Apps-Based Temperature Monitoring System with Location Services for Medical Needs Delivery Using Drone

Authors

  • Kok Beng Gan Department of Electrical, Electronic & Systems Engineering Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8776-5502
  • Syahril Amir Mohd Department of Electrical, Electronic & Systems Engineering Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia.
  • Tze Yee Ng Department of Electrical, Electronic & Systems Engineering Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3991/ijim.v15i09.20039

Keywords:

temperature monitoring system, location service, blood delivery, internet of things, mobile application

Abstract


Traditional temperature monitoring system for blood delivery requires a USB cable to extract data after delivery has been completed. Without real-time temperature data during delivery, the quality of the products cannot be monitored efficiently. In this paper, we have designed and developed a mobile application-based temperature monitoring system for medical needs delivery. It has a mobile application to display temperature data in real-time. The system includes Arduino Uno, DHT22, DS3231, microSD card adapter and ESP8266 Wi-Fi module. The temperature and humidity data were stored in the microSD card and ThingSpeak server for further analysis. A mobile application allowed users to visualized and monitor the temperature of the payload during delivery. For the system test and evaluation purpose, the developed temperature monitoring system was placed inside a polystyrene box. The temperature and humidity data were acquired using DHT22 and Fluke t3000 fc in cold and ambient temperature for 30 minutes with a sampling time of 2 seconds in the polystyrene box. The results showed that the correlations error 0.96 and 1.00, respectively. Finally, we showed that the developed temperature monitoring system can capture and record temperature data in real-time. It is reliable and comparable to a high-end temperature monitor.

Author Biographies

Kok Beng Gan, Department of Electrical, Electronic & Systems Engineering Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia.

Kok Beng Gan has received the B.S. degree in Material Physics from University Technology Malaysia in 2001. He was conferred a PhD (Electrical, Electronic & System Engineering) from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia in 2009. He was an engineer in the field of electronic manufacturing services and original design manufacturing from 2001 to 2005. After several years of industry experience, he decided to venture into academic in 2005. He is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical, Electronic & Systems Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia. He specializes in embedded system in healthcare. His current research interest are biomedical optics & optical instrumentation, embedded system & signal processing for medical application and biomechanics & human motion analysis.

Syahril Amir Mohd, Department of Electrical, Electronic & Systems Engineering Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia.

Syahril Amir Mohd is currently a MSc student in Department of Electrical, Elec-tronic & System Engineering, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia. He is currently work-ing on a project related to blood delivery using drone. His research interest is drone technology and embedded system development.

Tze Yee Ng, Department of Electrical, Electronic & Systems Engineering Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia.

Tze Yee Ng has received her B.Eng. degree in Electrical & Electronic Engineering from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia. Her research interest is embedded system development.

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Published

2021-05-04

How to Cite

Gan, K. B., Mohd, S. A., & Ng, T. Y. (2021). Apps-Based Temperature Monitoring System with Location Services for Medical Needs Delivery Using Drone. International Journal of Interactive Mobile Technologies (iJIM), 15(09), pp. 103–117. https://doi.org/10.3991/ijim.v15i09.20039

Issue

Vol. 15 No. 09 (2021)

Section

Papers

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