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Can fitbit be reconfigured to send Pulse Data to a Microcontroller?

I would like to send the pulse-rate data from my fitbit Blaze to a microcontroller. I assume an operating system is required (iOS or Android), but I was wondering if there is any way to make it work without the OS (i.e. stream the data to a bluetooth transceiver in a control box with an Arduino 101 with BLE module). This is for a school project. 

 

To be specific, we are trying to poll pulse-rate data to make a decision to activate a body-worn police camera. We have several other sensors in our network. We are using 802.15.4 for our weapon sensors, and we can add a Bluetooth transceiver to incorporate the fibit, if possible.

 

Can the fitbit transmit to a python shell running in windows?

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@SunsetRunner No, it can't. Data has to sync to Fitbit before it can be retrieved through the API.

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Do you mean it has to sync to Fitbit servers or an application?

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@SunsetRunner To the Fitbit servers.

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