Electronic Pill Box

Abstract

The team will design and build an electronic pill box. The product will consist of a circular base with 16 fan-like blades that rotate about the central axis. The blades will form the compartments where pills can be manually placed for dispensing at predetermined times. The pill box will be controlled by a microprocessor that interfaces with an LCD, Led display, as well as buttons that will be utilized as a source for the inputting of data, and selecting from preprogrammed menu items. The user will be able to input the time(s) of day that pills will be dispensed, as well as any warnings and/or precautions that must be followed when the patient takes his or her pills. Lastly, the pill box will visually and audibly notify the patient when pills are being dispensed, and will also store the time of day that the patient took his or her medications.

The pill box will be developed with existing technology for the design and implementation of the project. The end goal is not to develop any new technologies associated with current manufactured boxes. Rather, the goal is to design a unit with the necessary basic functionality.