- The system was designed and developed using an ARM Cortex M3 core ultra-low power microcontroller with Bluetooth ver 2.0, an MPU 6050 3-axis accelerometer and a 3.74V Lithium polymer (LiPo) battery with voltage regulator for power supply.
- The accelerometer has a mass in the sensor that has finger-like protrusions. During a movement, the distance between these protrusions changes, which also changes the capacitance between the protrusions.
- This changing capacitance is measured, converted to a signal, and calibrated to a specific acceleration or force. The sensor has a pair of three 16-bit ADCs for digitizing the output. The sensor has a minimum full-scale range of +/-2g and a maximum full-scale range of +/-16g.
- The sensed data is transmitted via UART from the microcontroller to the Bluetooth module HC-05 V2.0.
- This module is further paired to a smartphone, where all the computation is performed through a mobile application. Below shown is the diagram of the components of the box.
![](/storage/ProjectSection/Projects/32015/a-wearable-device-for-detecting-sudden-gait-changes/detailed-description/wearable-device.jpeg)
This box will be worn on the calf muscles (as shown in the figure), and the data will be collected per the movements.
![](/storage/ProjectSection/Projects/32015/a-wearable-device-for-detecting-sudden-gait-changes/detailed-description/Ankle.png)
Below is the video of the use of sensors and raw data collected.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1R6YzOPZcQm34cROYJY8Eg0B1JtoHaIs3/view?usp=sharing