Design and development of a new tactile stimulator

Coskun Kazma; Vecdi Emre Levent; Nizamettin Aydin

doi:10.1109/AHS.2019.00004

Design and development of a new tactile stimulator

Coskun Kazma, Vecdi Emre Levent, Nizamettin Aydin

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Abstract

We have designed and implement a tactile stimulator to obtain information from the central nervous system. Our system consists of two main components. The first one is tactile stimulator, which was designed to stimulate index and middle finger tips, stimulating mechanoreceptors according to the test protocol. Second one is a personal computer running a desktop software for the implementation of test protocols. The flow is as follows; the subjects are asked the question of the test protocol through the personal computer. The parameters are then transmitted to the embedded board on the machine. The embedded board drives step motors to apply the relevant test parameters. The desktop software expects the individual to answer the question using the right or the left mouse button of the computer mouse. After answering the relevant question, the test proceeds to the next step. According to the test protocol, the stimulation process of the mechanoreceptors located at the index and middle finger tips must start and terminate at the same time. From this perspective, the embedded board with 3 18F46K22 PIC microcontrollers produces 2 square wave signals with different frequencies and amplitudes at the same time. The embedded system card developed with the PIC microcontroller is also developed with FPGA. The system has also been tested on 24 blue and white collar employees and a significant result has been obtained.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings - 2019 NASA/ESA Conference on Adaptive Hardware and Systems, AHS 2019
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages	55-60
Number of pages	6
ISBN (Electronic)	9781728146508
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/AHS.2019.00004
Publication status	Published - Jul 2019
Externally published	Yes
Event	2019 NASA/ESA Conference on Adaptive Hardware and Systems, AHS 2019 - Colchester, United Kingdom Duration: 22 Jul 2019 → 24 Jul 2019

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Name	Proceedings - 2019 NASA/ESA Conference on Adaptive Hardware and Systems, AHS 2019

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Conference	2019 NASA/ESA Conference on Adaptive Hardware and Systems, AHS 2019
Country/Territory	United Kingdom
City	Colchester
Period	22/07/19 → 24/07/19

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Keywords

FPGA
Parallel square wave generation
Tactile Stimulator

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Kazma, C., Levent, V. E., & Aydin, N. (2019). Design and development of a new tactile stimulator. In Proceedings - 2019 NASA/ESA Conference on Adaptive Hardware and Systems, AHS 2019 (pp. 55-60). Article 8792941 (Proceedings - 2019 NASA/ESA Conference on Adaptive Hardware and Systems, AHS 2019). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/AHS.2019.00004

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Kazma, C, Levent, VE & Aydin, N 2019, Design and development of a new tactile stimulator. in Proceedings - 2019 NASA/ESA Conference on Adaptive Hardware and Systems, AHS 2019., 8792941, Proceedings - 2019 NASA/ESA Conference on Adaptive Hardware and Systems, AHS 2019, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., pp. 55-60, 2019 NASA/ESA Conference on Adaptive Hardware and Systems, AHS 2019, Colchester, United Kingdom, 22/07/19. https://doi.org/10.1109/AHS.2019.00004

Design and development of a new tactile stimulator. / Kazma, Coskun; Levent, Vecdi Emre; Aydin, Nizamettin.
Proceedings - 2019 NASA/ESA Conference on Adaptive Hardware and Systems, AHS 2019. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2019. p. 55-60 8792941 (Proceedings - 2019 NASA/ESA Conference on Adaptive Hardware and Systems, AHS 2019).

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