Conclusion
Figure 34. Heart beats per minutes
When the system is powered on, all the LCD segments turn on and detect any damage.
Figure 35. Display test
14 Conclusion
Freescale provides a variety of devices with low power consumption and high performance to develop medical applications.
Flexibility in selecting the right communication interface makes Freescale an adequate solution to use USB or Bluetooth.
Freescale technology develops medical devices such as glucometers and blood pressure monitors to serve as key parts of
intelligent hospitals, telehealth solutions, or single end-user monitoring devices.
15 References
Freescale provides full schematics and source codes for customizing your application and a faster development. See available
videos at www.freescale.com/medical. Videos at the Freescale channel on www.youtube.com/freescale.
• Ultra Low Power Medical Device Demo by Freescale— http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQTT_sjCMPo
• Blood Glucose Meter with Blood Pressure Monitor—http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NuoRK7DgJkM
• Continua USB PHDC Demo—http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z47ILv0eSLQ
• Electrocardiograph and Heart Rate Monitor Fundamentales (document AN4059) at the Freescale Medical webpage—
www.freescale.com/medical
• Medical Management of Diabetes and Heart Disease Book, Marcel Dekker Inc, Authors: Burton E. Sobel and David J.
Schneider.
• Blood Pressure Monitors A Freescale Reference Design at www.freescale.com
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