Its great to see the ball rolling in attempts to develop a device to reduce tremor. My wrist tremor is abated if my hand, wrist or arm scrapes against something so this concept of using sensory nerves to reduce tremor fits with my experience.
The Arduino could have a lot of potential. How is this to detect the tremors? Can the micro vibrating motors be used as motor-generators and thereby detect the motion of the tremor? Or are there plans to incorporate an accelerometer? Arduinos run a limited version of C++. Is that expected to be the language of choice? I suppose there are many ways to put together an algorithm that would respond to the 4-6 Hz motion of tremor but not to other things.
Bill Patterson
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Originally Posted by johnt
Thank you TexasTom for getting the ball rolling. Please let me know how you get on. I, too, am trying to build an "Emma". My parts list and approximate prices is:
Arduino Pro Mini 3.3V - £3
6 x 3v micro vibrating motors in coin format - £3
3.3v step up power supply - £3 - this lets me run it off 1 AA battery.
3xAA battery box with switch - £1. I can strip out two of the battery bays and use this space to hold the electronics.
Wrist guard with Velcro straps - £1
Wire, misc £1.
John
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