Activity and Fall Detection in the Habitational Environment
Subsystem: Sensor design and Hardware Abstraction Layer
B.L. den Ouden (TU Delft - Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science)
J.H.A. Kruijsse (TU Delft - Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science)
P. J. French – Mentor (TU Delft - Electronic Instrumentation)
K. Rassels – Coach (TU Delft - Electronics)
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Abstract
This report is part of a bigger project to design a fall detection system for elderly and describes the hardware of the system. The importance of this research is that elderly can live longer in their home by alerting the correct instances in case of an accident. The hardware consists of a 1x2 meter sensor grid below the surface of the floor. The sensor grid uses the piezoresistivity of linqstat to measure the pressure and the location of the pressured point on the floor. An ESP8266 microprocessor combined with 74HC595 shift registers and a 74HC4067 demultiplexer is used to gather the data and send it to a server. The design is modular allowing easy installation in differently sized or shaped rooms. Each individual sensor grid has an update frequency of 14Hz and uses wifi to connect to a common server. Each module has an average power consumption of 0,74W and a peak power of 1,6W.