Table 4 Device specifications
Device | (a) Tcore Sensor (b) Data logger and headband | Bittium Faros 180° | GENEActiv Original | Renkforce GP-102 G-Porter GPS Logger |
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Company | (a) Dräger, Lübeck, Germany (b) KORA, Hamburg, Germany | Bittium, Finland | Activinsights, UK | Renkforce, Germany |
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Measurement | CBT (core body temperature) | ECG (Electrocardiography) | ACT (Actigraphy) | GPS (Geospatial Position) |
Type of sensor | Tcore sensor with heat-flux technology | 1-lead mini-ECG with 3 electrodes and built-in tri-axial accelerometer | Tri-axial accelerometer, ambient light skin temperature sensors | GPS utilizing the MTK3339 chipset |
Measurement features | Temperature Range: −30 °C to 45 °C | ECG Sampling Rate: up to 250 Hz; Accelerometer | Range: +/- 8 g | GPS Accuracy: Up to 2.5 meters |
Sampling Rate: 0.0167 Hz | Sampling Rate: 10 Hz | Sampling Rate: 10–100 Hz | Sampling Rate: 0.0033 - 1 Hz | |
Memory capacity | 8 MB | Up to 64 GB | 0.5 Gb | 4MB flash memory |
Data transfer | USB cable | Micro-USB cable | Cradle with USB cable | USB cable |
Data format | LAB | EDF (European Data Format) | BIN (binary) | GPX, KML, CSV |



