Joystick based Wheelchair

Description

This is a kit joystick based wheelchair model of wheelchair, which is being controlled by a joy stick. On any hand of the wheelchair, this joystick can be mounted and the motorized wheels can be controlled on the basis of movement of joystick. If we joy stick is pushed toward the left side, the wheel turns towards rights and so on. The differential control method is used in the wheels to change the direction of the wheelchair i.e., to turn left, the left motor is either stop of move backward and the motor connected with the right wheel moves forward.

In the kit joystick based wheelchair the joystick is of two dimensional analog types. The analog data is read by the microcontroller on its analog pins. In static position, there is no movement of the wheelchair. Any change in voltage leads to the motion of the wheelchair. The motor are DC geared motors. These are connected with the microcontroller using a motor driver. LEDs are also there for proper assistance to the user. The whole system can be operated with a 12v 1 A DC power supply. Either a suitable battery or adapter can be used.