Tag: Smart medical instruments
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The Applications of Microcontrollers in Medical Instrumentation
A microcontroller is a self-contained device that includes a CPU, ROM, RAM, clock circuity and I/O circuity on a single integrated circuit (IC) package. A microcontroller does not require accompanying support chips for its operation as conventional microprocessors do. A microcontroller often replace analog circuits by performing the signal processing functions of a comparator, limiter,…
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3 Roles Played by Smart Sensors in Biomedical Instrumentation
A smart medical sensor is a device that detects a physiological variable and employs built-in computing capabilities to perform predefined function upon detection of this specific variable and then processes the data before passing it on to the next component in the measurement system. Smart sensors have tight coupling between sensing and computing elements hence…
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The application of Microprocessors in Medical Instrumentation
What is a Microprocessor? A microprocessor is a computer processor that incorporates the functions of a central processing unit (CPU) on a single integrated circuit (IC) or sometimes up to 8 integrated circuits. A microprocessor is programmable, multipurpose, clock-driven, register based electronic device that reads binary instructions from a storage device called memory, accepts binary…