During all these years I work with electronics and the likes of it, I have received many consultations on various issues related to this science. As far as possible I have tried to help everyone, although this is not always possible. However, there are those questions that many of us have and we need to find the answer, which is not always easy.
At this moment when millions of people are affected by the Covid-19 or Corona Virus Pandemic, the need to attend to the most serious cases immediately leads to two fundamental maintaining life equipment: the ventilator or respirator and the oxygen concentrator. With the expansion of the disease and the entry thousands of units of these devices in the market, not only is the knowledge of its principle of operation by those who care for the victims and operate the devices important, but also for any professionals in the electronic field who wish to work in their maintenance. More than that, readers with additional skills can even manufacture these devices, thus starting an important new activity. In this article we focus on the operation principle of this equipment as well as giving some important information for a project.
Read more: Lung ventilators and oxygen concentrators - how they work (BM075E)
In several articles we have described projects and procedures for the development of medical, hospital and even personal health equipment. Component manufacturers can source a multitude of resources from themselves as well as development and evaluation boards, as described above. However, it is not enough to develop equipment so that it is ready to be placed on the market. The need for standards to be followed requires special care that we address in this article.
Read more: ISO 13485 and medical equipment development (ART543E)
Texas Instruments, whose main component distributor is Mouser Electronics, has a huge product line dedicated to medical, health and fitness applications. These are products that can lead to state-of-the-art equipment, both in the field of hospital, office, IoT and wearable applications. We have selected on the Texas Instruments website ( http://www.ti.com/applications/industrial/medical/products.html ) a series of products targeted at this area that can help the reader to come up with ideas for creating a new product.
Read more: Designing medical equipment with Texas Instruments Solutions (ART542E)
Plaguing the world at the time of writing this article, the Corona Virus or Covid-19 pandemic shows us that technology, more than ever, can make a strong contribution not only to the treatment of the sick but also to be responsible for a new wave prevention equipment. Cleaning, sterilization and even improving the environment in which we live, bringing relief to patients affected by other illnesses are some. New applications involving the use of ultraviolet or UV rays should expand its range of action, opening up incredible possibilities for makers eager to create a new product. See in this article how ultraviolet is directly linked to health and the environment and design suggestions using components available from Mouser Electronics.
This article is part of my book CMOS Projects and Experiments with the 4093 IC. The article describes on more applications of the 4093 IC in the generation of ultrasonic signals. See more in this section.
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