PhysioDevices

PhysioDevices imports exports from supported wearable and laboratory systems into PhysioExperiment or MultiRatePhysioExperiment objects. Native sampling rates, device metadata, events, and import provenance are retained where the source format provides them.

Installation

# the containers build on Bioconductor, so its repositories are needed too
install.packages("BiocManager", repos = "https://cloud.r-project.org")
options(repos = c(
  xbiosignal = "https://x-biosignal.r-universe.dev",
  BiocManager::repositories()
))
install.packages("PhysioDevices")

Quick start

The package includes a small Empatica E4 fixture:

library(PhysioDevices)

session <- system.file("extdata", "e4_sample", package = "PhysioDevices")
recording <- readEmpaticaE4(session)

PhysioExperiment::streamNames(recording)

Supported readers

Source	Reader	Result
Empatica E4 CSV session	readEmpaticaE4()	Multi-rate recording
Empatica EmbracePlus Avro	readEmbracePlusAvro()	Multi-rate recording
Shimmer Consensys export	readShimmer()	Multi-rate recording
Polar HR/RR export	readPolar()	Recording with beat events
BIOPAC AcqKnowledge	readBIOPAC()	Multi-rate recording
Delsys Trigno	readDelsysTrigno()	Multi-rate EMG/IMU recording
Xsens MVNX	readXsensMVNX()	Motion-capture recording

EmbracePlus and BIOPAC readers expose hasAvroBackend() and hasBioread() so applications can check optional backends before importing.

Ecosystem role

PhysioDevices is an acquisition adapter. Its outputs use the common PhysioCore model and can move into preprocessing, modality-specific analysis, cross-modal synchronization, or streaming workflows without a device-specific container.

Documentation

• Function reference and vignettes
• Source repository
• Issue tracker

Citation

citation("PhysioDevices")

See the ecosystem governance, support policy, and contribution guide.

Author and license

Author and maintainer: Yusuke Matsui. Licensed under the MIT License.