RoadTest: Review the ams OSRAM Digital Temperature Sensor Kit and Companion App AS6221-DK
Author: swathic
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Evaluation Type: Semiconductors
Did you receive all parts the manufacturer stated would be included in the package?: True
What other parts do you consider comparable to this product?: STM Sensortile, Clinical Thermometer, IR thermometer
What were the biggest problems encountered?: The device is difficult to place and hold for continuous monitoring if not used with body strap or wrist strap.
Detailed Review:
Essential newborn care involves immediate care at the time of birth, and essential care during the entire newborn period. It is needed both in the health facility and at home.
Essential newborn care includes:
Thermal care is the one which is important for the infants to elders to timely monitor the temperature of the body. If anyone fall ill the first and foremost measurement undergone is temperature of body. Most babies have an average body temperature of about 36.5°C to 38°C. A fever is when your baby's body temperature rises above 38°C. Temperature measurement is done at different places for different aged people, the main important is to know the body temperature of the babies because they can easily infected if the body temperature is not well.
| Age | Oral | Rectal/Ear | Armpit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0–12 months | 95.8–99.3°F (36.7–37.3°C) |
96.8–100.3°F (37–37.9°C) |
94.8–98.3°F (36.4–37.3°C) |
| Children | 97.6–99.3°F (36.4–37.4°C) |
98.6–100.3°F (37–37.9°C) |
96.6–98.3°F (35.9–36.83°C) |
| Adults | 96–98°F (35.6–36.7°C) |
97–99°F (36.1–37.2°C) |
95–97°F (35–36.1°C) |
| Adults over age 65 | 93–98.6°F (33.9–37°C) |
94–99.6°F (34.4–37.6°C) |
92–97.6°F (33.3–36.4°C) |
In market there are clinical digital thermometers but they can display real-time data value and cannot have storage & long time visualization. There is a need to have devices other than clinical thermometer or IR thermometer to monitor continuously and store the data for future analysis. Then here come the arm OSRAM Digital temperature sensor kit and companion app Roadtest hardware to monitor the data continuously and connect about eight such devices to app and monitor data.
Out-of-box video and measurement of data https://youtu.be/dQC4vz9SOjU And important information on Digital temperature can follow in the video https://youtu.be/_i5MbkN921M
Baby temperature monitor is important because as we know baby is carried by mother in her lap to different locations along with her like to shopping malls, office, hospitals, etc need to travel in different modes of transport. During the travel baby is exposed to different environment which leads to change in body temperature. A regular monitoring will help to know the body temperature condition so that mother can take precocious care.
I have used the Roadtest kit to monitor the baby temperature by placing it on forehead and the device measure the temperature faster and data can visualize on the screen and real time data can record in Xls file.
The demo device show the baby temperature is fine at forehead this test will help to know the body temperature.
The test will help the mother to use the suitable carrier at different environment conditions like in winter and in summer. The arm OSRAM Digital temperature sensor kit with companion app is a suitable device to get instructions from pediatrics on the baby health on the temperature report. It also help in-advance to know the temperature of baby before carrying to hospital so that on time medicine can be given instead of waiting for temperature monitoring at hospital. The bath tube water temperature can also measure with the water resistance kit so that the baby health will not effect. There are many applications with the thermometer devices but the current roadtest will have extra benefits due to small size and connect to mobile app for data storage or visualization. Below figure shows how the temperature can be monitored with app in real-time when THREE devices connected.
Figure shows three sensor read room temperature.
As the app can be connected to 8 different devices so multiple points data can be recorded. The test has performed with the help of pediatrics and suggest some recommendations.
The sensor kit has salient features to carry the temperature monitoring to any age people when it is needed. In some accident cases also it help as fist-aid device to know the body temperature of the patient before reaching to hospital which gives the information of the patient condition. It can be used as thermometer in first-aid box, ambulances, medical kit, body strap, etc. The device is easy to carry in pocket to monitor the body temperature and can connect to app for data visualization and record for a length of 1 hour 30 minutes. It also help for the animal, birds temperature monitoring can be used for the pet cares.
