Low cost heart rate monitoring device using Bluetooth

Body health monitoring is very important to us to make sure our health is in excellent condition. One of the vital parameter for this matter is the heart rate (HR) data. Other than that the parameters such as temperature, weight and blood pressure also significant to body health monitoring. In this paper we described the design of low cost heart rate monitoring device based on the Bluetooth technology. The entire system is comprised to several parts such as heart rate module, computer Graphic User Interface (GUI) and Bluetooth module. The HR module is used to pick up heart rate signal from the subject (patients) and sends it (signal) wirelessly to computer or server using Bluetooth transceiver. This system can be incorporated and integrated as a part of telemedicine component. The data received from heart rate module can be saved and view for further medical usage such as to get hourly or daily data. The result from this project shown great outcome, indeed we had tested the Bluetooth´s signal of this system within our building facilities which blocked by gypsum´s partition and the signal can be transmitted between 15 to 20 meters radius. Some issue that can be improve for this system such as sizing and arrangement of the components so that it can be custom made in compact sizing and more convenient to the users for mobility purpose.