Using the stock wheelchair controller to power the chair and an Arduino Nano, dg419, Max485 to control via standard Hobby King RC Car Transmitter. , https://i.ytimg.com/vi/U98p8wSRaRk/hqdefault.jpg sourceContinue Reading
Let’s breathe new life into this defunct electric mobility wheelchair, and make it fast! This Jazzy Select 6 power chair will become Spazzy in this 4 part series. I’ll take you through the design of the replacement electronics and control system, build it, and test it. Hopefully without any lifeContinue Reading
I have Multiple Sclerosis, MS, watch me rebuild an old lawnmower and fit it with radio control and two wheelchair motors to allow me to cut my grass without having to bother my son. The motors were sourced from eBay, the Sabretooth control pcb from Amazon and the RC stuffContinue Reading
Doggie wheelchairs cost around $200. You can make your own for $25 or less. I don’t have a need for one, but I have had several requests for this project, and had most of the parts laying around the shop. , https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ushr20Hj54M/hqdefault.jpg sourceContinue Reading
Where I live out in the country, we have mostly dirt, mud, grass, and gravel between our outdoor areas. My sister has limited mobility and can’t get from place to place under her own power. The wheelchairs that are out on the market are great indoor means of movement butContinue Reading
Back in 2010 I was thinking about building some kind of automated machine or robot for cleaning up the hundreds of windfall apples from my lawn each week. Rather than buying new motors I decided to pick up an old electric wheelchair from ebay and take the motors from that,Continue Reading
The Sabertooth 2×25 is setup in RC mode running the Sweep example from the Arduino IDE , https://i.ytimg.com/vi/H6E3PPpaIQs/hqdefault.jpg sourceContinue Reading
Arduino powering wheelchair motors using external joystick , https://i.ytimg.com/vi/KwGhWgwJ3HU/hqdefault.jpg sourceContinue Reading
First tests of a DIY 4 WD lawn mower. The battery and controller box are temporarily attached to the mower with bungee cords. This is the first journey toward autonomous lawn mower. Below are links to find the programming and parts. Download Arduino programs: https://gum.co/4wdlm Download STL files for joystick:Continue Reading
This is a semi-autonomous robot controlled via Bluetooth. It has a compass HMC5883L magnetometer to maintain direction. An HC-06 Bluetooth module for connecting to an Android device. A Ublox 6M GPS module for location sensing. Two wheelchair motors, and a Sabertooth motor control board. The app was written using MITContinue Reading