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PIC Microcontroller based Efficient Baby Incubator

Divya S.Patil1,Amita S.Aher2, Aditya S. Nahata3
E&TC, SNJBS KBJ College of Engineering,[email protected]
E&TC, SNJBS KBJ college of Engineering,[email protected]
3
E&TC, SNJBS KBJ College of Engineering,[email protected]
1

Abstract-Today, technology is advancing in all possible directions,especially in the field of health

and care products especially where the requirements are supporting life.Additional care is taken
when it comes to babies.A design of a Baby Incubator System based on the PIC Microcontroller is a
prototype which is developed which gives a reliable and efficient baby monitoring system that can
play a vital role in providing better infant care .This system is monitor and control vital parameter
such as Temperature, Humidity, Heartbeat, and Sound of incubator for the continuous controlling
and monitoring the clinical condition. All these parameters are continuously monitored by system&
will display the status on LCDs or gives alarm.
Keywords Baby Incubator, PIC Microcontroller, Heartbeats ,Temperature, Humidity,
Infants,LCD.

I.
INTRODUCTION
In the efficient baby Incubator system, an incubator is an infant-stimulating system used for intensive
care of the newborn, premature or sick baby. It provides a safe and clean environment, which has
fresh air, clean and sterile ambient conditions for the babies. There are four million babies worldwide
who die in the first month of life, one million die on their first day. New -born are at the greatest risk.
This paper helps to prevent the death of such babies. Everyone which belongs to economical
backward also use of it.
1.1-Literature survey

Smart Jacket Design for Neonatal Monitoring with Wearable Sensors[1].Sibrecht Bouwstra, Wei
Chen, Loe Feijs Sidarto Bambang Oetomo has designed the smart Jacket which aims for
providing reliable health monitoring as well as a comfortable clinical environment. for neonatal
care and parent-child interaction. In this paper explore a new solution for skin-contact challenges.
different sensors stitched in patches .this patches are mounted on jacket. Whenever smart jacket
ware by baby body signal collected and makes signal conditioning.
Drawback of this system is that in this module different sensors are mounted on the jacket for
that the jacket must be in contact with the body.

NEONATAL INTENSIVE CARE UNIT[2]

Karthik Hiremath has designed a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit; is designed to provide an
atmosphere that limits stress on the infant and meetsbasic needs of warmth, nutrition, care and
protection to assure proper growth and development. This papers focus is on presenting a
completely automated version of the same, using the PIC 18F4520 and Zig Bee technology.

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Drawback of this system is that it only counts the pulse rate and sense the temperature of infant
and incubator.
Development of Wireless Monitoring System for Neonatal Intensive Care Unit [3]
N.S. Joshi, R.K. Kamat, P.K. Gaikwad has designed a system which shows Development of a
Wireless Monitoring System for NICU. This system is maintaining a stable body temperature is
essential to ensure optimal growth of premature and weak infants. The system deploys a set of
suitable sensors for the system development. and information is collected using PIC
microcontroller ,GSM module and AT commands.
Drawback of this system is that it uses the GSM module ,if there is no range the information
cannot be send to the parents which can be dangerous. Cost also increases.
Design of Embedded Device for Incubator for the Monitoring of Infants[4]
Prof. Kranti Dive*, Prof. Gitanjali Kulkarni has designed a system which shows design of
embedded device for real time monitoring of infants. The Embedded device includes sensors for
Door Security, Light Intensity, Voice detection of incubator for the continuous monitoring of
infants under clinical and home conditions. It will allow the early detection of potential life
threatening events. The device would involve DSPIC microcontroller.
Drawback of this system is that it only concentrates on the security of the room and does not
provide sufficient parameters related to the baby health.
Intelligent Baby Monitoring System[5]
Savita P.Patil, 2Manisha R. Mhetre has designed an Intelligent Baby Monitoring System is
designed to gives a reliable and efficient baby monitoring system that can play a vital role in
providing better infant care. This system monitor vital parameters such as body temperature,
pulse rate, moisture condition, movement of an infant and using PIC microcontroller and GSM
network this information is transferred to their parent.
Drawback of this system it does not log the history of baby health.
PIC Microcontroller based Baby Incubator[6]
Harshad Joshi, Dattu Shinde has designed a microcontroller based baby incubator which control
and monitor vital parameters like oxygen, temperature, humidity, heartbeat using microcontroller
and GSM module.

1.2 Proposed System:

This system monitor vital parameters such as body temperature, heartbeats, humidity, sound of an
infant and using PIC Microcontroller. This information is transferred to their doctors. Measurements
of this vital parameters can be done and under risk situation conveyed to the doctors with alarm
triggering and serial communication system to initiate the proper control actions. As the electronic
part is separated from the Babys compartment baby can be assured safe.

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II.

BLOCK DIAGRAM

Figure1.Block diagram of the system

III.

SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE IN DETAIL

Figure.2.Conditions in Incubator

In this project we are using PIC 16F876a controller.It operates on dc-20Mhz.To this PIC we have
connected different sensors which will allow us to measure different types of conditions which we
need to measure. In this system we need to calculate many parameters likes temperature, humidity,
heartbeats,sound[6]and they are being calculated with different sensors. The sensors are connected as
a input to the controller and at the output side we have different devices to display the readings of the
same. Each sensor has different device to show tithe output of the temperature sensor, humidity
sensor is displayed on LCD screen.[2]RS232 cable is used to send the data of the sensors to the
doctors computer.
Heart beat sensor is designed to give digital output of heart beat,when a finger
is placed on it.The LED flashes in unison with each heartbeat.It works on the principle of light
modulation by blood flow through finger at each pulse.The sensor calculates the average value of the
heart beat and displayed on the LCD.Temperature and humidity sensor module is used to control the
relative humidity and temperature inside the incubator and that of baby.and we are controlling the
proper action using different output module such as humidifier(bulb),fan if humidity or temeperature
are not as their set points.And keeping the baby under proper clinical environment.

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IV.
SR
NO
1

RESULT

YEAR

SYSTEM NAME

TECHNIQUE USED

2009

Smart Jacket Design for

Neonatal Monitoring with
Wearable Sensors
Neonatal Intensive Care
Unit
Development of Wireless
Monitoring System for
Neonatal Intensive Care
Unit
Design of Embedded
Device for Incubator for
the Monitoring of Infants
Intelligent Baby
Monitoring System
PIC Microcontroller
based Baby Incubator

Microcontroller,smart jacket
with sensors

2012

2013

2013

PIC 18F4520 and

Zig Bee technology
PIC microcontroller GSM
module and AT commands.

CONTROL
PARAMETERS
Any 6 type of clinical
conditions.
Temperature, Pulse rate
Temperature,Humidity

Door Security, Light

Intensity, Voice
detection
5
PIC microcontroller and
Body temperature, pulse
2014
GSM network
rate, moisture condition
6
PIC microcontroller GSM
oxygen, temperature,
2015
module
humidity,heartbeat
7
PIC microcontroller, Visual temperature,sound
2016 Proposed system
Basics
humidity, heartbeat
As observed from the above result table we have concluded that in all the systems listed above has
certain disadvantages like some can only measure Heartbeats, Temperature and some use GSM
module to report there data. Working on these system disadvantages we are designing a system in
which Heartbeat, Temperature, Humidity, Sound are controlled in one system and the data is logged
on the doctors PC using visual basic software, due to this the care of baby is taken properly.
V.

DSPIC microcontroller

CONCLUSION

The project is designed keeping in mind the medical conditions available in rural areas. This
Equipment can be effectively used by technicians in a small health care center. It can be a lifesaving
machine for low birth weight infants. The components can be easily fixed. The chamber is sufficient
enough to accommodate the baby comfortably. And it is design at low cost.
IV.
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[2]
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REFRENCES

Sibrecht Bouwstra, Wei Chen, Loe Feijs Sidarto Bambang Oetomo , Smart Jacket Design
for Neonatal Monitoring with Wearable Sensors Eindhoven University of Technology, The
Netherlands.
Karthik Hiremath, NEONATAL INTENSIVE CARE UNIT, International Journal of
Information Technology and Knowledge Management December 2012
Joshi, N S, Kamat, R K, Gaikwad, P K, Development of Wireless Monitoring System for
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, International Journal of Advanced Computer Research
(ISSN-print): 2249-7277, ISSN (online: 2277-7970) Volume-3 Number-3 Issue-11
September-2013

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Prof. Kranti Dive*, Prof. Gitanjali Kulkarni Computer Engineering Dept. MIT College of
Engineering Pune, India Design of Embedded Device for Incubator for the Monitoring of
Infants,IJARCSSE All Rights Reserved Page | 541 Volume 3, Issue 11, November 2013
Savita P.Patil, Manisha R. Mhetre Intelligent Baby Monitoring System Instrumentation
Dept. VIT , Pune, Maharashtra, India.
Harshad Joshi1, Dattu Shinde2BE Student, Dept. of E&TC, SMSMPITR, Akluj,
Maharashtra, India1 TE Student, Dept. of E&TC, SMSMPITR, Akluj, Maharashtra, India2
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