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2. Soldering the headers

3. Plugging the board in

Once you have soldered the headers your 
board is ready to be placed into the desired 
mikroBUS

 socket. Make sure to align the cut 

in the lower-right part of the board with the 
markings on the silkscreen at the mikroBUS

 

socket. If all the pins are aligned 

correctly, push the board all the 
way into the socket.

Turn the board upward again. Make sure 
to align the headers so that they are 
perpendicular to the board, then solder the 
pins carefully.

Turn the board upside down so that 
the bottom side is facing you upwards. 
Place shorter pins of the header into the 
appropriate soldering pads.

Before using your click board

, make sure 

to solder 1x8 male headers to both left and 
right side of the board. Two 1x8 male headers 
are included with the board in the package.

4. Essential features

Heart rate click is suitable for prototyping 
wearable  devices  for  fitness  or  medical 
applications.  The MAX30100 is a low powered 
IC and it also incorporates ambient light 
cancellation and motion artefact resilence. 
For best results, the readings should be 
taken  through  the  tip  of  one’s  finger  (the 
red and IR LED combination is optimized for 
this application). The readings, however, can 
be negatively impacted by excess motion 
and temperature variations. Also, too much 
pressure  can  constrict  capillary  blood  flow 
and diminish the reliability of the data. 

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Heart rate click carries a 

MAX30100

 

integrated pulse oximetry and heart rate 
sensor. It’s an optical sensor that derives 
its readings from emitting two wavelengths 
of light from two LEDs, then measuring 
the absorbance of pulsing blood through 
a photodetector. The signal is processed 
by a low-noise analog signal processing 
unit and communicated to the target MCU 
through the mikroBUS™ I2C interface. A 
programmable INT pin is also available. 
Uses 3.3V power supply.

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