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[Development of electronic clinical device for concentrated measurement of body temperature]
1Instruments Department, The Second Hospital of Forestry of Heilongjiang Province, Yichun, Heilongjiang, 153100, China. zhangxuresearch@163.com
Abstract:
An kind of device for concentrated measurement of body temperature which takes ATmega16 microcontroller as the core is designed according to the current situation of measuring body temperature in the hospitals of our country. Taking DS18B20 as the transducer, the device uses PTR8000 wireless communication module to realize the communication from multi-point to single-point. Meanwhile photoelectric detection and USB interfaces are added in the design. Clock chip PCF8563, voice chip ISD1820 and LCD screen I JM12864M are used to realize the functions such as timekeeping, playing voice and displaying and so on.
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Step 1:
Start by practicing proper hand hygiene to prevent the spread of microorganisms.
Step 2:
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Step 3:
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Step 4:
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