An Electronic COVID-19 Detection System

2021 ELE Engineering Design Project (XF04)

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Faculty Lab Coordinator

Xavier Fernando

Topic Category

Consumer Products/Applications

Preamble

We are tired of hearing about COVID-19 that can lead to serious health conditions and even death. A person with shortness of breath might not know when to go to a hospital. This is where this Electronic COVID-19 Detection System becomes handy. This system can assist in getting people the help they need and get accurate information about their current condition.

Objective

The objective is to design an open source, inexpensive Electronic COVID-19 Detection System that can effectively detect COVID-19 symptoms.

Partial Specifications

It shall measure the pulse rate, body temperature and oxygen levels of the patient.

It shall be power by USB. No battery shall be needed for the basic operation.

It shall communicate with the smart phone, preferably using a Bluetooth interface.

The smartphone shall display these variables as a graph.

The smartphone shall give an alert or call the doctors office when the combination of pulse rate, temperature and oxygen level meet a certain criteria.

Suggested Approach

Visit https://create.arduino.cc/projecthub/gatoninja236/open-source-pulse-oximeter-for-covid-19-4764c5?ref=challenge&ref_id=237&offset=0 to see a similar project.

Group Responsibilities

The group is responsible for the completion of the entire project.

Student A Responsibilities

3D printing and assembly

Student B Responsibilities

Sensor selection and interfacing

Student C Responsibilities

Signal analysis to detect abnormal condition

Student D Responsibilities

Bluetooth interface and App development

Course Co-requisites

To ALL EDP Students

Due to COVID-19 pandemic, in the event University is not open for in-class/in-lab activities during the Winter term, your EDP topic specifications, requirements, implementations, and assessment methods will be adjusted by your FLCs at their discretion.