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Design And Implementation Of A Low Cost And Portable Tactile Stimulator, Coşkun Kazma, Vecdi̇ Emre Levent, Merve Çardak, Ni̇zametti̇n Aydin

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

When central nervous system has a problem, somatic area I and II respond to stimulation differently. Therefore, it is possible to identify some of the central nervous diseases when somatosensory on the fingertip is stimulated and responses are recorded and analyzed. We designed a system to stimulate the mechanoreceptors on fingertips. It is composed of a mechanical system for fingertip stimulation, an embedded controller, a control computer, and a software to control overall operation. During test, mechanoreceptors are stimulated according to the test protocols. Individuals' answers are recorded to be evaluated by the developed software. In this study, several design …