Active Muscle Stimulator (Trask)
Stuff about the development of the active muscle stimulator, a device that assists people with neurological challenges in relation to muscle activation.
This weekend I did a lot of programming on this project. All the interesting stuff related to the math is still pending, but most of the boring stuff is now complete. Setting up an appropriate development environment.Enabling Raspberry programming with code-completion from Windows.Enabling Windows builds of the code for testing the math algorithms.Developing application drivers … Continue reading Low Level Programming Weekend
This posting relates to examining one possibility for a Raspberry Pi Zero to control signals for muscle actication via electrodes attached at muscle motorpoints. The option we cover here is somewhat quick and dirty, and it relates to simply routing signals from an external TENS/EMS unit through a relay board. In order to investigate this … Continue reading Testing the Speed and Accuracy of Relays
Today I am looking at the proposed hardware for the release version of the Active Muscle Stimulator. The hardware I will be testing consists of sensors and the main computer. I need to figure out how this sensor hardware works, and if the computer is fast enough. The Raspberry Pi Zero is really small, even … Continue reading A First Look at Release Version Hardware
I have been active in sports all my life, in particular doing cycling, running and swimming. I don’t do these activities at the same time, but rather as a set of three activities, where any will do, depending on weather and physical ability. I always found it beneficial having a fallback activity when specific muscles … Continue reading Active Muscle Stimulator Background
Active Muscle Stimulator (Trask) 