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cated wi t
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Abst r
act: Af t
ersev eralst udiesandsur v eyi t detectorandacust omi zedDesignwhi chturns
have shown t hatbot h chi l
dren and adul ts outt o be cheap .By br eathing int
ot he
benefitsubst ant iall
yf rom accesst oameans microphonei ntermsofi nhaleandexhal ewith
of i ndependent mobi l
ity. Though many a di fferent pace apar tf rom t he regular
disabledpeopl ecansat i
sf iedwi thtraditional breathing, theusercancont rolthemov ement
manualorpower ed wheel chairs,therei sa ofchai rsuchasFor war d,Backward,andLef t
segment of di sabled communi tyf ind i t &Right .TheDesi gni smadei nawaysucht hat
diff
icultori mpossi bl et o use wheel chai rs thedirect i
onsoft hewheel chairarecontrol
led
i
ndependent l
y .Manyr esear chershav eused byast eppermot orpl acedi nthef r
ontwhi ch
severalt echnol ogiest o makea wheel chai r controls a si ngle wheel .The f orward and
accessiblet ousef ort hispopul ation.Sev eral reversedi recti
onsar econt roll
edbyaDCmot or
wheel chairshav ebeendev elopedwi thsev eral whichi schai ndri
v entot herearwheel s.
These
controldev i
ces.Thebr ai nsi gnali nterfaces, mot orsar econt r
olledusi ngBreath.
vi
sionbased,headgest urebasedandmany
mor e cont rolled wheel chai rs hav e been
developed.Thepr oposedwor ki st odesi gn II.SYSTEM MODEL
anddev el
opasmar twheel chai rusingabr eat h 1.Breathsensor :
controlsy stem.I tismai nlymadef orpeopl e Amicrophonei
susedasat r
ansducer
who ar et ot ally dependenton ot hersf or toconv ertthebr eat
hinputintoanelect
rical
mobi l
ity,Deaf ,Dumb, Bl i
ndandpar alyti
c.I tcan si
gnal,whi chisgenerated asasoundsignal.
beusedef ficient l
ywi thlessef fortbytheuser s Thissignal i
sprocessedintot
heardui
noboard.
so thatt heycan use i ti ndependent l
yand
easily.

Keywords:Ardui
noUno,
MotorDri
verI
CL293D,
StepperMotor,DCmotor,Obst
acl
edetect
or,
Microphone.

I
.I
NTRODUCTI
ON Mi
crophone

Theaim ofthispr oj
ectistodesignanddev el
op2.
Microcontr
oll
er:
acosteffici
entsmar twheelchai
rwhichcanbe Themi crocontr
ollerusedisan
contr
oll
edbybr eat hi
ngi nt
ot hemicrophone. Ar
du i
noU no.Thisisan 8b i
tmi cr
oc ont
ro l
l
e r.
Thisprojectwi l
lf acil
i
tatet hemov ementof Ar
du i
noU noisami cr
oc ontr
oll
er boardb ased
peoplewhoar edi sabledorhandicapped.The ont heATmega328P ( datasheet)
.I thas14
resul
toft hi
spr oj
ectwi llhelpsuchpeopl eto di
git
al i
nput/
o ut
p utpins( ofw hi
ch6c anbe
l
ivealif
ewi thlessdependenceonot hers.The usedasPWM out puts)
,6anal ogi nputs,a16
MHzquar t
zcrystal,
aUSBconnect ion,apower
j
ack,anICSPheaderandar esetbut t
on.The
i
nputSoundsi
gnali
srecei
vedandpr
ocessed
i
nthi
sboard. 5.Cast
orwheel:
Acast
orwheel
isusedt
ouni
for
mly
di
stri
but
ethel
oadonthewheels.

Ar
dui
nouno

3.MotorShiel d: MODEL:
Themot orshi
eldi
sinter
facedwit
h
anAr duino Uno boar d.Theout putoft he
microcontrolleris t
akenasani nputtot he
motorshield.Thepur poseofthemot orshiel
d
i
st osuppl yasepar atepowersuppl yandt o
dri
vet hest epperandDCmot ors.Theshield
hasdriversf orthemotors.

Mot
orShi
eld

4.Mot
or:
Themot or
susedareDCandSt epperMot
ors
a)DCmotor: I
IBLOCKDI
AGRAM
Thisa350wand24Vpower edmotor,
it
cont
rol
stheforwardandr
eversedi
rect
ion.

DcMot or
b)St
eppermotor:
Thetorqueofthismotori
s5.
5kg
cm
1.
5amps, 24v.Themot orisusedt
ochange Int hissystem,Breat hsensori smadeupof
thedir
ect
ionfortheperson mi crophonewher ei tisused t o detectt he
breat hwhil
einhaleandexhal eandt heout put
issendt otheArduinoUno.Ar duinoUnoact s
as t he mai n microcont rol
l
er .Wherei ti s
connectt othemot orshield.I
nt hi
scasemot or
shieldisusedt odr i
v etheSt eppermot orand
DC mot or.DC mot oris connect ed tor ear
Steppermotor w hee lwhereasStepp ermo torisconnec t
edt o
frontwheel .Now t heel ectr
icalenergyf rom
shi
eldisgiv
ent othest eppermotoranddc
motor,wherethest eppermot ori
susedt o
change t
he di
recti
on oft he wheeland dc
motori
susedtor ot
atethewheel
Design:
Itisdesignedi nsuchawaythatthet
otal
costofthepr oductisonlyRS.
10000/-
.The
Designismadeofwoodexceptt heframe.
TheChai rcanber eplacedtot
hepersons
comf or
t.

Har
dwaredescr
ipt
ion:
 Ardui
noUnoisthemai
nmi
crocont
rol
l
er
Wor king:
 Mi
crophonei
susedt
odet
ectt
hebr
eat
h Thebr eathi stakenani nputintermsof
i
nhal eandexhal e.Inhal eandexhal eareusedas
 DC mot or is mai nl
y used to convert al ogictobeconv er t
edi nt
osoundsi gnalwi t
h
el
ectr
icalener gyintomechani
calenergy the help ofmi cro p hone ,t he microphone
conv ert
st hesignali ntosoundsi gnalwhichis
 St
eppermot ori s used to change the processedbyt heAr duinomi crocontroll
erthe
di
rect
ionoft hewheel signali ssentt ot hemot orshi eldwhichi n
termsdr ivesthemot orsaccor dingtothelogic.
II
I.DESI
GN Tochanget hedir ectionoft hewheelt ol eft
andr ightthesignalent ersthest eppermot or,
to change t he dir ection oft he wheeli nto
forwar dandr everset hesignalent ersthedc
mot or.

I
V.FUTURESCOPE
I
tcanbereplacedbydiff
erentmicr
ocont
rol
l
er
(
i.
e)8051,ARM and PI C.I nst
ead ofusi
ng
micr
ophoneitcanbereplaced.

V.CONCLUSION
TheConclusi
onisthatt hesetuphassome
l
imit
ati
onssuchasitisdiffi
cultf
orpeopl
ewi
th
br
eathi
ngdi
sabil
it
y.

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