Infant breathing rate counter based on variable resistor for pneumonia

Novi Angga Sakti, Ardy Dwi Hardiyanto, R. C. La Febry Andira, Kesa Camelya, Prihartini Widiyanti

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Abstract

Pneumonia is one of the leading causes of death in new born baby in Indonesia. According to WHO in 2002, breathing rate is very important index to be the symptom of pneumonia. In the Community Health Center, the nurses count with a stopwatch for exactly one minute. Miscalculation in Community Health Center occurs because of long time concentration and focus on two object at once. This calculation errors can cause the baby who should be admitted to the hospital only be attended at home. Therefore, an accurate breathing rate counter at Community Health Center level is necessary. In this work, resistance change of variable resistor is made to be breathing rate counter. Resistance change in voltage divider can produce voltage change. If the variable resistance moves periodically, the voltage will change periodically too. The voltage change counted by software in the microcontroller. For the every mm shift at the variable resistor produce average 0.96 voltage change. The software can count the number of wave generated by shifting resistor.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication5th International Conference and Workshop on Basic and Applied Sciences, ICOWOBAS 2015
EditorsMoh. Yasin, Sulaiman W. Harun
PublisherAmerican Institute of Physics Inc.
ISBN (Electronic)9780735413641
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 15 Mar 2016
Event5th International Conference and Workshop on Basic and Applied Sciences, ICOWOBAS 2015 - Surabaya, Indonesia
Duration: 16 Oct 201517 Oct 2015

Publication series

NameAIP Conference Proceedings
Volume1718
ISSN (Print)0094-243X
ISSN (Electronic)1551-7616

Conference

Conference5th International Conference and Workshop on Basic and Applied Sciences, ICOWOBAS 2015
Country/TerritoryIndonesia
CitySurabaya
Period16/10/1517/10/15

Keywords

  • Breathing rate
  • Community Health Center level.
  • baby
  • pneumonia
  • variable resistor

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