MechaBrace - #9

Inspiration

We are all interested and have fun playing sports. Our entire team is in the Sci-Tech program so we decided to make a motorized knee brace that can help athletes with knee-related injuries.

What it does

Our solution is a motorized knee brace that helps a patient in the recovery process post ACL tear surgery.

How I built it

We used the 3D printer to create a scaled down model of our solution. We also used an online tool; tinkercad, to demonstrate how our circuit will work.

Challenges I ran into

We faced issues with trying to create a pivot with plastic parts. This caused us to use other materials such as a pen cap.

Accomplishments that I'm proud of

We are proud of how we all worked together on one project. We were able to create a product that we are all happy with as it functions like we wanted to.

What I learned

We learned a lot about time management and how to get things done on time even though we had a sufficient amount of time.

What's next for MechaBrace - #9

We wish to keep improving this product in the future.

Link to Tinkercad website to view online circuit: https://www.tinkercad.com/things/dAaylv06AQS-sizzling-maimu-turing/editel?sharecode=VnjFxQ-Lv7xU7d7b6h7xmr9cKKLTOh4f95YeCHL_l60=

Code in C++:

int RightsideMotor = 2; int LeftsideMotor = 4;

void setup() { pinMode(RightsideMotor, OUTPUT); pinMode(LeftsideMotor, OUTPUT);

}

void loop() { int onesdelay = 1000; int twosdelay = 2000; int threesdelay = 3000; int breakdelay = 5000; int enddelay = 10000;

//1 Second Intervals //1st Run //Front Turn digitalWrite (RightsideMotor,HIGH); digitalWrite (LeftsideMotor, HIGH); delay(onesdelay); //Back Turn digitalWrite (RightsideMotor,LOW); digitalWrite (LeftsideMotor,LOW); delay(onesdelay); //2nd Run //Front Turn digitalWrite (RightsideMotor,HIGH); digitalWrite (LeftsideMotor, HIGH); delay(onesdelay); //Back Turn digitalWrite (RightsideMotor,LOW); digitalWrite (LeftsideMotor,LOW); delay(onesdelay); //3rd Run //Front Turn digitalWrite (RightsideMotor,HIGH); digitalWrite (LeftsideMotor, HIGH); delay(onesdelay); //Back Turn digitalWrite (RightsideMotor,LOW); digitalWrite (LeftsideMotor,LOW); delay(onesdelay);

//5 Second Break delay(breakdelay);

//2 second Intervals //1st Run //Front Turn digitalWrite (RightsideMotor,HIGH); digitalWrite (LeftsideMotor, HIGH); delay(twosdelay); //Back Turn digitalWrite (RightsideMotor,LOW); digitalWrite (LeftsideMotor,LOW); delay(twosdelay); //2nd Run //Front Turn digitalWrite (RightsideMotor,HIGH); digitalWrite (LeftsideMotor, HIGH); delay(twosdelay); //Back Turn digitalWrite (RightsideMotor,LOW); digitalWrite (LeftsideMotor,LOW); delay(twosdelay); //3rd Run //Front Turn digitalWrite (RightsideMotor,HIGH); digitalWrite (LeftsideMotor, HIGH); delay(twosdelay); //Back Turn digitalWrite (RightsideMotor,LOW); digitalWrite (LeftsideMotor,LOW); delay(twosdelay);

//5 Second Break delay(breakdelay);

//3 second Intervals //1st Run //Front Turn digitalWrite (RightsideMotor,HIGH); digitalWrite (LeftsideMotor, HIGH); delay(threesdelay); //Back Turn digitalWrite (RightsideMotor,LOW); digitalWrite (LeftsideMotor,LOW); delay(threesdelay); //2nd Run //Front Turn digitalWrite (RightsideMotor,HIGH); digitalWrite (LeftsideMotor, HIGH); delay(threesdelay); //Back Turn digitalWrite (RightsideMotor,LOW); digitalWrite (LeftsideMotor,LOW); delay(threesdelay); //3rd Run //Front Turn digitalWrite (RightsideMotor,HIGH); digitalWrite (LeftsideMotor, HIGH); delay(threesdelay); //Back Turn digitalWrite (RightsideMotor,LOW); digitalWrite (LeftsideMotor,LOW); delay(threesdelay);

//End Break delay(enddelay);

}

Built With

• 3dprinting
• arduino
• plastic