Notch Filter circuit on breadboard

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Kakovalipuduk

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Hello I am trying to interface my raspberry pi 4 with the olimex-ekg-emg shield following a guide on the internet. I did this through MCP3008. However I came across the Notch Filter and the Butterworth filter. I am a beginner so I don’t know what they are but I need help making them on a breadboard if possible.
 

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crutschow

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( http://mwl.diet.uniroma1.it/people/pisa/ARTICOLI/Memea_Raspberry_2018_TOMASSI.pdf ) I am actually trying to follow the steps here and it says 50hz notch filter and a 6th order butterworth filter to smooth out the ecg readings. Is it possible to make, say, just the notch filter on a breadboard possible?
Yes, they can be.

A 6th order active Butterworth filter can be done with 3 op amps.
Design programs to help with that can be found on the web, such as these.

A 50Hz notch filter is for equipment operating from that line frequency, otherwise you would need a 60Hz notch.
And you can get a sharper and deeper notch if you use an op amp active notch filter (with feedback) rather than the passive one you show.

Below is the sim of a notch filter that uses a quad op amp with a very deep notch and adjustable notch frequency between 50 to 60Hz:
That also allows tweaking to adjust for component tolerances.
A discussion for that circuit is found here.

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Audioguru again

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50Hz or 60Hz electrical pickup frequently have distortion harmonics that a single notch filter will not remove.
An ECG circuit usually feeds the common-mode interference signal inverted into the patient's right leg to cancel the interference.
 

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