Hi! I’m a industrial design student, of course my knowledges in electronics are remotes, i just have a basic knowledge about arduinos an lily pad, well I have this project for avoiding sudden infant death syndrome, i need a sensor that counts 40 breaths in a minute, that obviusly causes a movement of the toraxic zone on the baby, so i think i can monitorate this 40 movements in a minute, a very small baby because it’s for prematures, and with this rythim of breathing get low, after 15 seconds, activates an alarm, so i was looking but is kinda difficult to me because my poor knowledges and also my english it’s not so good, but i found this products, that maybe i think i can use, i’m gonna need besides the sensor of movement an audible alarm that it’s connected to the sensor. I found this pulse sensor https://www.sparkfun.com/products/11574 and i noticed that it haves a led that it’s monitoring the heartbeats per minute right?. Then i found this https://www.sparkfun.com/products/8630 but i don’t understand if it works for make things move, or if the alarm could be programated when the baby, stops to move, or this one that it’s a pressure sensor https://www.sparkfun.com/products/9376, besides if someone speaks spanish it could be easier for me to understand and explain my project. Thanks.
I don't see how the PIR sensor will be of use. It detects the sudden presence of heat in it's field of view. Since the baby will always be in the FOV, I don't think it will reliably detect any motion. Certainly not any breathing motion.PPIpaw:
I found this pulse sensor https://www.sparkfun.com/products/11574 and i noticed that it haves a led that it’s monitoring the heartbeats per minute right?. Then i found this https://www.sparkfun.com/products/8630 but i don’t understand if it works for make things move, or if the alarm could be programated when the baby, stops to move, or this one that it’s a pressure sensor https://www.sparkfun.com/products/9376, besides if someone speaks spanish it could be easier for me to understand and explain my project. Thanks.
The pressure sensor might be of use but how are you expecting to use it ?
The primary question is what are you trying to detect ? If it’s breathing, how ? By the motion of air ? By the chest expansion/compression/movement ? By the electrical activity of the diaphragm muscle ? How is it done in hospitals ?
wireless blood oxygen sensor that baby can’t dislodge?