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This signal is from an instrumentation amplifier, read from Arduino MEGA2560 ADC, loop delay 10ms (rate 100Hz)

I need to count high spikes only, (in below figure, 6 high spikes can be observed)

Edited - its and ECG signal and signal was sampled at a rate of 100Hz

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  • \$\begingroup\$ What does the frequency spectrum (FFT) look like? Can probably use a digital filter to get rid of the lower frequency shift. \$\endgroup\$
    – Tom Carpenter
    Commented Aug 7, 2020 at 8:52
  • \$\begingroup\$ What have you tried so far? Is this purely a software algorithm question? Oh and is that a heart rate waveform? If it is, then the algorithm can be made to expect something about the signal. \$\endgroup\$
    – Justme
    Commented Aug 7, 2020 at 8:56
  • \$\begingroup\$ Looks similar to an EKG. Maybe you can use methods that are applied to those? \$\endgroup\$
    – Drew
    Commented Aug 7, 2020 at 8:56
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    \$\begingroup\$ yes, look at the first derivative. \$\endgroup\$
    – Jasen Слава Україні
    Commented Aug 7, 2020 at 11:43
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    \$\begingroup\$ That agrees with your chart showing heartbeats at just over one per second, and the vertical grid lines spaced every 100 samples. \$\endgroup\$
    – JRE
    Commented Aug 7, 2020 at 13:31

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It can be done by using some high pass filter to remove DC bias, then you differentiate the signal to detect high dv/dt. At each high dv/dt you set a flip-flop. If the FF is set you compare the amplitude threshold and you clear the FF when dv/dt becomes negative.

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  • \$\begingroup\$ How to differential the signal? \$\endgroup\$
    – kobi89
    Commented Aug 9, 2020 at 8:01
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    \$\begingroup\$ The differential is : y(k) =( u(k)-u(k-1) ) / T_sample; Where u(k) is the actual sample and u(k-1) is the previous sample. Find some book about digital control, look for differentiation. Also you can scrape the D-part of some yet available PID algorithm for Arduino. \$\endgroup\$
    – Marko Buršič
    Commented Aug 9, 2020 at 9:26

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