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On 6 December 2019 will be the dateline of FYP documents submissions. Students are required to submit: 1. Technical Paper 2. Full Thesis with Hard Cover 3. Project Submission Form 4. Turnitin Report 5. Copyright Form 6. Submission Metadata 7. CD (Abstract, Picture, Poster, Thesis, Video, Schematic/Coding)

As the report thesis and technical paper has been completed, it is time to make a hardcover for my thesis. Lecturers has given guideline on content, format and advise on printing a hardcover. The hardcover need to be perfect because it need to be submitted to the library. Technical paper also need to be checked because it has format too.  Hardcover Thesis

The thesis has been done so let's move with technical paper. Technical paper is a summarize for report thesis for the project to give the overview for the viewers. Technical paper required title, author name, department and email. The contents were introduction, materials and method, results, discussion and conclusion.   Technical Paper pg. 1 Technical Paper pg. 2 Technical Paper pg. 3 Technical Paper pg. 4

Task: Updating Chapter 5. As the assessor from FYP Exhibition has been giving opinion and comment on my project, so I put it in the recommendation of Chapter 5. Recommendations For the recommendation, this project need a lot of improvement even though the project was successfully operated. The sensor was very sensitive and it just measure the pulse rate straightaway without knowing the persons was not in resting position.         When observing the Serial Monitor, the heart rate measurement and track plays were displayed some error even though it played the right track. For example, the heart rate was 87 BPM and playing track 128. It should be on track 3. In the SD Card of MP3 Shield there were only four tracks. Some fix should be made in future so that it displayed the right track number with the heart rate measurement.         As for this project only play the audio of heart rate status, it should play the number of heart rate too. Blind...

Task: Updating Chapter 4. This chapter includes the findings explanation and the data analysis. During develop this project, most important things that need to be carried out were the objectives. Result 1: Accuracy of Pulse Sensor Circuit Analysis To determine the accuracy of the pulse detector circuit, an experimental analysis was conducted on the pulse sensor circuit. In patient monitor and pulse sensor, heart rate measuring is compared between the pulse oximeter. Here is the contrast between the pulse oximeter and the pulse sensor for reading the heart rate. Comparison of Heart Beat Accuracy between Pulse Oximeter and Pulse Sensor between Five Students Result 2: Classifier Analysis with Audio Output The purpose of this experiment is to determine whether the heart rate status generated by the earphone using Cytron EasyMP3 Shield is consistent with the current heart status displayed through Serial Monitor on Arduino IDE. This is to ensure that the audio was pr...

Friday 1 Nov 2019 2:45pm - 5;00pm Event: Top 20 Award and Best IEEE projects awards ceremony           :Workshop on Technical Paper Writing from FYP Thesis Top 20 were given for those who give the best idea and performance during FYP Exhibition Day as well as to the Best IEEE Project Award Ceremony. Congratulation to the winner. Next, workshop on technical paper writing from FYP thesis session. It requires do technical paper along with report thesis. In technical paper should have: 1. Top of the Pages Abstract Problem Statement Approach Result Conclusion/Discussion Keyword 2. Content Introduction Materials and Method Results Discussion Conclusion References

Task: Updating Chapter 3 at the report as chapter 2 has been completed. In Chapter 3, the components and methods will be describing in the project. This chapter covers about block diagram, flowchart of project, the software and list of components and cost estimation this project. This chapter will detail more about each and every component’s function in this project. From the components, the explanation of coding will be explained too. This method shows on how to implement the coding with the component required to build up the project. Block Diagram of the Project The block diagram shows the flow of the project works, started from input, microprocessor and output. At the toggle switch, it has designed with the battery when blind persons only want the know the status of the heart rate via earphone.         Once the toggle switch has been turned on, Arduino Uno starts to process the information from the pulse sensor, and then with EasyMP3 Shield. Ea...

Task: Completing Chapter 1 1.1 Introduction Health is a physical, mental and social well-being state in its entirety. A people need a healthy diet and must exercise regularly for a healthy life cycle. People also have to live in a nice shelter, sleep well and have good hygiene habits.          When one or more organs or systems of the body are adversely affected as they are interrupted in their normal functioning, that means their body are not healthy and have a disease. Disease means the body feel unwell or body dysfunction. That is why people need to be aware with their health. The most important thing is to check on body heart rate.         Heart rate device is really popular nowadays. People often use it during working, resting and also exercising. Even though most country has people with health problem, not forget there are also people that really care about their health by keep themselves fit most of the time. However, mos...

FYP 2 Exhibition Day Semester July 2019 Day: Wednesday Date: 9 Oct 2019 Time: 8:00 am - 2:00 pm  Venue: Gemilang Hall UniKL BMI The presenter and project Poster of the Project

On 2 Oct 2019, a FYP 2 Briefing had been covering: FYP 2 Exhibition Day (Tips & Tricks) and Submission of Progress Report, Final Report & Technical Paper. Students were able to know the tips and how to present their projects during Exhibition Day. The speaker also brief on Submission of Progress Report, Final Report & Technical Paper. Next, a sketch has been made for this project. Google Sketch Up used to draw the casing of the project. A sketch need to be provided some Braille cell for guidance to the blind people.   Left View of the Project Right View of the Project

Coding for ESP8266 NodeMCU also needed to send heart rate rate to the IoT. Since ThingSpeak has been selected for the IoT platform, the ThingSpeak library should be included in Arduino IDE. To connect the ESP8266 NodeMCU to ThingSpeak, the username and password of the Internet connection need to be the same so that the data can be transferred. In the coding, channel identification and “write API keys” should be filled so that ThingSpeak could be connected. Example of ThingSpeak Coding After edit the code, the heart rate data can be sent to the Thingspeak. The results were give a huge different as the pulse sensor was so sensitive. Real Time Heart Rate Measurement data displayed on ThingSpeak

To set up ESP8266 with pulse sensor, a voltage regulator circuit need to be set up. In this diagram, a 10k ohm and 4.7k ohm resistor were used along with 10uF capacitor. Voltage regulator has been made in this circuit to make it operate within 3.3V. Figure and table below shows the connection between ESP8266 NodeMCU with pulse sensor, resistor and capacitor. Since the ESP8266 NodeMCU and pulse sensor component were not available in Fritzing skecting, the components were substitute with the nearly same component. After set up the circuit, the ESP8266 NodeMCU will be connected with th USB cable. Connection of Pulse Sensor, ESP8266 with Voltage Regulator The following shows the main connection and wire connection of the circuit; Connection                 Wire Connection Pulse Sensor (GND)------ESP8266 (GND) Pulse Sensor (VCC)------ESP8266 (Vs) Pulse Sensor (A0)---------4.7kohm 4.7kohm--------------------ESP8266 (A0) 1...

To save the data, Parallax Data Acquisition (PLX-DAQ) has been used with the help of Microsoft Excel. As some blind persons were computer literate, they can save the heart rate by their own. Before start, download PLX-DAQ and enable Active X and Macro on Microsoft Excel. Then put the following code in the Arduino IDE; i. Serial.println("CLEARDATA"); This line required to clears sheet starting from row 2. ii. Serial.println("CLEARSHEET"); This line has to clears sheet starting from row 1. iii. Serial.println("LABEL,Date,Time,Heart Beat,millis"); It defines four columns named "Date", "Time", "Timer", "Heart Beat" and "millis". This part can be edited according to the data obtained. iv. Serial.println( (String) "DATA,DATE,TIME," + myBPM + "," + millis() + ",AUTOSCROLL" ); Getting the data from the sensor to be included in the Excel. v. Serial.println("CELL...

As the EasyMP3 Shield has been stacked on the Arduino board, the coding of the EasyMP3 Shield should be included too. Simply download the coding library from the website of Cytron Technology Sdn Bhd or follow the same instruction for pulse sensor. Upon completion of EasyMP3 Shield library download, click on the example on CytronEasyMP3 and choose “PlayATrack”. From this coding, it has been provided the coding to play one and more track. To play this track, the MP3 files need to be added first in the SD Card which can be inserted on the SD Card slot of EasyMP3 Shield. Example of CytronEasyMP3 Coding

On Wednesday 21 Aug 2019, a workshop has been held at TTL1. The talk was about workshop on Results & Discussion (Chapter 4), Conclusion (Chapter 5) and Abstract in Thesis Writing. The result needed to be added to the report as the progress. The data collection should be presented in graph, bar or picture.

Since I have Cytron MP3 Shield, I need to insert some audio as the voice output for blind person. The function of Cytron MP3 Shield is to offers high quality audio solution with the ability to decode and play MP3 audio files from microSD card. Cytron EasyMP3 Shield The audios need to deliver heart rate status through earphone. The heart rate status are: 1. Your heart rate status is low. 2. Your heart rate status is normal. 3. Your heart rate status is high. The track will be put in the SDCard at the MP3 shield to play it.

I have construct a circuit on the pulse sensor. The components including: Pulse sensor Arduino Uno Cable wire  For the first step, I have downloaded the pulse sensor library into Arduino software. After the library has been installed, the example of the PulseSensor Playground coding has been inserted to the Arduino IDE. The option of “Getting_BPM_into_Monitor” has been selected to display the BPM on the serial monitor. What I need to do is connecting the port, enable the connection of pulse sensor with the coding and observe the results through serial monitor, since I have eliminate the LCD because blind persons cannot see. Pulse Sensor Playground Library Connection between pulse sensor, Arduino Uno and cable wire    The heart beat measurement on the serial monitor. After the coding has been uploaded into the Arduino, I click on the "Serial Monitor" at the "Tools" menu. The heart beat measurement will display on Serial Moni...

On 31 July 2019, a workshop regarding Introductory Briefing is held at TTL1 at 3:00pm. The contents are about : Code, Credit & CLOs Assessments & Weightage - 20% Logbook/Blog - 35% FYP Exhibition Day - 35% Final Report - 10% Technical Paper Getting FYP 2 Information - Telegram - Unikl BMI FYP website - FYP2 Academic Calendar - FYP Committee Finalize FYP 2 Title FYP Project Claim - RM500 per student Misconception About FYP FYP Progress Report - Project planning - Project design - Description on the project block diagram and flow chart - Circuit description and operation - List of components used - PCB LayoutData collection/results -Conclusion FYP Thesis - Chapter 1: Introduction - Chapter 2: Literature review - Chapter 3: Methodology - Chapter 4: Results and Discussion - Chapter 5: Conclusion & Recommendations FYP 2 Activities              On 1 August 2019, I print out the Change of Title Form from the UniKL BMI Final Year Proj...

Starting from the first week, I had checking for all the components and refreshing the ideas in FYP2 project, which is about Heart Rate Measurement Device for Blind People at Home. I am planning on the structure of the project, the sequence of the circuit construction and the software used for this project: Construct a circuit with pulse sensor, Arduino and LCD to produce heart rate measurement for person. Enable voice output to send heart rate information via earphone for blind persons. Enable cloud system to store information of the heart rate. Create a PCB layout.