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Medicine reminder box, product render
HealthElder careESP32Beginner
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A seven-day pill organiser that lights up today's compartment at dose time, beeps until the lid is opened, and shows the next dose on a small screen. Family members can check on Wi-Fi whether today's dose was taken.

Board
ESP32 DevKit V1
Difficulty
Beginner
Build time
~3 hours
Parts cost
~₹2,178

Medicine reminder box

Made by Blueprint Hardware
CategoryPartsCost
Electrical8₹1,619
Microcontroller1₹704
ESP32 DevKit V11₹704
Power1₹106
USB-C 5 V input module (USB-C 5V breakout (16-pin))1₹106
Module1₹176
Real-time clock (DS3231 module with CR2032)1₹176
Actuator2₹229
Compartment LED strip (WS2812B strip, 7 LEDs at 25 mm pitch)1₹158
Active buzzer module (KY-012 active buzzer (transistor-driven))1₹70
Sensor2₹53
Lid reed switch (MKA-14103 glass reed switch)1₹35
Taken button (Tactile switch 12 × 12 mm)1₹18
Display1₹352
0.96" OLED display (SSD1306 0.96in I2C OLED)1₹352
Mechanical13₹559
3D printed2₹484
7-compartment tray with hinged lid1₹308
Electronics base1₹176
Hardware11₹75
Neodymium magnet, 6 × 3 mm1₹13
M2.5 screws6₹26
Silicone rubber feet4₹35
Total21₹2,178

How it works

Older parents often live alone and miss or double their medicines. A plain pill box can't tell anyone what happened; this one can.

At each dose time the LED under today's compartment lights and a gentle buzzer sounds. Opening the lid (sensed by a magnet and reed switch) or pressing the button marks the dose as taken and silences the alarm. A battery-backed clock keeps time through power cuts, so doses are never missed after an outage.

The screen shows the time and the next dose. On the home Wi-Fi, anyone in the family can open the box's page to see today's doses and when each was taken.

Electronics₹1,619
Mechanical₹559
Total₹2,178

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