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BlueBuzzah v3 is a DIY vibrotactile glove system for Parkinson's disease therapy research, based on Dr. Peter Tass's vCR (vibrotactile Coordinated Reset) research. This wiki is for makers building their own pair of wireless vibrating gloves from the v3 hardware design.
Important
In design. The v3 enclosure has not been designed yet. You can build, wire, flash, and bench-test a complete pair of gloves, but you cannot yet mount them on a glove for daily wear. No substitute enclosure is recommended.
Read this before you order parts: the build below gets you to a fully working, bench-tested pair of glove electronics, but there is currently no way to wear them. See Build Status for the full list of what's incomplete across the wiki.
- GitHub Repository: BlueBuzzah-Hardware
- Research Paper: Coordinated Reset Vibrotactile Stimulation Study
| Component | Detail |
|---|---|
| MCU | Seeed XIAO ESP32-S3 |
| Motors | 5× LRA (index, middle, ring, pinky, thumb) |
| Wireless | BLE (NimBLE) |
| Haptic drivers | 5× DRV2605L |
| I2C mux | TCA9548A |
| Status LED | WS2812B |
| Power switch | SPDT slide switch with deep sleep |
| Battery sensing | DRV2605 VBAT register |
| Battery | LiPo required |
- Overview of the Build — what each stage involves and why they run in this order
- Parts and Tools List — what to buy before you start
- Part 1 Ordering the PCB — order and receive the PCB
- Part 2 Flashing and Smoke Testing the Bare Board — flash firmware and verify the bare board
- Part 3 Building the Tactors — build the LRA tactors
- Part 4 LRA Housing Assembly — assemble the tactor housings
- Part 5 Mounting Tactors in Glove Fingertips — mount tactors in the glove fingertips
- Part 6 Wiring the Glove Harness — wire the glove harness
- Part 7 Enclosure and Mounting — enclosure and mounting (in design — see above)
- Part 8 First Power On and Full Bench Test — first power-on and full bench test
- Part 9 Using the Gloves — using the gloves
This is a medical-adjacent DIY device. Read Disclaimers before ordering parts or starting a build.
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- Part 1 Ordering the PCB
- Part 2 Flashing and Smoke Testing the Bare Board
- Part 3 Building the Tactors
- Part 4 LRA Housing Assembly
- Part 5 Mounting Tactors in Glove Fingertips
- Part 6 Wiring the Glove Harness
- Part 7 Enclosure and Mounting
- Part 8 First Power On and Full Bench Test
- Part 9 Using the Gloves