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Portable receiver development

A project log for DSU Bedroom Door Monitor

An Arduino based alert and logging system, including portable receivers for tracking 40 room doorway motion sensors in an aged care home.

haydenhayden 05/13/2023 at 07:370 Comments

This is a portable display of the new events, broadcast via the NRF24 network from the base unit. Needed for staff when they are not at the nurses station. It runs off 3x AA NIMH rechargeable batteries, that are managed by a custom built bms circuit that handles charging and low voltage cutout. The arduino monitors the battery voltage, and uses the 'bms' circuit to do the switching, such as disconnecting charge supply after set time and turn itself of if voltage gets too low.


These units use a lower power NRF24 module with amplifier, as they only receive and run off battery.

Run time between charges is 2-4 days.

Portable receiver showing new events
an early development version of the mobile unit
inside an early version of the portable unit
my custom nimh bms (battery management system) featuring adjustable constant current charge rate and low voltage disconnect
not pretty but it works
having to add a 3v3 reg, (bottom right) as the charging voltage of the 3x NIMH batteries was a bit much for the NRF24 module

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