A heartbeat generator can be used in a digital system to ...
A heartbeat is a two part pumping action: One action relaxes the heart allowing it to fill with blood. The second action the heart muscle contracts squeezing the blood. This system repeats periodicly. We can simulate this as electronic pulses and show with LEDs what the heart is doing. Assuming a healthy heart and a typical rate of 70 to 75 beats per minute, each cardiac cycle, or heartbeat, takes about 0.8 seconds to complete the cycle. [[1]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardiac_cycle)
A heartbeat in computer science is a periodic signal generated by hardware to indicate normal operation or to synchronize other parts of a computer system. [[2]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heartbeat_(computing))
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Normal rhythm produces four entities – a P wave, a QRS complex, a T wave, and a U wave – that each
have a fairly unique pattern. [[1]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrocardiography)
have a fairly unique pattern. [[3]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardiac_cycle#/media/File:Wiggers_Diagram_2.svg)
For simplicity the existing heartbeat module generates the QRS complex and T wave only.
