Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences
ISSN: Online 1818-7803ISSN: Print 1816-949x
Abstract
Rural health care has always been an important challenge faced by all nations, especially developing ones. There is a large imbalance in health facilities that are available for urban and rural population. There is a pressing need for an inexpensive and reliable biomedical device which can measure vital health parameters on a regular basis and transmit them rapidly over long distances for proper medical guidance. A novel and an efficient biomedical device has been proposed which can monitor the vital signs of large number of people and transmit the information to the doctor present anywhere in the world at an ultra-low cost. The implementation depicts a hub and spoke model with the spokes being sensor nodes consisting of a microcontroller MSP430G2553 and a wireless transceiver nRF24L01 (IEEE 802.15.4). The hub consists of a CC3200 with nRF24L01. The data received at the hub can be transmitted to the doctor through the inbuilt IEEE 802.11 (Wi-Fi protocol) of CC3200. All the hub and sensor nodes can be powered from the coin cell batteries.
How to cite this article:
Venkata Virajit Garbhapu. Ultra Low Cost Wi-Fi Based Biomedical Kit for Rural Healthcare.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.36478/jeasci.2017.3029.3035
URL: https://www.makhillpublications.co/view-article/1816-949x/jeasci.2017.3029.3035