Title :
A reconfigurable control system using EMG
Author :
de Oliveira, Juliette De-Paula Felipe ; Arrais, Ernano ; Roda, Valentin Obac
Author_Institution :
Power Electron. & Renewable Energies Lab., Fed. Univ. of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Brazil
Abstract :
This paper proposes a reconfigurable control system based on the biopotential signal generated by the muscles to control small activities. The system aims to develop a platform geared towards helping physically disabled people. The biopotential signal is captured by surface electrodes and is conditioned and amplified using biomedical instrumentation amplifiers (electromyogram - EMG). The controller responsible for interpreting biopotential signals is implemented on a reconfigurable device (FPGA). It is an ongoing project and currently, we already have experimental results demonstrating the main features of the desired system.
Keywords :
electromyography; field programmable gate arrays; instrumentation amplifiers; EMG; FPGA; biomedical instrumentation amplifiers; biopotential signal; electromyogram; physically disabled people; reconfigurable control system; reconfigurable device; surface electrodes; Control systems; Electrodes; Electromyography; Field programmable gate arrays; Gain; Hardware; Muscles; EMG; FPGA; Reconfigurable control; biopotential; physical and motor needs;
Conference_Titel :
Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference (I2MTC) Proceedings, 2014 IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Montevideo
DOI :
10.1109/I2MTC.2014.6860959
