Design and Implementation of an Automatic Medication Dispenser

Abstract

Elderly and sick people have to take medication due to their ailments. Typically, they are prescribed several different types of medication, which must be taken in varying dosages and times Some of that medication needs to be taken on exact time, or they don't function as well. The aim of this study is to Design of an automatic medication dispenser using microcontroller interfaced with an alphanumeric keypad, an LCD display, a stepper Motor, an Alarm system to alert the user when to take their pills through both audio and visual alarms, a multiple pill container contains four separate sub-boxes. Therefore, nurses or users can set information for four different pills. The Automated Medication Dispenser System has been successfully designed and implemented; it is more comfortable by reducing physical steps. So it is helpful for the Elderly population.