MEDIC-the Smart Medicine Dispenser
Manjunatha Y R1, N Lohith2, Bhavana R3, Bindushree S V4
1Manjunatha Y R, Presently Working Assistant Professor, Department of Electronics & Communication Engineering, SJC Institute of Technology, Kothanoor (Karnataka), India.
2Mr. N Lohith, Presently Persuing Bachelor, Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, SJC Institute of Technology, Kothanoor (Karnataka), India.
3Bhavana R, Currently Perusing Bachelor, Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, SJC Institute of Technology, Kothanoor (Karnataka), India.
4Bindushree S V, Currently Perusing Bachelor, Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, SJC Institute of Technology, Kothanoor (Karnataka), India.
Manuscript received on 22 May 2019 | Revised Manuscript received on 12 June 2019 | Manuscript Published on 27 June 2019 | PP: 212-215 | Volume-8 Issue-1C May 2019 | Retrieval Number: A10370581C19/2019©BEIESP
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Abstract: Aged had to be medicated on time, MEDIC is a specially designed smart medication dispenser is for the persons taking medications without having a close supervision or guidance from a medical professional, user will not be exposed to an error prone task of administering misdosage of medicine at the wrong time. The components of MEDIC are microcontroller, an OLED display, stepper motor drivers with stepper motors, alarm system, a multiple tablet container to store different types of tablets and dispenser for medicine storage and dispensing and a cooling compartment for vaccine storage. The overall procedural operation helps the caretaker to feed the prescription and the time to dispense multiple types of tablets into the container. The Alarm System is incorporated to provide two types of indications one by LED light indication and the other by providing a buzzer sound. The user is required to consume the pills and press the reset button to bring back the container position near the funnel and there is an alarm to check for the tablets in the pill container and to inform the caretaker to fill the dispensing container with pills. These two alarms are also alerted through a message alert to the users through their cellphone.
Keywords: MEDIC, OLED Display, LED, Stepper Motor.
Scope of the Article: Smart Spaces