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International Journal of Engineering & Technology, 7 (2.5) (2018) 115-118
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Research Paper
Automatic Blood Pressure Detector Using Arduino to Measure
Blood Pressure in Indonesian People Age 19-27 Years Old
Ratnadewi
1
*, Mohammad Faizal Ramdhani
2
, Nuning Kurniasih
3
, Lusi Dwi Putri
4
, Parwito
5
, Dahlan Abdullah
6
,
Tri Listyorini
7
, Muhammad Ilham Bakhtiar
8
, Ricardo Freedom Nanuru
9
, Robbi Rahim
10
1
Department of Electrical Engineering, Universitas Kristen Maranatha,Bandung, Indonesia
2
Department of Electrical Engineering, Universitas Kristen Maranatha,Bandung, Indonesia
3
Faculty of Communication Sciences, Library and Information Science Program, Universitas Padjadjaran, Bandung, Indonesia
4
Universitas Lancang Kuning, Indonesia
5
Department of Agrotechnology, Universitas Ratu Samban, Indonesia
6
Department of Informatics, Universitas Malikussaleh, Aceh, Indonesia
7
Department of Informatics Engineering, Universitas Muria Kudus, Indonesia
8
Universitas Negeri Makassar, Indonesia
9
Universitas Halmahera, Indonesia
10
School of Computer and Communication Engineering, Universiti Malaysia Perlis, Kubang Gajah, Malaysia
*Corresponding author E-mail:ratnadewi.bandung@gmail.com
Abstract
No doubt every person wants to be healthy in order to move well. One of the health conditions to note is to keep blood pressure.
many people sick one cause is high blood pressure. there are two methods of measuring blood pressure ie invasive and non-invasive.
using the oscillometric method the measurement can be performed automatically, with the help of a piezoresistive pressure sensor
connected to arduino mega 2560. so that the measurement data in the form of name, age, and blood pressure can be stored on the SD
card that can be read again if needed. In this research the difference between the systolic or diastolic values of blood pressure reading
with analog devices compared with automatic blood pressure reading tool and obtained that the average difference of 3,265 mmHg
for systolic value and 6,165 mmHg for diastolic. Then this difference is used in the calibration process so that the result of automatic
blood pressure reading tool is better. The result of calibration reading tool has 99.47% - 99.82% accuracy
Keywords: Arduino, Blood pressure, Oscillometric, Pressure Sensor..
1. Introduction
High blood pressure is one cause of death or severe illness[1].
Hypertension is a silent killer disease or so-called "the silent kill-
er" because the original cause is unknown or without symptoms at
all. Hypertension can cause various complications that can lead to
several other diseases, such as heart disease, blindness, kidney and
stroke until death. According to RISKESDAS (Basic Health Re-
search) in 2010 hypertension can attack anyone, various age
groups also socioeconomic status. Hypertension disease in Indo-
nesian population aged 18 years and over is 31.7% of the total
population in Indonesia. People suffering from hypertension
should take regular blood pressure measurements, because blood
pressure is a vital sign of humans that can change over time.
Measuring blood pressure can be used as a benchmark for patients
in seeking medical help to assist their condition. There are some
microcontroller can be used in system that is [2]ATMega,
[3]Arduino, ARM, etc. In this research we are used Arduino.
Measuring blood pressure can be done anywhere. By having a
blood pressure meter itself, hypertension patients can measure
their blood pressure and know when to meet health workers. In
this Research the author tries to design and make digital blood
pressure monitoring system that can be used easily and efficiently.
[4]The automatic blood pressure monitor system equipped using
ARM and DSP have been promoted. [5] This paper is used GSM
to transfer data from Automatic blood pressure to SD card to save
the data measurement. In this paper the automatic blood pressure
monitor system equipped with data storage using arduino mega
2560.
2. Method
The block diagram automatic blood pressure monitor system
equipped with data storage using arduino mega 2560 can be de-
scribed in Fig. 1.
Fig. 1: The System Block Diagram