I am looking to sync data across an ultrasound machine (Terason USmart 3300), Vicon motion capture, force plate, and Delsys EMG data. I have gotten the Vicon, force plate, EMG to sync within a Vicon program, but am looking to add ultrasound to it. Terason has told me it is not possible unless I alter the unit (which they will do and charge me for). I am hoping that it is possible to do it without that expense (since it is not just my lab's unit).
I am looking to see if anyone has done this? I was thinking I could maybe get a digital to analog converter that would allow me to connect it to the trigger that is already hooking up the other devices (Vicon only allows me to add a "generic analog device" in the program). This Terason unit is extremely clinical and does not have any wires that would allow me to hook it up. I have seen some "Trigno wire" devices that seem to fix that problem, but not sure if that would be enough of a solve.
I am not familiar with that exact system, but if you have the option of recording ECG you could generate a timing signal and attach that to both the ECG and EMG sensors to use as a synchronisation signal. Just ensure you generate an appropriate voltage and current so as not to damage the equipment.
In our experiments we also used an external SMPTE clock. This allowed us to sync signals from multiple systems.
Scott Beveridge could you detail your experiment or have you published something relating to that ?
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