07-22-2020, 04:01 AM
(07-21-2020, 02:00 PM)bigpotato Wrote: Github has already many repositories for the one I propose: 77 results: https://github.com/search?q=MAX30102
HRS sensor, 5 results: https://github.com/search?q=HRS3300
So I guess users by democratic vote users chose the one with sp02 measure capabilities.
I don't think github popularity is a great way to select components. It is tends to bias towards expensive components (because the cost difference between a $1 part and $4 part often does not matter when purchasing in small quantities) and to products that either are easy to solder or easy to buy breakout boards for (since this makes it easy for software folks to hack on it).
Nevertheless the MAX30102 does look like an excellent part from a software point of view. Maxim have source code to help bring it up and the source is licensed using a permissive open source license (X11 with an additional disclaimer).