F12: Unified Wireless Health Monitoring System
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Unified Wireless Health Monitoring System
Abstract
Our project will take in sensor data (pulse sensor + temperature sensor) through the LPC2148 submit it to an online database. The purpose of the project is to simplify health monitoring for patients while allowing them some mobility. Both the patient and their doctor will be able to see the patient's progress via a WEB GUI.
Objectives & Introduction
Objectives
- Create a mobile device that attaches to a user in order to retrieve health data from the user.
- Use 2 health monitoring sensors to retrieve 2 different types of data.
- Submit the sensor data wirelessly to an online database via Xbee & HTTP protocol.
- Give verified users and their doctors access to their health data on the online database.
- Display the health data from the online database to a WEB GUI, using charts to monitor progress.
Team Members
- Gurpreet Singh
- Michelle Chen
- Hai Do
Roles & Responsibilities
| Task | Responsibility |
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| Xbee Wireless Configuration |
Gurpreet |
| Xbee UART driver for LPC2148 |
Gurpreet |
| PulseSensor A2D driver for LPC2148 |
Michelle |
| TMP102 I2C driver for LPC2148 |
Michelle |
| UART to SQL data conversion on PC-End |
Hai |
| Online Database Configuration |
Hai |
| Web GUI Configuration |
Hai |
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Parts List & Cost
| Part | Quantity | Cost |
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| Xbee Series 1 Module | $50 | |
| LPC2148 CPU + MP3 Development Board | $60 | |
| Plastic Enclosure + Accessories | $25 | |
| Xbee USB Adapter | $25 | |
| Pulse Sensor | $28 | |
| I2C Digital Temperature Sensor | Free! |
Design & Implementation
Hardware Design
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Hardware Interface
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Software Design
- MySQL Database
- The database will be used to collect and record data from both our temperature and pulse sensor. A database called "user" and a table called "patient" was created using phpMyAdmin. The patient table comprises of id, temperature, pulse, comments, and time stamp. Every time a string of data is received,it gets parsed and updated into their respective columns in the table. This table is shown below:
- In order to set up MySQL Database, XAMPP, an open source package which includes Appache HTTP Server, MySQL database, PHP, and Perl, will be used. With XAMPP installed, we are able to create a localhost PHP website that pulls data from our database.
- The following settings must be set to utilize XAMPP:
- Web GUI
- The Web GUI is a bridge between the clients and the server. It translates the data from the database into a form where users can visually see their real time temperature and heart beat. The Web GUI is a monitoring system for the patient to see their body temperature and heart rate. Also, the monitoring system can be accessed anywhere with an internet connection so the patient doesn't have to be hooked up to machines. Other users can also view patient data such as their prescribing doctors. The doctors are able to leave feedback to their patients and monitor their health situation without physically being in the hospital to do so.
Implementation
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- Web GUI
- The patients are able to access the website and check up on their temperatures and heart rates. Charts are also available to the patients along with the tables. The web GUI displays the data in real time. The values from both the table and charts are pulled from the MySQL database.
- To get the data, the comport has to be initialized to receive the incoming data from the xbee. If the comport is opened, then it is ready to receive incoming data. If it's closed, a message will display indicating that the comport it is unavailable to receive data. The data, in the form of a string, will be received and parsed using a split function and delimiters. The delimiters indicate separation between values so it can be inserted into the appropriate fields in the MySQL database. The parsed data will be displayed on the console as well as the charts on the web GUI. To be able to display the data, the charts and table are retrieving the data values from the database in real time. This is a continuous loop that will keep retrieving data until either the client or server side stops the process.
Testing & Technical Challenges
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Technical Challenges
- Pulse Sensor - Our first problem was that our pulse sensor wasn't able to successfully get accurate data and it was very sporadic. We had to replace the pulse sensor with a different one. Even then, the calibration was off and we had to manually change the gain of the sensor until it reached our desired range. Also, the sensor wasn't functioning properly on certain people.
- Temperature Sensor - We tested the temperature sensor through the console and it wasn't giving the right temperature. The parsed data from the temperature sensor wasn't sending the correct approximation over to the database.
- Parsing - In the beginning, we weren't able to parse decimal values because of our delimiters. We also didn't know what technique to use to split the data values being sent and how to update the database using the given strings.
- MySQL - We had trouble connecting to MySQL because of incorrectly identifying the user that held ownership to the specified database.
- Retrieving real time data using charts - The data was not retrieved correctly through the charts and table because the the web GUI was connecting to the wrong database.
If we were to restart this project from scratch, we would connect to only one database instead of many to make things simpler and easier to work around. For parsing, we might try using fewer delimiters.
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Wifi Connection Issues
Many wifi connection issues were encountered. To solve this problem, a dedicated task was created to re-connect to wifi if the connection was ever lost.
Conclusion
It was very fulfilling to work in a large scale project such as this since no one in our group had encountered such a long term project before. It has taught us a tremendous amount about ourselves and how we behave in a group over the course of the year. We have learned to work with each other as well learned a great amount of life lessons when encountering such a long-term project.
For the future, we hope to increase the scalability of the health monitoring system, as well as giving it the ability to go completely wireless on a possible 4G network, as well as different types of sensors used. Also, we would like to include a section where the doctors are able to sign in so they can view their patients online. The doctors will then be able to write comments about their patients in the comments section. The patients will then be able to read the comments left by the doctor(s) and will be able to get meaningful feedback. We would also like to create a registration form where new users/patients will be able to sign up. They are then able to monitor their health status online. The registration will work hand in hand with the log in system by updating and retrieve users' information so they can view their data via web GUI.
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References
Acknowledgement
Thanks goes to the following persons for their contribution to the project:
- Preetpal Kang
- Sant Soy
- Shweta Nehra
- Ankita Gauri
References Used
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