ASIC Implementation of Vending Machine for Blood Pressure Medicine

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Abstract

This paper presents the design and implementation of an Application-Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) for a vending machine tailored specifically for dispensing blood pressure medication. Hypertension, or high blood pressure, is a prevalent health concern globally, necessitating the need for efficient and accessible distribution of medication. The proposed ASIC-based vending machine offers a novel solution to address this need by providing a convenient and automated system for patients to obtain their prescribed blood pressure medication. The vending machine design leverages ASIC technology to achieve compactness, low power consumption, and high reliability. The system architecture comprises several key components, including a user interface for interaction, and a medication dispensing mechanism. This medication dispensing mechanism provides three different medicines (0.5mg, 5mg, and 50mg) for blood pressure relaxation. The proposed chip of the vending machine is implemented using Verilog HDL on the Xilinx ISE design suite. Three different FPGAs (Virtex 5, Spartan 3E, and Spartan 6) are used for the synthesis of the proposed circuit.

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Keywords

Vending Machine; ASIC; Verilog HDL; VLSI; Medicine; FPGA