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A MICROCHIP WIRELESS BASED WEARABLE

PHYSIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS MONITORING
SYSTEM
M.Shankar1, B.Lalitha2, S.Tamilselvan3, S.Vignesh4 S.Thangarasu5 , V.Kathirvel 6
1
Professor and Head, Department of Electrical and Electronics,
2
Assistant professor, Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering
3,4,5,6
Final year Students
1,2,3,4,5,6
Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Sasurie college of Engineering,
Tamilnadu, Vijayamangalam, India

Abstract - In this paper, the design and development of a microchip wireless physiological parameter monitoring device has been
developed and reported in this paper. This system is able to use for monitor physiological parameters such as body position, heart rate, and
human body temperature. This system is built up of electronic device which is worn on wrist and leg by a patient. Measuring vital signs
with the help of several sensors, the patient is wirelessly monitored within hospital or his home. The device detects the heart rate,
temperature this signals are send to a receiver unit. The receiver unit is connecting to the computer. This system is operated with the help
of battery power. This low cost device can be help to monitoring the patients.

Keyword - Body temperature measurement, Heart rate measurement, fall detection, Low electric power design, Patient safety.

Sensors networks. Many elderly people [2] freighted to live

I. INTRODUCTION
In this technological world wireless technology place a
vital role in engineering, medical electronics and defense
community. Though sensor networks [5] have been used for
several years, recently the wireless advancement has
application in space which makes it different from traditional
wireless networks [3] as well as computer networks.
Therefore, it create more challenges on practical solutions
such as limited energy, restricted life time, etc.[13].Wireless
units integrate non-wired communications and mobile
computing with transducers to deliver a sensor platform
which is economical for various applications. Indeed, co-
locating computational power and radio frequency (RF)
communication contained by the sensor unit itself is a
distinctive feature of wireless sensing [1] units. Today, the
development of science and technology offers convenient
which tends to low cost resulting in the development of
smart system applications. Recently, research is listening
carefully about the quality of human life in terms of hygiene
healthy [14] life by designing and fabricating sensors through
direct and indirect contact with the human body. The average
life span of human beings are reducing, this results in a need
of medical care, which is costlier for long-term monitoring
and long waiting lists for consultations. Hospitals are looking
at to recouping the people at home. During this recovery
period, their body condition has to be continuously
monitored. Hence, it’s become more comfortable because of
their patient [6] surroundings and environments are highly
confident. A patient has to be being monitored continuously
using wireless
with their adult children, or in other sheltered living
arrangement. They usually want to live independently and
keep control of their own needs. But at the same time they
know there may be a high risk of injury or even death
because of a fall or stroke. Such people have to be monitored
continuously and provided with immediate medical aid and
attention when emergency. A system to monitor the overall
health [10] of welfare facility residents with accurate,
flexible, noninvasive, comfortable, reliable, and low-cost,
who need constant care. This system has been designed with
a host computer, wireless sensors, and temperature sensor
with MI-WI technique. The system consists of a MEMS
accelerometer with three axis, a ARM Cortex M3, MEMS
and Wireless Medical Sensor Network. It records heart beat
rate, temperature and posture indicators for 24 hours. These
data are sending out to the wireless repeater by the
transceiver.
II. PROPOSED MODEL
This project is a priority based monitoring system for
patient for their quick remedy. In existing method ARM
processor is used. ARM processor does not having inbuilt
ADC, I2C. But ARM Cortex M3 processor having inbuilt
ADC, I2C.
III. SYSTEM DESCRIPTION
This system is consisting of two sections, one is transmitter
section and another one is receiver section.
IV. TRANSMITTER SECTION

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The block diagram of the transmitter section shown in
fig1.This transmitter section is connecting to the patient
room. Here we are using the following components,
1. ECG analog front end board
2. MEMS accelerometer
3. Body temperature sensor
4. ADC
5. I2C
6. ARM cortex m3
7. MI-WI wireless protocol
VII. ARM CORTEX- M3 PROCESSOR
1. ECG ANALOG FRONT END BOARD
ECG analog front end board is consisting of bio signal
amplifier, electrodes, filter, and buffer. Three electrodes are
connecting to the bio signal amplifier. This electrodes are
traditionally located on arms and legs, assembly it easy to
position the electrodes. These links are called leads. A leads
are records the electrical signals of the heart from a particular
combination of recording electrodes. This leads are placed at
specific points on the patient's body. Any one of the lead
design can be used to give input to the bio signal amplifier.
An electrocardiogram is obtained by measuring an
electrical potential between the various points of the body
using a bio signal amplifier. The Bio signal Amplifier is an
essential signal-conditioning element designed particularly
for electro physiological applications, to establish bio signal
data acquisition and real time analysis. The electrical signal
measured from the surface has amplitude between 10uV and
5 mV and a bandwidth from 0.5 to 150 Hz.
V. MEMS ACCELEROMETER
The MEMS 3-axis accelerometer consisting of an
accumulation at the centre of the sensor’s chip, which is
balanced by 4 Beams doped with Piezo resistive material.
When the sensor is subjected to acceleration in any direction,
the movement of the accumulation causes the 4 Beams to
deform and so modify the resistance in the piezo material.
This enables the sensor to sense the acceleration motion. The
LIS302DL is a low-power three axes linear accelerometer.
It’s very compact .It includes a sensing device and an IC
interface capable to provide the measured acceleration to the
external world throughout I2C/SPI serial interface. The
sensing device, able to detecting the acceleration, is
manufactured using a committed process developed by ST to
make inertial sensors and actuators in silicon. The LIS302DL
has dynamically client selectable full scales of ±2g/±8g and it
is able to measuring accelerations with an output data rate of
100Hz or 400Hz. The LIS302DL is available in plastic Thin
Land Grid Array package (TLGA) and it is definite to operate
over an extensive temperature range from -40°C to +85°C.
VI. BODY TEMPERATURE SENSOR
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The MCP9800 is a digital temperature sensor able to
reading temperatures measured from an integrated
temperature sensor [7] and changed to digital word with a
user selectable 9 to 12-bit Sigma Delta Analog to Digital
Converter. The MCP9800 notify the host controller when the
ambient temperature exceeds a user programmed set position.
Communication with the sensor is accomplished via a two-
wire bus. This allows reading the current temperature,
programming the set position and hysteresis and configuring
the device. Small physical mass, minimum installed cost and
ease of use make the MCP9800 an ideal choice for
implementing complicated temperature system managing
schemes in a variety of applications.
Medical sensor acquisition is consisting of ARM Cortex-
M3 processor. The LPC1313 is based on ARM Cortex-M3
microcontrollers for embedded applications. It’s featuring a
high level of integration and low power consumption. The
ARM Cortex-M3 is a after that generation core. The
LPC1313 drive at CPU frequencies of up to 72 MHz. The
ARM Cortex-M3 CPU incorporates a 3-stage pipeline and
uses a Harvard .The LPC1313 having 32kB of on chip Flash
memory. The LPC1313 having a total of 8kB on-chip static
RAM memory. The LPC1313 having a 42 general purpose
I/O pins.
General purpose device pins that are not linked to a specific
peripheral function are controlled by the GPIO registers. Pins
may be with dynamism configured as inputs or outputs.
Multiple outputs can be set or cleared in one write action.
This processor having a internal ADC and I2C devices.
2. MIWI WIRELESS PROTOCOL
The Microchip MiWi™ P2P Wireless protocol is a
deviation of IEEE 802.15.4, using Microchip’s
MRF24J40MA 2.4 GHz transceiver and any Microchip 8, 16
or 32-bit microcontroller with a Inter Integrated Circuit (I2C).
The protocol provides reliable undeviating wireless
communication via an easy-to-use programming interface. It
has a wealthy feature set that can be compiled in and out of
the stack to meet a wide range of user needs – while
minimizing the stack footprint. It supports a sleeping element
at the end of the communication. This system Enables Energy
Detect (ED) scanning to operate on the least-noisy channel. It
provides active scan for detecting existing links and Supports
all of the security modes defined in IEEE 802.15.4.
Receiver Section
The block diagram of the transmitter section shown in
fig2.this receiver section is connecting to the doctor room.
Here we are using the following components,
1. LCD display
2. Remote PC
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3. LCD DISPLAY

The PCD8544 is a low power CMOS LCD controller/driver,

designed to make a graphic display of 48 rows and 84 (a) Encrypted Data
columns. All essential functions for the display are provided
in a single chip, with on-chip generation of LCD supply and
bias voltages, resulting in a minimum of external components
and low power consumption. The PCD8544 interfaces to
microcontrollers throughout a serial bus interface. The
PCD8544 is manufactured in n-well CMOS skill. LCD
Display is linking to the Base station mote through an I2C
bus. Base station mote having one more ARM cortex-M3
processor.

4. REMOTE PC/LAPTOP

Remote pc is connecting to base station mote through UART.

Remote pc is used to monitor the heart beat rate of the
patient. In UART connection RS232 cable is used to transfer
the data’s.
VIII. HARDWARE DESCRIPTION
Medical acquisition mote consists of ECG analog front end
board, MEMS accelerometer, body temperature sensor. ECG
analog front end board having three electrodes. It’s connected
to transmitter section through ADC. The 9V input supply is
given to the ECG analog front end board. MEMS
accelerometer is connected to transmitter section through I2C
bus. Body temperature sensor is connected to the ADC.
Transmitter section having an inbuilt of ADC and I2C. A MI-
WI protocol transmitter is connecting to the medical
acquisition mote. The 18V supply is given to the medical
acquisition mote.
(b) Decrypted Data
Base station mote is consisting of LCD display, Remote PC.
LCD display is connecting to base station mote through I2C.
LCD display is used to monitor body position and body
temperature. Remote PC is connecting to base station mote
through UART. A MI-WI protocol receiver section is
connecting to base station mote. The 18V supply is given to
the base station mote. Remote PC is used to monitor human
heart beat rate.
IX. CONCLUSION
In this paper the monitoring of body parameter for healthy
used widely in hospital and defense forces. The advantages of
this paper using MI-WI having secure data transmission. This
system is able to use for monitor physiological parameters
such as body position, heart rate, and human body
temperature.

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