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We are creating a prototype of an asthma inhaler (or a device attached to an asthma inhaler) capable of communicating the time, date, and location where the inhaler was used, as well as to design the software to accompany the data. This project is important in the tracking of allergy and asthma symptoms, outbreak control, and general health observations with respect to populations in certain areas of the United States and, ultimately, the entire globe. Surveillance to this point has been limited to the delayed analysis of emergency department visits and hospitalizations for relatively severe episodes.
Done for Fall
Inhaler Team Member: Sammy, Peter, Micheal, Mollie
Our Prototype
The prototype consists of:
| Week | Reporting Period Beginning | Activities |
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| 1 | September 7 | Met with Client, Updated PDS, Python Programming continue, Research on Casing options, |
| 2 | September 14 | Project Timeline finalized, Testing protocol |
| 3 | September 21 | Introduced the online project management software, Testing protocol continued, Searched many casing options |
| 4 | September 28 | Purchsed waterproof casing, EAGLE tutorial, mid-sesmter presentation preparation |
| 5 | October 5 | EAGLE Schema, Solved error message in PYTHON, Met with Amit, Cell phone salvage investigated |
| 6 | October 12 | Mid-semester Presentation, researched other microcontrollers, located PCB printing companies |
| 7 | October 19 | Samples for buttons arrived, Purchased new microcontroller and new options for casing |
| 8 | October 26 | Programming new PIC Microcontroller 16F688, Met with professionals in Medical Electonic Lab, Design Battery Holder, PCB Compy research |
| 9 | November 2 | Programming new PIC Microcontroller 16F688, Met with professionals in Medical Electonic Lab, Design Battery Holder, PCB Compy research |
| 10 | November 9 | Meet with Professions in MEL, Design battery holder amd rechargeable battery circuit, ordered new batteries and buttons |
| 11 | November 16 | Ordered adapter to upload program to PIC. Ordered PCB Board |
| 12 | November 23 | Received and tested PCB boards, Ordered Molex Connectors, Poster Desgin |
| 13 | November 30 | Finish Programming, Prototype completed, Printed Poster |
| 14 | December 7 | Done with Presentation, Client Meeting and Advisor’s wrap-up meeting |
| 15 | December 14 | END, See you next Semester |
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Mid-Semester Presentation (Oct 19th) (Oct 19 2007, 2855 kb) |
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Poster Presentation (Dec 07, 2007) (Dec 10 2007, 648 kb) |
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PDS (Dec) (Dec 12 2007, 14 kb) |
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Final Paper (Dec 12 2007, 1461 kb) |
