Elektor.POST - No. 12 (Low-cost Allergy Fighter)

Allergies sadly are common and affect our daily lives, from the odd sneeze and watery eyes in full summer right up to skin rashes and debilitating migraine attacks. Desperate times call for desperate measures, and every sufferer of allergy will need to find, apply and tweak his or her personal medication or alternative treatment method. Electronics is all about thinking out of the (pill)box, so here we boldly add a DIY nasal red light to the range of not-so-common therapeutic devices

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Allergies sadly are common and affect our daily lives, from the odd sneeze and watery eyes in full summer right up to skin rashes and debilitating migraine attacks. Desperate times call for desperate measures, and every sufferer of allergy will need to find, apply and tweak his or her personal medication or alternative treatment method. Electronics is all about thinking out of the (pill)box, so here we boldly add a DIY nasal red light to the range of not-so-common therapeutic devices.

Project Elements

Operative prototype (JPG, 96.39 KB)

Another homemade picture of the prototype (JPG, 671.68 KB)

"Does this thing work?" Ingrid gave it a try... :) (JPG, 352.21 KB)

Schematic (PNG, 3.15 KB)

130225-I - Eagle_Gerber.zip (ZIP)

Eagle and Gerber files, although the PCB can be easily build on a breadboard

130225-11.zip (ZIP)

Software (AVR Studio 5 + HEX files)

POST project 12 low-cost allergy fighter.pdf (PDF)

Elektor article Low-cost allergy fighter

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