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Haptic Feedback

Paul HooverPaul Hoover Posts: 15
edited 2007-05-02 05:53 in BASIC Stamp
Has anyone used Basic Stamp to simulate haptic feedback?· I'm thinking that the·4-Phase / 12 Volt Unipolar Stepper Motor might be able to be used to quickly rotate a off balanced weight to create a vibration.

Thoughts?
Paul

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  • Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi)Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi) Posts: 23,514
    edited 2007-05-02 04:49
    If all you want is vibration, a stepper would be overkill and probably wouldn't rotate fast enough anyway. (At 200pps, you'd only get 250 RPM.) I'd just use a DC motor with the eccentric weight. If you need to vary the feedback intensity, you can vary the motor speed.

    -Phil
  • Paul HooverPaul Hoover Posts: 15
    edited 2007-05-02 04:57
    I'm a little new with this whole thing. Where do I order the DC motor and how do I hook it up to the education board that I have. If you don't know, that's ok. Thanks for the response.

    Paul
  • Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi)Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi) Posts: 23,514
    edited 2007-05-02 05:06
    If the vibrators used in pagers are adequate, there are a ton of these on the surplus market. Just enter pager vibrator motor surplus in Google to find them. How you hook one up will depend on the voltage and current it requires.

    -Phil
  • Paul HooverPaul Hoover Posts: 15
    edited 2007-05-02 05:19
    http://www.copal-usa.com/PDFs/LA4-459.pdf

    Is this somthing like you're talking about?
  • Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi)Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi) Posts: 23,514
    edited 2007-05-02 05:53
    Yeah, that's the idea.
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