A personal project to develop a hardware device that helps to stabilize Parkinson's tremor while eating. The goal is to create a spoon that counteracts the movements made by the tremor in a patient's hand.
This project started with the creation of a simple proof-of-concept using an Ardiuno Nano, an MPU-6050 and two DC motors. View a short clip below of the results:
Although the proof-of-concept shows that such a device can be made, the DC motors are in now way fast and accurate enough. Therefore, I'm currently experimenting with BLDC motors using field-oriented control. For this, a simple brace has been made in Fusion360 to ensure that the motors can turn across opposite axes. View a short clip below of the experiment:
- Arduino Uno Rev3
- MPU-6050
- AS5600 (2x)
- BLDC motor (2x)
- SimpleFOC shield V2.0.3 (2x)
TBD
TBD
If you have a suggestion that would make this project better, please fork the repo and create a pull request:
- Fork the project
- Create your feature branch:
git checkout -b feature/amazing-feature - Commit your changes:
git commit -m "Added some amazing feature" - Push to the branch:
git push origin feature/amazing-feature - Open a pull Request