To First

Electrode 1 Stage
Inverting
Electrode 2
Amplifier

Active
Ground
Electrode
(at elbow)

Figure 1: Preamplifier with right leg drive (Gain = 20)

From To high
Preamplifier pass filter

Figure 2: First Stage Inverting amplifier (Gain = 10)

From first
stage To low pass
inverting filter
amplifier

Figure 3: Sallen-Key High Pass Filter with 20Hz cut off frequency and unity gain

From high
pass filter To second
stage
inverting
amplifier

Figure 4: Sallen-Key Low Pass Filter with 500Hz cut off frequency and unity gain

8 U1A
3
1 Output EMG
From low R1
2 signal to
pass filter 10k 4 OPA2604AP oscilloscope

R2

100k

Figure 5: Second stage inverting amplifier.

*The circuit is powered by two 9V batteries which give +9V and -9V to all the ICs. Two 0.1 microfarad
ceramic disc capacitors used on each IC and are placed as close as possible to the power supply pins of
the IC.

Figure 6: Experimental setup. (Im gripping an exercise hand gripper at different strength levels)
 Figure 10: Minimum Hand Grip Strength

Figure 11: Intermediate Hand Grip Strength

Figure 12: Maximum Hand Grip Strength

 Figure 13 : EMG signal during minimum hand grip strength (from oscilloscope)

Figure 14 : EMG signal during intermediate hand grip strength (from oscilloscope)

Figure 15 : EMG signal during maximum hand grip strength (from oscilloscope)