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Getting To Know Myo 

Myo's Physical Characteristics 

The following image illustrates the main components of Myo Alpha: 

 

Myo is designed to be "wear and play", requiring minimal physical interaction. The eight segments 

of 

expandable casing

house Myo's components and are connected using stretchable material that 

allows them to expand and contract relative to each other, so that Myo can comfortably fit each 

user's unique physiology. The 

electrical sensors

 measure electrical signals traveling across the 

user's arm, which Myo translates into poses and gestures. 

The 

USB charging port

 allows you to charge Myo's internal battery using a USB power adapter or a 

conventional USB port on a computer. 

Myo Alpha provides two additional features. The 

status LED

 lights up in green when Myo is ready to 

be connected to a device. Once Myo is connected, it lights up in blue instead. The 

pinhole reset 

button

 can be used to reset Myo in case of a device malfunction. 

Summary of Contents for Alpha

Page 1: ... Myo can comfortably fit each user s unique physiology The electrical sensors measure electrical signals traveling across the user s arm which Myo translates into poses and gestures The USB charging port allows you to charge Myo s internal battery using a USB power adapter or a conventional USB port on a computer Myo Alpha provides two additional features The status LED lights up in green when Myo...

Page 2: ...ents which way Myo is pointed In the SDK this orientation is provided as a quaternion that can be converted to other representations like a rotation matrix or Euler angles An acceleration vector represents the acceleration Myo is undergoing at any given time The SDK provides this as a three dimensional vector Gestural data tells the application what the user is doing with their hands The Myo SDK p...

Page 3: ...e dongle If they do not you can manually install the driver bundled with the SDK in the drivers BluetoothDongle directory Follow the instructions in the vendor provided README to perform the installation One way to verify that the Bluetooth dongle drivers are installed is to open Device Manager and check that the dongle appears under the Ports COM LPT device group Make sure the Bluetooth dongle is...

Page 4: ...g process Before you train for the first time we strongly recommend you watch the How To Train Your Myo video found on the Myo developer website Note If you are using Windows and have more than one Myo armband see Using MYO_PAIR_WITH_MAC on how to choose the Myo armband that you train Running The Samples With training complete you re ready to run any Myo application Start by opening the hello myo ...

Page 5: ...his device must accept any interference received including interference that may cause undesired operation NOTE THE GRANTEE IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY CHANGES OR MODIFICATIONS NOT EXPRESSLY APPROVED BY THE PARTY RESPONSIBLE FOR COMPLIANCE SUCH MODIFICATIONS COULD VOID THE USER S AUTHORITY TO OPERATE THE EQUIPMENT This device complies with Industry Canada licence exempt RSS standard s Operation is ...

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