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Overview

The Smart Medicine Box is designed to ensure consistent medicine intake by patients. Using a dedicated smartphone app, users can setup their phones to display reminders, manage their personal medication status, and much more.

This reference design features the embedded RL78/G13 MCU which communicates with an RL78/G1D Bluetooth® Low Energy (LE) module via UART. The ISL9120 high-efficiency buck-boost switching regulator further enhances power control efficiency.

Smart Medicine Box with Bluetooth Low Energy
Smart Medicine Box with Bluetooth Low Energy Block Diagram
Smart Medicine Box with Bluetooth Low Energy
Smart Medicine Box with Bluetooth Low Energy Block Diagram
  • Enables users to record pill taking activities
    • Generates a notification sound and displays a bright light in certain pill boxes, so that the patient will know the specific number of boxes from which they should take out medicine
    • The system can determine if the patient has taken pills out of the box via a recording key
    • Transmits a record of pills taken back to a mobile application
    • Users can set a notification time according to a message from the mobile application
  • Includes a low battery voltage alert
  • Displays real-time data on a 4-digit 7-segment LED

Applications

  • Medical & Healthcare

Documentation

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Manual - Hardware
RL78/G13 Smart Medicine Box with Bluetooth Low Energy User's Manual
PDF 1.22 MB
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Design & Development

Software Downloads

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PCB Design Files
RL78/G13 Smart Medicine Box with Bluetooth Low Energy Design Files
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Videos & Training

Smart Medicine Box with BLE

Ensure consistent and timely intake of medicine by patients with the Smart Medicine Box with BLE reference design featuring the Renesas RL78/G13 and RL78/G1D microcontrollers.

Video List
Smart Medicine Box with BLE