brain controlled wheel chair
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Brain controlled wheel chair
Team Odai Abu-Zaid Saeed Anshasi Hani Elshatarat
Supervision : Dr. Nathir Rwashdeh
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Project description and motivation Control the movement of a motorized
wheel chair using brain waves. Help people with total paralysis to move
without any muscle stress, making their life easier.
Applications Domestic Hospitals Nursing home intermediate care It Could be very dangerous to use it in
the local street
Conceptual design
Components needed Out of service Wheelchair EPOC Headset Arduino 12 volt Battery Motor drive unit:
Relays, MOSFETs, BJTs, Opt couplers, Fan, fins, resistors.
Cost of the Project Item Quantity Out of service wheel chair
1 150
Epoc Head set 1 550Adruino 1 23Battery 1 35Fixing the wheelchair
1 20
Motor drive unit 2 25
Total Cost 803
EPOC Headset : 16 brain contact sensor Dongle Software :
Control Panel Headset Setup Affective Expressive Cognitive
Emokey
Drive unit Alternatives
Integrate motors to manual wheelchair DC series motors Gears and belt Calculations
Use an out of service wheel-chair Fixing the wheel chair PM DC motor Calculations
Alternative A Use a manual wheel chair Integrate motors with wheels by using
gear and belt drive system
DC series motor Equivalent circuit :
DC series motor Benefits :
o highest starting torqueat no-load speedo Flexibility of Reversing the direction
Transmission unit Gear
to reduce the speed of the motor and increase its torque.
Helical gear : Less noise more gradual engagement High Thrust load
Belt : to transmit power from shaft to another by means of pulleys
Motor sizing : Maximum load of 120 Kg Maximum speed of 0.6 m/s A wheel diameter of 60 cm Maximum acceleration of 0.6 m/s^2 The power supply voltage is 12 V
According to these specification :F = ma F = 72 NT = rF T = 21.6 N.mA chair that provide a 21.6 N.m torque is
needed .Each wheel will carry a 12.5 N.m (after Adding factor of safety )
Power Calculations: Total Mechanical Power = T * ω P = 139 wattAdding losses Assuming 12V Motor I = 12.5 AmpTwo 0.2 hp motors were needed .
After searching in the local market : No motors were found.
Alternative B : Use an out of service wheelchair cheap alternative and easy to get PM DC motor Calculation
Alternative B
PM DC Motor
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calculation From this data sheet, we find the
followings:
Efficiency = Pin = 0.5 Pout = 300 W
Pin = VtIa Ia = = = 12.5 A
Pout = Pin - Plosses
Plosses= 150 W
Motor drive unit Schematic Isolate High voltage from Low Voltage Amplification of current H bridge PWM Reverse Direction Mode of operation
Schematic of motor Drive Dir
PWM
Motor drive unit Schematic Isolate High voltage from Low Voltage Amplification of the current H bridge PWM Reversion of Direction Mode of operation
Isolate high voltage from low voltage
Motor drive unit Schematic Isolate High voltage from Low Voltage Amplification of the current H bridge PWM Reverse Direction Mode of operation
H-Bridge Circuit It looks like the letter H it is used to allow DC motors to operate in two opposite directions i.e. forward ,Backward. The direction of rotation can be changed by changing the polarity of the armature
PWM Pulse width modulation is used to
control the average power that goes a load in a motor.
It operates by changing the average voltage level through generating a constant frequency signal in which the pulse width is manipulated or changed.
PWMDuty cycle and frequency
Forward Direction
+
-PWM
Motor drive unit Schematic Isolate High voltage from Low Voltage Amplification of the current H bridge PWM Reverse Direction Mode of operation
Reverse Direction
+
-PWM
Dir
Reverse Direction
+
-
Dir
PWM
Motor drive unit Schematic Isolate High voltage from Low Voltage Amplification of the current H bridge PWM Reverse Direction Mode of operation
Mode of operationPWM1 PWM2 DIR 1 DIR2
Forward 1 1 0 0Backward 1 1 1 1Right 1 0 0 0Left 0 1 0 0Stop 0 0 X X
Flow chart
Cost optimization Purchasing the EPOC Headset in the
global Brain Awareness Week and getting15% discount.
Use an out of service wheelchair
Use the Car relay instead of normal industrial relay.
Challenges Finding DC motors in the local market To get a good quality signal from the
EPOC Building the motor drive circuit with
acceptable cost.
Future work: Emergency stop system
Physical manual button Current sensors to the motor drive circuit
to limit the load by a specific maximum current
Solar battery charging and can protect the user from the sun.
Vielen Dank
Questions ??