Search results for: joystick wheelchair

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Electronics / Wheelchair Joystick Interface?
« by kdlklm on August 09, 2018, 12:44:04 PM »

......  are looking at using a joystick from a wheelchair on a machine that is going to  ............  is, how would I be able to find out if the joystick is compatible with the can bus interface. We've  ......

......  all!  I have 2 merits wheelchair motors and the wheelchair joystick motor  ............  this and want to find out how I can interface the joystick with the RC. Can I use a servos over the joystick......
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Electronics / Joystick signal to Fortress Wheelchairs Controller
« by bmbedard on April 21, 2009, 11:16:16 AM »

......  someone knowing the signals specifications of the joysticks connecting to Fortress Wheelchairs motor  ......
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Electronics / controlling wheelchair joystick
« by dmehling on May 14, 2008, 01:31:37 PM »

......  drive an electric wheelchair and now have great difficulty operating the  ............  servos or some kind of actuators to move the joystick. I would send commands from my laptop through a  ............  servo interface. It is a rather small joystick with low tension. Any good suggestions? Thanks  ......
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Electronics / smart wheelchair
« by robertcomes on September 16, 2007, 12:51:39 AM »

......  for their day-to-day life. For a traditional wheelchair, an individual must navigate through close  ............  in mind, by carefully and slowly manipulating the wheelchair through a somewhat rudimentary joystick interface. ......
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Electronics / wheelchair joystick hack
« by BANE on May 30, 2010, 03:01:12 PM »

......  i'm trying to utilize a joystick i salvaged off of an wheelchair. Does anyone  ......
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Electronics / VR2 Controller
« by soninja8 on July 03, 2013, 05:54:22 PM »

......  I recently got a wheelchair that contains a VR2 controller and joystick. I  ......
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Electronics / Re: 2 24v motor controllers wired too 1 joystick???????
« by joefish41 on January 28, 2013, 06:28:22 AM »

......  the advice, the 4 motors, 2 controllers and the 1 joystick came from 2 identical wheelchairs they are quite  ............  controllers and joystick, they are penny + giles d49464/5 controllers,  ............  looms from the chairs and wire the looms into 1 joystick, speed control but i wasnt sure if this would  ............  if the 2 controllers would be to much for the 1 joystick, speed control, im not that cleaver when it come  ......
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Misc / Re: My Wheelchair Robot - Anna
« by jlizotte on April 09, 2013, 03:02:53 PM »

......  April 9, 2013 - My Wheelchair Robot Becomes a Teleoperated ROV  It’s been  ............  of weeks since I posted anything about Anna, my wheelchair robot I’m using for Smart Chair Technology  ............  progress, too. I extended the 24 volts from the wheelchair batteries up into her electronics box, and threw  ............  lower right corner is where I tapped into the wheelchair’s joystick/controller. If I plug in the  ............  I plug in a loopback jack, she reverts to normal wheelchair mode controlled by her joystick. I did this for  ............ . lol). One nice feature to this box is that the wheelchair frame had a reclining seat. By mounting the box  ......
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Misc / Using Wheelchair Motors
« by airman00 on September 04, 2007, 11:20:15 AM »

......  lot of people have been asking questions about wheelchair motors lately so I will just list some of the  ............  behind using a wheelchair motors.  Note: I am assuming that you are buying  ............  wheelchair motors along with the gearbox attached. Why  ............  a wheelchair motor? Wheelchair motors are very powerful and  ............  with the wheels still attached.  Controlling Wheelchair Motors When using wheelchair motors I would  ............  or a motor driver. Im also sure that an electric wheelchair includes a controller with joystick, so just hack  ............  of us who are buying the motors separate from the wheelchair , make sure that your relays or motor drivers can  ............  bought from All Electronics Corp to control my wheelchair motors.   Mounting the Wheelchair This varies by  ............ .   Install a Kill Switch : And also remember wheelchair motors are powerful machines. They are meant to  ............  so be careful! My biggest mistake with using wheelchair motors was too not install a kill switch. The  ......
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Electronics / Remote Controlled Wheelchair Motors
« by doctorflash on August 10, 2013, 12:13:49 PM »

...... , all. So, I have been working on a robot with two wheelchair motors recently. I am using this: http://www. ............  to control one of the motors with the left/right joystick. I do not have the other motor set up because I'm  ......
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Electronics / ATV Project
« by kdlklm on March 18, 2013, 03:58:14 PM »

......  on electronics to control a hydraulically driven wheelchair accessible ATV. The goal is to have it driven  ............  to a power wheelchair with a joystick. It is articulated steering and  ......
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Software / Using PID to move in a curve
« by arixrobotics on October 29, 2008, 01:46:26 PM »

......  I am working on a robot modified from an electric wheelchair. The uC controls two servos that are linked to  ............  original wheelchair joystick controller. So one servo will be for the  ......
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Electronics / how to use microcontroller as a joystick pls help
« by dany151 on October 29, 2012, 01:17:43 PM »

...... , i have a wheelchair joystick (superseded ch/13600 rmf 18.02.09) the  ............  by scope ..as shown below    i wanna control this wheelchair by microcontroller 8051 or another one ..no  ......
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Misc / Re: R/C Wheelchair PWM to Analog
« by jlizotte on May 03, 2013, 09:21:09 AM »

......  I'll second what Tommy said. I tapped into my joystick and used and Arduino to supply the voltages. http: ............  across: I needed to make sure the Ground from the joystick was also connected to my Arduino ground. Without  ............  important point that I learned. Don't turn your wheelchair motors on before your controller. And turn them  ......
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Electronics / Re: I Scored a Power Wheelchair! Need Help
« by izua on May 07, 2008, 01:52:25 AM »

......  choice of connector. maybe those link to the wheelchair's audio system   well, does the joystick move in  ............  steps? if it moves in steps (like a commodore joystick, f.i., you're in luck). You could try taking the  ......

......  robotic arm for handicapped person that sit in wheelchair The lags and the hands are paralyzed  The hade of  ............  handicapped person will be like a joystick that control the robotic arm Now I seek after  ......
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Misc / Re: Driving an off-road buggy by joystick.
« by Tinodesis on December 30, 2007, 01:27:55 PM »

...... , 06:57:14 PM  Can you take a few pics of your joystick and the wiring on it and upload it here?  It  ............  are you can just disconnect the motors on the wheelchair, and connect those same wires to the motors that  ............  go on your buggy. Just leave the joystick wiring connected to the motor control electronics  ............  need more than 6V to work).    Some pics of the joystick. I opened the controller too so I can post pics  ......

......  so a friend of mine is a paraplegic. His wheelchair controller recently broke and he is going to lose  ............  job if he can't get the thing fixed. The wheelchair repair place tells him it is $1500 for the  ............ . All this thing is is a joystick that controls the motors. It is not just on/off,  ......
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Electronics / Speed Control help
« by DAR748 on January 16, 2008, 01:01:45 PM »

...... . But I got the biggest part. I got a electric wheelchair runs great but it's alittle beat up. It has the  ............  that they are good setups to start. I pulled the joystick box off & opened it up  From the control board  ............  the joystick there are 5 wires.  My question is could I  ............  the joystick & hook a remote right up to it, or will I have to  ......
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Electronics / Re: motor drivers for a electric wheelchair
« by andd64 on November 08, 2008, 12:34:25 PM »

......  i want to stay away from batteries and have the joystick controller powered by the wheelchair battery.    ......
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Mechanics and Construction / Re: First attempt at a RC bot, PLEASE help! :-)
« by jlizotte on March 22, 2013, 07:07:49 PM »

...... ...it depends on your chair. I hacked into my joystick. At neutral, it throws 2.5 volts on both axis  ............ . (See why I mentioned a kill switch? LOL). Some joysticks use 5 volts like mine. Some use 12. Some use 24.  ............  good friends with your multimeter.   Internally, wheelchair controllers have their own network protocol. Rnet  ............  SP1 internally. It's a confusing mess, and most wheelchair manufactures don't play nice when it comes to  ............  a couple of days to implement and test using the wheelchair controller, you can accomplish in a couple of  ......
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Mechanics and Construction / Re: Help with wheelchair motor info please
« by wkinne on April 10, 2009, 06:02:47 AM »

......  4 of them. They all run perfectly, I also have a wheelchair control box with joystick control. I know  ......
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Software / Re: Axon2, Lynxmotion PS2 wireless controller and Webbotlib...
« by tzankoff on April 18, 2012, 02:54:33 AM »

......   // code will be inserted here to drive a pair of wheelchair motors hooked up to a Sabertooth 2x25   // moves  ............   stickVal=controller.joystick(PS2_STICK_LEFT_Y);  servoVal[2]=servoMoveServo(2, ............ ,1);  stickVal=controller.joystick(PS2_STICK_RIGHT_X);  servoVal[1]=servoMoveServo(1, ......
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Misc / Re: I want to make a PC-bot
« by airman00 on October 01, 2007, 05:50:46 PM »

......  got to think about what base you want. I used wheelchair motors( but only because sometimes I like to  ............  on chives and drive around with a joystick)  Provide a lot of details of exactly what you  ......