Jiong Shi
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A fall detection system based on Arduino, Windows and Azure

A fall detection system based on Arduino, Windows 10 and Microsoft Azure

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Things used in this project

Hardware components

Arduino UNO
Arduino UNO
×1
HC-06 Bluetooth Module
×1
Adafruit ADXL345 accelerometer module
×1
Male-male and male-female jumper wires
×1
Mini-breadboard
×1
Lumia 1520 or other Windows Phone 10 compatible device
×1
ORICO Bluetooth module
×1

Software apps and online services

Windows 10 IoT Core
Microsoft Windows 10 IoT Core
Microsoft Azure
Microsoft Azure
Visual Studio 2015
Microsoft Visual Studio 2015
Arduino IDE
Arduino IDE

Story

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Schematics

Complete Schematic

ADXL345 + HC-06

ADXL345

Sketch for ADXL345 Connection

HC-06

Sketch for Bluetooth Module Connection

Code

Arduino Sketch (ADXL345_HC06.ino)

Arduino
ADXL345 Accelrometer + HC-06 Bluetooth Module
#include <Wire.h>  
#include <String.h>  

#define Register_ID 0
#define Register_2D 0x2D
#define Register_X0 0x32
#define Register_X1 0x33
#define Register_Y0 0x34
#define Register_Y1 0x35
#define Register_Z0 0x36
#define Register_Z1 0x37


int ADXAddress = 0xA7 >> 1; 
int reading = 0;
int val = 0;
int X0, X1, X_out;
int Y0, Y1, Y_out;
int Z1, Z0, Z_out;
double Xg, Yg, Zg;

void setup()
{
  Serial.begin(9600);
  Wire.begin(); 
  delay(100);
  Wire.beginTransmission(ADXAddress);
  Wire.write(Register_2D);
  Wire.write(8);
  Wire.endTransmission();
}


void loop() {
  double tempx = 0;
  char strx[5];
  double tempy = 0;
  char stry[5];
  double tempz = 0;
  char strz[5];
  
  String gy;

  Wire.beginTransmission(ADXAddress);
  Wire.write(Register_X0);
  Wire.write(Register_X1);
  Wire.endTransmission();
  Wire.requestFrom(ADXAddress, 2);
  if (Wire.available() <= 2);
  {
    X0 = Wire.read();
    X1 = Wire.read();
    X1 = X1 << 8;
    X_out = X0 + X1;
  }

  Wire.beginTransmission(ADXAddress);
  Wire.write(Register_Y0);
  Wire.write(Register_Y1);
  Wire.endTransmission();
  Wire.requestFrom(ADXAddress, 2);
  if (Wire.available() <= 2);
  {
    Y0 = Wire.read();
    Y1 = Wire.read();
    Y1 = Y1 << 8;
    Y_out = Y0 + Y1;
  }

  Wire.beginTransmission(ADXAddress);
  Wire.write(Register_Z0);
  Wire.write(Register_Z1);
  Wire.endTransmission();
  Wire.requestFrom(ADXAddress, 2);
  if (Wire.available() <= 2);
  {
    Z0 = Wire.read();
    Z1 = Wire.read();
    Z1 = Z1 << 8;
    Z_out = Z0 + Z1;
  }

  Xg = X_out / 256.00; 
  Yg = Y_out / 256.00;
  Zg = Z_out / 256.00;
 
  if(Xg>0)
  {
    gy = String("")+ "x=+"+Xg;
  }
  else
  {
    gy = String("")+ "x="+Xg;
  }
  
  if(Yg>0)
  {
    gy += String("")+ "y=+"+Yg;
  }
  else
  {
    gy += String("")+ "y="+Yg;
  }
  
  if(Zg>0)
  {
    gy += String("")+ "z=+"+Zg+",";
  }
  else
  {
    gy += String("")+ "z="+Zg+",";
  } 
  
  Serial.print(gy);

}

Bluetooth Serial App

Communicates with Arduino via HC-06 bluetooth and sends ADXL345 data to Azure

FallDetectionClient

UWP client app for Fall Detection

Credits

Jiong Shi

Jiong Shi

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Microsoft Azure MVP

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