Embedded electrocardiogram monitor with real time data transmission over Bluetooth

Currently in the world the total number of deaths due to heart diseases is 17.5 millions a year, of which 4 millions in Europe. The best way to detect the anomalies of the heart is to measure its electrical activity. A n electrocardiogram is a diagnostic tool that allows us to measure this electrical activity from the body surface. Usually ECG monitors are stationary and expensive. Nowadays mobile telemedicine systems are becoming more and more often used. These systems must be small, at low cost and with low power consumption. The different technologies as Bluetooth or Wifi allow wireless transmissions. The aim of this thesis is to show the study of an embedded ECG monitor. I have made the simulation of the instrumentation amplification and the Analogue to Digital conversion. In a second part I have implemented a serial to parallel converter and a FIR filter in VHDL in order to program a FPGA. Then the filtered data will be sent to a Bluetooth module. I have used a Matlab software to generate ECG data with noise to test the efficiency of my filterSchool of Computing, Communications and Electronic