diff --git a/tools/ecg-plot.py b/tools/ecg-plot.py
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+# vim: set ts=4 sw=4 tw=0 et pm=:
+import numpy
+import sys
+import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
+
+
+def read(file_name):
+    signal = numpy.fromfile(file_name, dtype=numpy.int16)
+    return signal
+
+
+signal = read(sys.argv[1])
+factor = -1
+count = 5
+offset = 0
+
+signal = signal[offset * 128 :]
+
+count = min(min(len(signal) / 1280 + 1, 10), count)
+
+font = {"family": "serif", "color": "darkred", "weight": "normal", "size": 16}
+
+title = False
+
+for i in range(count):
+    plt.subplot(count, 1, i + 1)
+    sub_signal = signal[i * 1280 : (i + 1) * 1280] * factor
+
+    # pad with 0 as needed.
+    # TODO: find a better solution to visialize this
+    sub_signal = numpy.pad(sub_signal, (0, 1280 - len(sub_signal)), "constant")
+
+    time_scale = (
+        numpy.array(range(i * 1280, i * 1280 + len(sub_signal))) / 128.0 + offset
+    )
+
+    plt.plot(time_scale, sub_signal, "-")
+    if not title:
+        plt.title("File: %s" % sys.argv[1].split("/")[-1], fontdict=font)
+        title = True
+
+plt.xlabel("time (s)", fontdict=font)
+plt.show()