .py to run to get the Raw EMG dATA ?

[Alvipe]

@hananabilabd, the main code is the myo_raw.py. This code graphs raw data from the 8 channels of the Myo. The variable where raw EMG data is stored is called emg. Hope this helps you.

[hananabilabd]

@Alvipe Thanks
Yes ,I handled it from emg ,, But I had a problem , that emg data frame is very slow , I receive 512 frame of emg every 10 sec which is very slow
while in windows running the capture data provided by MYO_SDK gives me 3000 frame in 10 seconds

[PerlinWarp]

@Alvipe Thank you for your PR!

It's worth noting that the Myo actually has 3 modes, @Alvipe's PR adds the ability to get raw and filtered data using the Myo.
Actually raw data is unrectified and scaled between -128 and 127 and can be requested by sending 0x03.
I've been working with the Myo for a year and have added some extra functions, including multithreading and Windows support here.

I've also made a Jupyter notebook showing the difference between these modes and you might preprocess the data here.
This was for a project on using the Myo to play Breakout, the repo is here.

Myo Modes
(0x01, raw=False)
By default myo-raw sends 50Hz data that has been rectified and filtered, using a hidden 0x01 mode.
(0x02, raw=True, filtering=True)
Alvipe added the ability to also get filtered non-rectified sEMG (thanks Alvipe).
(0x03, raw=True, filtering=False)
Then I futher added the ability to get true raw non-filtered data at 200Hz.
This data is unrectified but scales from -128 and 127.