Title :
The development of a low cost animal behavior measurement system
Author :
Li, Y.C. ; Young, M.S. ; McPhee, Scott ; Johan, Gijsen ; Jen, S.L.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Biomed. Eng., I-Shou Univ., Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Abstract :
In this paper, we introduce a low-cost system for animal behavior measurement. This system includes four animal experiment cages, each cage being attached to a very sensitive vibration sensor. The output signal of each vibration sensor is connected to a four-channel data acquisition system. The vibration sensor we adopt here is modified from a low cost piezoelectric buzzer. The self-made data acquisition system has four 24 bit A/D converters controlled by a signal-chip microprocessor. The microprocessor then sends this vibration information into a PC computer from a RS-232 port for animal behavior analysis
Keywords :
analogue-digital conversion; biological techniques; biology computing; biomedical measurement; computerised instrumentation; data acquisition; medical signal processing; microprocessor chips; piezoelectric transducers; vibration measurement; 24 bit; A/D converters; animal behavior measurement; animal experiment cages; four-channel data acquisition system; high resolution; low-cost system; modified piezoelectric buzzer; output signal; sensitive vibration sensor; signal-chip microprocessor controlled; Animal behavior; Animal structures; Biomedical measurements; Control systems; Costs; Data acquisition; Microprocessors; Motion measurement; Sensor systems; Vibration measurement;
Conference_Titel :
[Engineering in Medicine and Biology, 1999. 21st Annual Conference and the 1999 Annual Fall Meetring of the Biomedical Engineering Society] BMES/EMBS Conference, 1999. Proceedings of the First Joint
Conference_Location :
Atlanta, GA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5674-8
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.1999.803956
