Design of an Embedded System: Bedside Patient Monitor

Abstract

Embedded systems in the range of from a tiny microcontroller-based sensor device to mobile smart phones have vast variety of applications. However, in the literature there is no up to date system-level design of embedded hardware and software, instead academic publications are mainly focused on the improvement of specific features of embedded software/hardware and the embedded system designs for specific applications. Moreover, commercially available embedded systems are not disclosed for the view of researchers in the literature. Therefore, in this paper we first present how to design a state of art embedded system including emerged hardware and software technologies. Bedside Patient monitor devices used in intensive cares units of hospitals are also classified as embedded systems and run sophisticated software and algorithms for better diagnosis of diseases. We reveal the architecture of our, commercially available, bedside patient monitor to provide a design example of embedded systemsrelating to emerged technologies.