Title :
Modular development telemonitoring system
Author :
Parak, Jakub ; Dvorak, Jan ; Pokorny, Matous ; Havlik, Jan
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Circuit Theor., Czech Tech. Univ. in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
Abstract :
This paper presents a modular development telemonitoring system. The system consists of wireless communication and biosignal acquisition modules. These modules are connected to a control unit via an extension board. The control unit is based on STM32 EVO Primer development kit. An integrated accelerometer is used for monitoring of subject´s activity. The system features a signal processing and heart rate frequency computing algorithm. A memory card is used for saving the heart rate frequency. A heart arrhythmia alarm and an activity monitor are implemented in the system as well. The system has a simple alarm and a signal visualization program for PC. The modular solution is suitable for other biosignals acquisition and for miscellaneous means of wireless data transfer. The system provides raw signal data for further signal processing. This system was designed mainly for development, research and educational purposes in telemonitoring systems.
Keywords :
accelerometers; biomedical telemetry; cardiology; computerised instrumentation; data acquisition; data communication; data visualisation; medical signal processing; patient monitoring; wireless channels; STM32 EVO Primer development kit; activity monitoring; biosignal acquisition module; control unit; extension board; heart arrhythmia alarm; heart rate frequency computing algorithm; integrated accelerometer; memory card; modular solution; raw signal data; signal processing algorithm; signal visualization program; telemonitoring system; wireless communication module; wireless data transfer; Bluetooth; Electrocardiography; Heart rate; Libraries; Monitoring; Signal processing; Wireless communication; STM32 EVO Primer; Telemonitoring; biosignal acquisition; biosignal processing; heart arrhythmia alarm; wireless communication;
Conference_Titel :
Telecommunications and Signal Processing (TSP), 2012 35th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Prague
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1117-5
DOI :
10.1109/TSP.2012.6256343