SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY

ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT

PROJECT STUDY FOR PRE-PROPOSAL
1ST SEMESTER 2015-2016

Group # TH6

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CARONUNGAN Jhaylord C. (09156116487)

CLEOFAS, Aprille Joy A. (09052417551)
ESTOESTA, Clifford P. (09227641249)
ICO, Julius Robert S. (09367387289)
JANDOC, Mac Kelly N. (09271437047)
SABADO, Gerard Nico T. (09465272134)
VERGARA, Mark Louie A. (09999258234)
Engr. Ireene Valencia
Tongue Motion Controlled Wheel Chair
Persons with severe disabilities such as those
who cannot walk or move their lower body part
find it difficult to carry out daily tasks without
receiving continuous help. These individuals
are completely dependent on wheeled mobility
for transportation inside and out of their
homes. Many of them use electrically powered
wheelchairs that are the most helpful tools
allowing individuals to complete daily tasks
with greater independence, and to access
school, work, and community environments.
The default method for controlling powered
wheelchairs is by operating a joystick, which
requires a certain level of physical movement
ability, which may not exist in people with severe
disabilities.
The project aims to construct a system that can
control the movement of a wheelchair using our
tongue.
The project consists of a microcontroller units,
wheel chair and Hall Effect sensor. Wheel chair
is made up of high torque geared DC motors,
the motors directions can be changed through
the set of instructions given from the Hall Effect
sensor and the action of these instructions is
already loaded into the microcontroller using
embedded C programming.