AUTOMATIC BMI CALCULATOR USING LOAD CELL

AND HEIGHT SENSING

PRESENTING BY
• S.SRIKANTH
• M.SHIVAKUMAR
ABSTRACT

Here we propose an automated BMI calculator system that does not need the
user to input anything. The user just needs to stand on a platform and the system
displays BMI as well as body type of user. The system uses load cells for weight
sensing along with an ultrasonic sensor for height measurement. Now the system
uses a microcontroller based circuit to get values of user height and weight.
Based on the values the system calculates BMI and then uses an LCD display to
display the values to user. Now the system displays the bmi calculated as well as
the body type of user on LCD display.
BLOCK DIAGRAM
CIRCUIT DIAGRAM
POWER SUPPLY
What is a Regulated Power Supply?
A regulated power supply converts unregulated AC (Alternating Current) to a constant DC (Direct
Current). A regulated power supply is used to ensure that the output remains constant even if the input
changes.
A regulated DC power supply is also known as a linear power supply, it is an embedded circuit and
consists of various blocks.
The regulated power supply will accept an AC input and give a constant DC output. The figure below
shows the block diagram of a typical regulated DC power supply.

The basic building blocks of a regulated DC power supply are as follows:

1.A step-down transformer
2.A rectifier
3.A DC filter
4.A regulator
 LOAD CELL
• What is load cell?
Load cell is a type of transducer which performs the functionality of converting force into an electric output which can be measured. You can find load cell at
the heart of any weighing machine or electric scales. This type of transducer is highly accurate which provides user with required information that is difficult
to obtain by other technology owing to certain commercial factors.

• It is basically a device that measures strain and then converts force into electric energy which serves as measurement for scientists and workers. The strain
measurement by load cells helps in maintaining integrity of the unit under pressure and protects people and equipment nearby.

• Uses
The usage of this transducer is not limited to electronic scales. Apart from this, it is used in industrial scales, load-testing machines, flow-meters, etc.

• Functionality
It makes use of different operating principles namely pneumatic, strain gauge and hydraulic load cells. These load cells are usually attached to support
beam or structural bearing of an application which endures pressures and stresses often with appropriate adhesive or superglue.

• Single Point Plateform Load Cell

 HX711 AMPLIFIER MODULE
• This Load Cell Amplifier is a small breakout board for the HX711 IC that allows you to easily read load cells to measure weight. By connecting the amplifier
to your microcontroller you will be able to read the changes in the resistance of the load cell and with some calibration you'll be able to get very accurate
weight measurements. This can be handy for creating your own industrial scale, process control, or simple presence detection.

• The HX711 uses a two wire interface (Clock and Data) for communication. Any microcontroller's GPIO pins should work and numerous libraries have been
written making it easy to read data from the HX711.

• Load cells use a four wire wheatstone bridge to connect to the HX711. These are commonly coloured Red, Black, White, Green. Each color corresponds to the
conventional color coding of load cells:

Red (Excitation+ or VCC)

Black (Excitation- or GND)

White (Amplifier+, Signal+, or Output+)

Green (A-, S-, or O-)

• Please keep in mind that some load cells might have slight variations in color coding.

Features:

Operation Voltage: 2.7V-5V

Operation Current: < 1.5mA

ULTRASONIC SENSOR HCSR04

• The ultrasonic sensor works on the principle of SONAR and RADAR system which is used to determine the distance to an object.

• An ultrasonic sensor generates the high-frequency sound (ultrasound) waves. When this ultrasound hits the object, it reflects as echo which is sensed by
the receiver as shown in below figure.

• Ultrasonic Working Principle

• By measuring the time required for the echo to reach to the receiver, we can calculate the distance. This is the basic working principle of Ultrasonic
module to measure distance.

• HC-SR-04 Ultrasonic Module

• Ultrasonic Module

• HC-SR-04 has an ultrasonic transmitter, receiver and control circuit.

• In ultrasonic module HCSR04, we have to give trigger pulse,

soo that it will generate ultrasound of frequency 40 kHz. After generating ultrasound i.e.

8 pulses of 40 kHz, it makes echo pin high. Echo pin remains high until it does not get the echo

sound back. So the width of echo pin will be the time for sound to travel to the object and return back. Once we get the time we can calculate distance, as we
know the speed of sound.

• HC-SR04 can measure up to range from 2 cm - 400 cm.

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 LCD DISPLAY
A 20x4 LCD display is very basic module and is very commonly used in various devices and
circuits. These modules are preferred over seven segments and other multi segment LEDs.
The reasons being: LCDs are economical; easily programmable; have no limitation of
displaying special & even custom characters (unlike in seven segments), animations and so
on.
A 20x4 LCD means it can display 20 characters per line and there are 4 such lines. In this
LCD each character is displayed in 5x7 pixel matrix. This LCD has two registers, namely,
Command and Data. This is standard HD44780 controller LCD.
There is no change code for interfacing standard 16x2 or 20x4 LCD.
1.20 Characters x 4 Lines
2.Built-in HD44780 Equivalent LCD Controller
3.Works directly with ATMEGA, ARDUINO, PIC amd many other microcontroller/kits.
4.4 or 8 bit data I/O interface
5.Low power consumption
ADVANTAGES

• Simple, quick, effective and applies to adult men and women, as well as
children
• A useful tool for quickly assessing weight classification.
• More accurate at approximating degree of body fatness than weight alone.
APPLICATIONS

• Body mass index calculator has many applications in the vast field of biomedical
engineering.
• As we all know that the biomedical engineering is about the application of engineering
in the field of medicine
• The electronic BMI is such a device which is used in Hospitals, Clinics, and even Pharmacy
• It can be placed at at Gyms, Airports,Hotels, Bus Stands and other social places as well.
• It can also be used for commercial purposes by installing a fool proof coin acceptor system
THANK YOU
With regards
• S.Srikanth
• M.Shivakumar