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TABLE OF CONTENT
Abstract i
Abstrak ii
Dedication iii
Acknowledgement iv
Table of contents v
List of tables ix
List of figures x
List of abbreviations, Symbols and Nomenclatures xii
CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION 1
1.1 Project Background 1
1.2 Problem Statement 3
1.3 Project Objective 3
1.4 Scope of Project 4
1.4.1 The basic concept of android application 4
1.4.2 The basic movement of the wheelchair 4
1.4.3 The software used to program android device 4
1.4.4 The other technologies used to communicate sensory and command information.
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1.5 Project methodology 5
1.6 Thesis structure 6
1.7 Conclusion
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CHAPTER 2: LITERATURE REVIEW 8
2.1 Wheelchair History 8
2.1.1 Hand-Propelled wheelchairs 9
2.1.2 Electricity-controlled wheelchairs 9
2.1.3 Automated Guided wheelchairs 10
2.2 History of Android system 11
vi 2.2.1 Features and specification of android
14 2.2.2 Basic of android application
15 2.2.3 Advantages of android
16 2.3 Bluetooth technologies
17 2.3.1 The advantages of Bluetooth
18 2.3.2 The disadvantages of Bluetooth
19 2.4 IOIO board
20 2.4.1 Main features of IOIO board
21 2.4.2 The IOIO-OTG board contains the following components
22 2.4.3 Inputoutput pin IOIO board
23 2.4.4 Legend for the table IOIO pin in appendix A
23 2.5 Power supply
24 2.6 DC motor
24 2.7 DC motor driver
26 2.7.1 30A DC motor driver
27 27.2 Features of the MD30C
27 2.8 RF module
28 2.9 Basic4android software
28 2.10 Existing technology
30 2.10.1 Accelerometer based hand gesture controlled wheelchair
30 2.10.2 Inductive tongue control of powered wheelchairs
31 2.10.3 Head movements based control of an intelligent
wheelchair in an indoor environment. 32
2.11 Conclusion 33
CHAPTER 3: METHODOLOGY 34
3.1 Introduction 34
3.2 Software Implementation 37
3.2.1 Installing the basic4android software
38 3.2.2
Install and configure basic4android 39
3.2.3 Create and design interface
40 3.2.4
Add coding to the view 41
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Installation application on the android phone 42
3.3 Hardware Implementation 44
3.3.1 Modifying the tire of the wheelchair
44 3.3.2
Development of control box 47
3.3.3 Development of RF receiver module
48 3.4 Gant chart
49 3.5 Conclusion
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CHAPTER 4: RESULT AND DISCUSSION 50
