smart medicine box

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  medicine box

Inspiration

Medication non-adherence is a major challenge among elderly people, often leading to missed doses and serious health complications. We wanted to build a smart, affordable, and secure medicine management system that not only reminds users to take their medicine but also ensures safe access and provides emergency support.

What it does

Our IoT-Based Smart Medicine Box reminds users to take medicines at the scheduled time using an RTC, LED, and buzzer. It uses fingerprint authentication to allow access only to authorized users, monitors medicine box opening using a Hall Effect sensor, and provides an emergency panic button that unlocks the box and sends an alert message to the registered caretaker via Wi-Fi.

How we built it

We developed the prototype using an ESP32 microcontroller integrated with an RTC module, fingerprint sensor, Hall Effect sensor, LCD display, LED, buzzer, and push button. The software was developed using the Arduino IDE, and Wi-Fi communication was used to send emergency notifications to the caretaker.

Challenges we ran into Integrating multiple hardware modules with ESP32. Synchronizing RTC-based reminders with sensor operations. Ensuring reliable fingerprint authentication. Implementing stable Wi-Fi communication for emergency alerts. Coordinating all modules without affecting system performance. Accomplishments that we're proud of Successfully integrated reminder, security, monitoring, and emergency features into one device. Developed a working prototype with real-time medication reminders. Implemented secure fingerprint authentication. Enabled automatic emergency alerts through Wi-Fi. Designed an affordable solution suitable for elderly home healthcare. What we learned

This project improved our understanding of IoT-based healthcare systems, embedded programming with ESP32, sensor integration, real-time scheduling using RTC, biometric authentication, and wireless communication. We also gained experience in designing user-friendly healthcare solutions.

Built With

• alerm
• alertsystem
• ardino
• authentication
• buzzer
• cpp
• esp32
• fingerprint
• halfeffect
• iot
• irsensor
• lights
• msg