carp_esense_package 0.32.0

The CARP eSense sampling package. Samples sensor and device events from the eSense ear plug device.

CARP eSense Sampling Package

This library contains a sampling package for the carp_mobile_sensing framework to work with the eSense earable computing platform. This packages supports sampling of the following Measure types (note that the package defines its own namespace of dk.cachet.carp.esense):

• dk.cachet.carp.esense.button : eSense button pressed / released events
• dk.cachet.carp.esense.sensor : eSense sensor (accelerometer & gyroscope) events.

See the user documentation on the eSense device for how to use the device. See the esense_flutter Flutter plugin and its API documentation to understand how sensor data is generated and their data formats.

See the carp_mobile_sensing wiki for further documentation, particularly on available measure types and sampling schemas.

For Flutter plugins for other CARP products, see CARP Mobile Sensing in Flutter.

If you're interested in writing you own sampling packages for CARP, see the description on how to extend CARP on the wiki.

Installing

To use this package, add the following to you pubspc.yaml file. Note that this package only works together with carp_mobile_sensing.

dependencies:
  flutter:
    sdk: flutter
  carp_core: ^latest
  carp_mobile_sensing: ^latest
  carp_esense_package: ^latest
  ...

Android Integration

Add the following to your app's manifest.xml file located in android/app/src/main:

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.BLUETOOTH"/>
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.BLUETOOTH_ADMIN"/>
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION" />
<uses-feature android:name="android.hardware.bluetooth_le" android:required="true"/>

NOTE: The first time the app starts, make sure to allow it to access the phone location. This is necessary to use the BLE on Android.

NOTE: This package only supports AndroidX and hence requires any Android app using this plugin to also

migrate if they're using the original support library. See Flutter AndroidX compatibility

iOS Integration

Requires iOS 10 or later. Hence, in your Podfile in the ios folder of your app, make sure that the platform is set to 10.0.

platform :ios, '10.0'

Add this permission in the Info.plist file located in ios/Runner:

<key>NSBluetoothAlwaysUsageDescription</key>
<string>Uses bluetooth to connect to the eSense device</string>
<key>UIBackgroundModes</key>
  <array>
  <string>audio</string>
  <string>external-accessory</string>
  <string>fetch</string>
</array>

Using it

To use this package, import it into your app together with the carp_mobile_sensing package:

import 'package:carp_core/carp_core.dart';
import 'package:carp_mobile_sensing/carp_mobile_sensing.dart';
import 'package:carp_esense_package/esense.dart';

ESenseMeasures can be added to a study protocol like this.

// Create a study protocol
StudyProtocol protocol = StudyProtocol(
  ownerId: '[e-mail]',
  name: 'Context Sensing Example',
);

// define which devices are used for data collection - both phone and eSense
Smartphone phone = Smartphone(roleName: 'The main phone');
DeviceDescriptor eSense = ESenseDevice(roleName: 'The left eSense earplug');

protocol
  ..addMasterDevice(phone)
  ..addConnectedDevice(eSense);

// Add an automatic task that immediately starts collecting eSense button and
// sensor events from the eSense device.
protocol.addTriggeredTask(
  ImmediateTrigger(),
  AutomaticTask()
    ..addMeasures([
      ESenseMeasure(
        type: ESenseSamplingPackage.ESENSE_BUTTON,
        name: 'eSense - Button',
        description: "Collects button event from the eSense device",
        deviceName: 'eSense-0332'),
      ESenseMeasure(
        type: ESenseSamplingPackage.ESENSE_SENSOR,
        name: 'eSense - Sensor',
        description:
            "Collects movement data from the eSense inertial measurement unit (IMU) sensor",
        deviceName: 'eSense-0332',
        samplingRate: 5),
    ]),
  eSense);

Before executing a study with an eSense measure, register this package in the SamplingPackageRegistry.

SamplingPackageRegistry().register(ESenseSamplingPackage());

NOTE that the eSense device must be paired with the phone via BTLE before CAMS can connect to it.