I am a person with a disability and I would like to control my electric wheelchair using my mobile phone via Bluetooth. I have some knowledge in electronics, but unfortunately, I have very limited experience with software development.
Right now, I am trying to use MIT App Inventor to create this project, but I’m finding it very difficult to achieve everything on my own due to my lack of coding skills.
Here is my dream for the app:
The wheelchair connects to my phone via Bluetooth.
There is a joystick area (a circular button) in the center of the screen.
When I slide my finger forward, backward, left, or right, the wheelchair should move accordingly and come to me.
At the top of the screen, I would like to display battery voltage, speed, and total distance traveled.
This project means a lot to me because it would make my life significantly easier and give me more independence.
If anyone can help me by creating a .aia project file for this system, I would be deeply grateful.
Thank you so much in advance to anyone who is willing to support me.
Something that could work for you Hasan is certainly possible. There are several Projects made by others that control electric motor drive robot cars. using App Inventor software.
I expect you probably would control your electric wheel chair using a combination of an Android cell phone or tablet a mini computer and an Android device Exactly what you need to do depends on the wheel chair you expect to control.
These are just ideas. I haven't any experience with this sort of Project but someone else might be. Look at the Arduino project videos in the link and let us know what you think you are capable of. If you have specific questions about how to do something with the software parts of the Project, the community will help.
Good luck.
The wheel chair motors would receive commands from an Arduino mini computer controlled by Bluetooth and a software joystick on your cell or tablet made using the tools in App Inventor.
App inventor software is only part of what you will need.
The wheelchair connects to my phone via Bluetooth. and a mini computer
There is a joystick area (a circular button) in the center of the screen.. The controller can be made using the Canvas tool or an extension [FREE]JoyStick extension
When I slide my finger forward, backward, left, or right, the wheelchair should move accordingly and come to me.. This can be done with small electric motor cars. See the first link.
At the top of the screen, I would like to display battery voltage, speed, and total distance traveled. Battery voltage is possible. Speed and distance travelled might be difficult. Why? Tools using gps and the map components that can measure these things and display them on a Map are suitable for a wheelchair used outside. How it would be done in a room or building I don't know how it might be done.
