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Patient Monitoring System

Shabana Shaik
Intellectual 330 points

Other Parts Discussed in Thread: MSP430G2513

Hi,

We are planning to design a patient monitoring system. I have gone through the link http://www.ti.com/solution/patient_monitoring#.

When I place my cursor on the processor, it shows cortex processors.

Can I design the same using MSP430?

My main goal is to build a very low cost system to monitor the major vital signs of the patient.

How far and in what way it will be different if I go for MSP 430 and OMAP platform?

How does cost matter for the entire design in both the cases? Which is the best n cheapest?

Thanks

Shabana

  • Intellectual 840 points

    Robotics is my area so take this with a pound of salt so to speak.

    MSP430 Series has 8 separate Input/Output With Schmitt Triggers and still has communication ports available.

    With that, No, you can not design the same with the MSP430, you can take the design of one and move it up to the other recommended processors.

    The memory in the MSP430 series is 1k in MSP430G2113 to 16k in MSP430G2513 making the coding one of the hard parts and deciding on IF you will use all 8 to monitor a patient or cut back from that due to code restrictions.  In that 1k to 16K is interrupt vector,code memory, Information memory, RAM, Peripherals and at the 16k range that does not leave more than a simple heart beat monitor and the code to call for help.  It does have Universal Serial Communications Interface (USCI) so it could be a long term data monitor/storage to a I2C device ( or to another one strictly set to wright to a compact flash ).

    Best is in the eye of the beholder and cheapest depends on how you calculate the cost of saving lives.

    My personal recommendation would be to look in to the LM4F120 LaunchPad Evaluation Board series to see if it meets your needs while it is still under $5.00

  • Prodigy 10 points

    There are various patient monitor system available in the market, when talking about designing you can contact a good designer who can help you in designing one according to your requirement.