HEART BEAT SENSOR CIRCUIT

PROJECT ABSTRACT

• A Heartbeat Sensor is a monitoring device that measures the heart rate i .e the speed of the heartbeat.

• A person’s heartbeat is the sound of the valves in his heart expanding or contracting as they force blood
from one region to another There are two ways to monitor the heart rate: one way is to manually check the
pulse either at wrists or neck and the other way is to use a Heartbeat Sensor.

• In this, we will show you how to design a circuit that can sense the heartbeat by using an LM358 IC along
with an infrared transmitter and receiver. The IR transmitter in this circuit is an IR LED and the detector
will be a photodiode.
CIRCUIT DIAGRAM
COMPONENTS USED / SOFTWARE USED

• Resistor

• Capacitor

• LM 358

• Bread Board

• Battery

• Wire

• Infra red LED

 WORKING PRINCIPLE / EXPLANATION

• Two IR photodiodes will sense the heart pulses in this circuit. One acts as a transmitter which shines a light
into or through your finger while the receiver measures how much light is reflected or absorbed.

• The measured intensity of the reflected rays depends on the heart pumping rate and on the difference in the
oxygenated blood levels inside the blood content.

• The IC used in this circuit is LM358 which has 2 op-amps on the same chip. The output of the photodiode is
given to the non – inverting input of the first op-amp through a capacitor, which blocks the DC Components
of the signal.

• The output of the first op-amp is then applied to one of the inputs of the second op-amp, which acts as a
comparator. The LED is connected to the output of the second op-amp which can be obtained at pin 7. The
rate at which LED flashes shows our heart rate.
INPUT AND OUTPUT RESULTS
 ADVANTAGES AND APPLICATION

1.More recent devices use optics to measure heart rate by shining light from an LED through the skin and
measuring how it scatters off blood vessels.
2.In adition to measuring the heart rate ,some devices using this technology are able to measure blood oxygen
saturation..
3.Newer devices such as cell phones or watches can be used to display or collect the information .Some devices
can simultaneously monitor heart rate ,oxygen saturation .
4.In recent years ,it has been common for smart watches to include heart monitor rate.Smart watches use
PPG(Photoplethysmography) sensors .
5.It helps to monitor
1.Body temperature
2.Heart rate
3.Blood pressure to keep us healthy
 CONCLUSION

The Heartbeat Monitoring System is the part of Patient Monitoring System. Heart Beat is measured by
passing an high intensity red light through a finger which is collected by LDR, amplified and
displayed over an LED display . These measured parameters are encoded and transmitted through LM 358.On
receiving the readings and current status of patient, the doctor can take necessary actions.
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