Question

How would you make use of the clock when designing your software system in the insulin pump?

Answer 1

Clock is very important thing in software systems which are working 24 hours.

Insulin pump is used by diabetes patients to maintain their blood glucose levels

Now lets us see where clock can can be used in software system in insulin pump.

1) Insulin is pumped in to body by insulin pump on a regular interval. To set at how much intervals insulin need to be pumped we need a device to measure time interval here is where clock is useful.

Clock help us measure time interval. so that at regular insulin should be supplied.

2) Another use of clock can be made to remind the diabetes patient to reconnect the insulin pump by setting up alarm

when the patient is away from the insulin pump for a certain time this can be done with the help of clock.

3) clock can be also be used to cut off supply of insulin if the pump fails and continues to pump insulin.

here the clock will have certain timeout set where if the insulin pump continues to supply insulin beyond certain period of time then the clock cuts off the supply.