This work aims to design and fabricate a Thermal Pain Inducer in order to create thermal pain on the human subjects. A heat in the range between room temperature and 50?C is generated using a power source and heating coil arrangement. A heating coil of nichrome material is placed in a box of 1. 5cm each side. The 5 sides of box are covered with insulating material and one side is covered with thermal conducting (copper) material. The subjects are exposed to generated heat through this side only. The temperature of the coil is measured by Pt 100, type of Resistance Temperature Detector. The fabricated thermal pain inducer has been tested with human subjects and it performs well, but it is important that major skin damage should not occur. This fabricated device will be useful in pain measurement research area for developing a good pain measure.

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