Design and implementation of a new intelligent precision temperature control moxibustion device
CHEN Yalan
ZHU Chan
YAO Yong
GAO Ming
LIU Tangyi
YANG Huayuan
XU Gang
Abstract：In order to solve the problems that the traditional moxibustion process is cumbersome,relies on manual operation and low efficiency,we designed a new type of intelligent moxibustion device based on STC89C52 microcontroller.The distance from the moxibustion head to the acupuncture point was measured by the HC-SR04 ultrasonic ranging sensor.When the moxibustion distance is less than the set threshold,the buzzer alarm will be triggered.The MLX90614 non-contact infrared temperature sensor monitored the body surface temperature of the acupoint in real time,and compared the set expected temperature,automatically adjusted the moxa stick to the appropriate position.The measured temperature and distance were showed on the the display screen,and broadcasted per 60 s through the speech synthesis module.The experimental results showed that the intelligent moxibustion device could autonomously reg-ulate the movement of the moxa stick,adjusted the distance between the moxibustion head and the skin acupoints,and promoted the temperature of the skin acupoints approach to the set expected temperature with an error of less than 1℃.The device is convenient to operate,stable in operation,has strong practicability,which is conducive to the popularization and application of moxibustion.
Keywords：Moxibustion deviceAcupuncture equipmentTemperature controlIntelligent precisionMoxibustion
Publication Date：2025-06-30
Online Publishing Date：2026-09-11(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：4( 178-181 )