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EmbracePlus real-world driving

wrist BVP 64 Hz + onboard systolic peaks + ACC summaries (11 drivers, 18 sessions; Melaka)

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De-identified data and analysis code from Em Poh Ping (Zenodo, published 2026-10-28) for the paper "Agreement of Wrist-Worn EmbracePlus Onboard Systolic Peaks with the MSPTDfast Detector for Heart Rate Variability in Real-World Driving" (Em and Teoh, submitted to Behavior Research Methods). Eleven drivers wore an Empatica EmbracePlus over 18 real-world driving sessions on rural, highway and urban routes in Melaka, Malaysia. Each session has the exported BVP (64 Hz), EmbracePlus onboard systolic-peak timestamps and 60 s accelerometer summaries.

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Type
Dataset
Host
Not reported
DOI
10.5281/zenodo.23718697 (opens in a new tab)
Licence
Not reported
Access
Not reported
Subjects
Not reported
Signals
PPGIMU
Devices
PPG sites
Wrist
Setting
In the wild
Wrist
Not reported
Raw waveforms
Not reported
Tasks
Motion SQIHeart rate estimationHRV
Updated
Oct 31, 2026

Original description

De-identified data and analysis code for the paper “Agreement of Wrist-Worn EmbracePlus Onboard Systolic Peaks with the MSPTDfast Detector for Heart Rate Variability in Real-World Driving” (Em and Teoh, submitted to Behavior Research Methods). Eleven drivers wore an Empatica EmbracePlus in 18 real-world driving sessions on rural, highway and urban routes in Melaka, Malaysia. For each session the record contains the exported blood volume pulse (64 Hz), the EmbracePlus onboard systolic-peak timestamps and 60 s accelerometer summaries, with all times relative to the start of the recording. The code runs the official MSPTDfast v.2 detector (ppg-beats toolbox) in GNU Octave and reproduces all results of the paper, including the polarity check of the exported signal. See README.md for the data dictionary and instructions. Data: CC BY 4.0; code: MIT licence.

Verbatim fromDataCite· Licence: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode

EmbracePlus real-world driving: ChatPPG research summary card

Key numbers

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Reference labels
EM TEOH DRIVING CONTEXT EMBRACEPLUS LODO LEAKAGE SENSORS 2026
64 Hz
Released sampling rate
BVP 64 Hz; accelerometer as 60 s summaries; onboard systolic-peak timestamps

How it works

How EmbracePlus real-world driving works: Devices & body sites → Signals recorded → TasksDevices & body sites: Empatica EmbracePlus (Empatica · Wrist). PPG sites: Wrist. Signals recorded: EmbracePlus real-world driving, 64 Hz, signals PPG, IMU. Tasks: Signal quality; Heart rate; HRV.Devices & body sitesEmpatica EmbracePlus: Empatica · WristEmpatica EmbracePlusEmpatica · WristPPG sites: WristPPG sitesWristSignals recordedEmbracePlus real-world driving64 HzPPGxyzIMUTasksSignal qualitySignal qualityHeart rateHeart rateHRVHRV

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Sampling
BVP 64 Hz; accelerometer as 60 s summaries; onboard systolic-peak timestamps
Reference labels
em teoh driving context embraceplus lodo leakage sensors 2026
Device roles
Study wearable (IMU)

Devices· 1

Product image of a white Empatica EmbracePlus, with a round screen and a perforated band
Empatica EmbracePlus
Empatica · Wrist
PPGIMUEDATemp
Product image: Empatica

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EmbracePlus real-world driving [Data set]. (n.d.). https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23718697
@misc{emembraceplusdriembraceplus,
  title         = {{EmbracePlus real-world driving}},
  doi           = {10.5281/zenodo.23718697}
}

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Cite the dated snapshot 2026-10 for a fixed, reproducible version. Please also cite the original publications listed above.

APA

ChatPPG. (2026). EmbracePlus real-world driving: dataset record (Version 2026-10) [Data set]. ChatPPG Research Hub. https://chatppg.com/research/datasets/em-embraceplus-driving-msptdfast

BibTeX
@misc{chatppg_dataset_em_embraceplus_driving_msptdfast,
  author       = {{ChatPPG}},
  title        = {{EmbracePlus real-world driving: dataset record}},
  year         = {2026},
  month        = oct,
  version      = {2026-10},
  howpublished = {\url{https://chatppg.com/research/datasets/em-embraceplus-driving-msptdfast}},
  note         = {ChatPPG Research Hub, Snapshot 2026-10, https://chatppg.com/research/snapshots/2026-10}
}
CITATION.cff
cff-version: 1.2.0
message: "If you use this resource, please cite it as below."
type: dataset
title: "EmbracePlus real-world driving: dataset record"
authors:
  - name: "ChatPPG"
url: "https://chatppg.com/research/datasets/em-embraceplus-driving-msptdfast"
repository-artifact: "https://chatppg.com/research/snapshots/2026-10"
version: "2026-10"
date-released: "2026-10-31"

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