project:openmedsensor

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Open Med Sensor

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Trying to open proprietary medical sensors and connect them to the Internet.

Connecting a personal medical sensor device to the Internet enables storing measurements over time (compared to a single measurement displayed on the device display). A connected sensor is thus more valuable than a stand-alone device. Connected sensors do exist, but are often quite expensive. On the other hand, Bluetooth modules and Bluetooth enabled Smartphones are readily available and can act as a cheap gateway to the Internet.

Hardware

Tasks

  • Open the medical sensor device housing [DONE]
  • Find a way to intercept data sent to LCD display [DONE]
  • Detect signals sent to LCD display with multimeter [DONE]
  • Attach wires to LCD display, to do the measurement with an Arduino [TODO]
  • Setup Bluetooth module to send measurements from Arduino [DONE]
  • Receive measurements sent via Bluetooth with (Windows) Laptop [DONE]
  • Receive measurements sent via Bluetooth with Android [TODO]
  • Make measurements available on the Internet [TODO]
  • Plan B: use OCR (e.g. this Google API) to read med device display with Android camera [TODO]

Tools

  • Screwdriver
  • Multimeter

Team

Links

  • project/openmedsensor.1348846939.txt.gz
  • Last modified: 2012/09/28 17:42
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