HEART RATE MEASUREMENT FROM FINGERTIP

Heart rate measurement indicates the soundness of the human cardiovascular system. This project demonstrates a technique to measure the heart rate by sensing the change in blood volume in a finger artery while the heart is pumping the blood.

INTRODUCTION

BASIC BLOCK DIAGRAM

Optical sensor

Signal conditioning and amplification unit

microcontroller

Counted pulses shown on 7 segment display

SYNOPSIS

Heart rate measurement system that uses optical sensors to measure the alteration in blood volume at fingertip with each heart beat. sensor unit consists of an infrared lightemitting-diode (IR LED) and a photodiode.

IR diode transmits an infrared light into the fingertip and the photodiode senses the portion of the light that is reflected back.

Intensity of reflected light depends upon the blood volume inside the fingertip. So, each heart beat slightly alters the amount of reflected infrared light that can be detected by the photodiode & with a signal conditioning this little change in the amplitude of the reflected light can be converted into a pulse which can counted by MC.

SCHEMATIC
The

schematic consist of two stages:Input sensing and conditioning circuit. MCU circuit used for counting of pulses & display of output.

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INPUT SENSING & CONDITIONING CIRCUIT

MCU AND OUTPUT DISPLAY

MAJOR COMPONENTS USED

Pic16f628a 1. 2.

(MCU):

By microchip technology. Smaller instruction set as compared to other MCUs.(RISC based) Low cost with high clock speed. Provide wide range of interfacing.

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MAJOR COMPONENTS USED

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MCP602 transistor:

Dual package opamp from microchip.

Operating voltage-2.7-6V Need Single supply voltage

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Used in input signal amplification.

Photodiode and IR diode as sensor unit 3 digit 7-segment display

APPLICATIONS AND SIGNIFICANCE OF THE PROJECT

This project aim at learning the compact and advanced medical technology used in measuring heart rate.
The project has been widely applied in medical technology , even in heart rate monitoring applications designed for mobile phones.

ESTIMATED COST & SCHEDULING ANALYSIS

The complete project setup is costing in the range of Rs. 800 to 1000/- *. The entire project is scheduled in two phases:Learning of embedded C programming used. Hardware implementation: Assembling the entire setup on PCB or PCB prototype board.

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*(may subject to change due to faulty component of wear and tear).

THANK YOU
Samarpit arya(07710102809) Abhinav choudhary(07610102809)