Introduction: Automated Medicine Box
Forgetting to take a medication is a common problem in older people and is especially likely when an older patient takes several drugs simultaneously. Around 40% of Patients forget to take medicines and most of them have difficulty to differentiate between multiple medications.
- Patients forgets to take medication
- Patients get confused in taking multiple medications as they look similar.
- Patients don't take medications at correct time
Such thing leads to bad health and now-a-days these cases are increasing day by day and most people think that skipping medications is normal thing, which is bad for their health.
To avoid this I wanted to make a device which automatically gives medicines to the patients.
Supplies
Servo Motor MG995 (2 Nos)
Raspberry Pi
Moblie App
3D Printer
External Power Supply(Travel Adapter) 5V
USB Audio Speakers
Cardboard
Glue
Step 1: 3D Design
I have used Autodesk Fusion 360 for Designing and also added initial drawings of system
Step 2: Overview of System
I am used Raspberry Pi 4 as Main controller with 2 Servos as actuators.
Mobile App is made using Flutter.
And all Medicine Schedule Data is stored in Firebase and is synced on Raspberry Pi
Step 3: 3D Printing
The models took total of 12 hours to print in PLA at 4% infill . I added Cardboard supports due to failed 3D Prints.
Step 4: Mounting Motors
Mount both Servo motors using screws and for Door use some Glue
Step 5: Android App
In the App you can add the Medicine Schedule ,and the data is stored in Firebase.
Step 6: Run the Raspberry Pi
To start the setup, first connect the circuit and usb speaker. Then run the code from Github Link
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