Arduino pulse sensors have a small infrared LED that is placed on a finger to reliably read the pulse of a human, providing an analog output that is easy to work with and read.

He’s built a finger-mounted pulse detector using a few simple components and an Arduino. This circuit uses a method known as photoplethysmography.

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