Developing an IoT-based medicine dosage system

Sammanfattning

Some individuals and older adults have trouble remembering when to take their medication. A medication dispenser machine is one suggested solution to this problem. The purpose of this thesis is to design a prototype of a wireless machine for storing and releasing patients’ medication dosages at a certain time. The user can insert the medication schedule through a platform connected to the machine via wireless technology. In order to achieve the purpose, a literature study was conducted to gather and analyze information about wireless communication technologies to determine the most appropriate wireless technology for the thesis end device. The Arduino MKR NB 1500 is the core component of the prototype of the wireless system. Several types of tests were conducted on the system to evaluate its performance, as well as to determine NB-IoT coverage in real-world scenarios. The NB-IoT technology was proven to be the more suitable technology for the wireless pill dispensing machine and for other IoT applications. Moreover, the system performed satisfactorily in solving the defined problem. Despite this, the system could be improved in terms of design, mechanisms, and hygiene system of medicines.