Published January 18, 2022

Ticcer

Ticcer is a device to help users deal with their Tourette Syndrome or generalized tic disorder.

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Things used in this project

Hardware components

Arduino UNO

Battery pack with barrel plug (can be 9v or AA)

Resistor 330 ohm

Male/Male Jumper Wires

HC-06 Bluetooth Module

SparkFun 2.2 in flex sensor SEN-10264 or equivalent flex sensor

Hand tools and fabrication machines

Soldering iron (generic)

Solder Wire, Lead Free

Story

Ticcer is meant to help users deal with their Tourette Syndrome or generalized tic disorder. TS is a neurological disorder characterized by unwanted sounds or movements known as tics and can be relatively simple or complex depending on the person. There is medication that can treat TS, but it can come with serious side effects and is expensive. Fortunately, making the person with Tourette’s more present in their environment and reminding them that they are doing their tics can help them to not do them as much. Ticcer is meant to automate that process so that people with Tourette’s don’t need someone by their side to always let them know when they’re doing their tics which can be inconvenient at times.

Ticcer uses a bend sensor to check when the user is doing their tics. The user places the bend sensor on the part of the body that twitches and sets a limit for how much the sensor can bend before the movement is considered a tic. If multiple body parts move, you can easily connect multiple bend sensors and set individual thresholds for each of them.

Code

Code

int flexPin = A0; 
int threshhold = 0;
int value = 0;
int values[] = {0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0};


void setup() {
  Serial.begin(9600);
  pinMode(flexPin, INPUT);
}

void loop() {
  // Read resistance from flexPin and
  // assign to increment to array
  for(int i = 0; i <= 5; i++){
    for(int k = 0; k <= 9; k++){
      value = analogRead(flexPin);
      if(value >= threshhold){
        values[i] += 1;
      }
      // delay one minute
      delay(60000);
    }         
  }
  // take average number of tics for the hour
  value = 0;
  for(int count = 0; count <= 5; count++){
    value += values[count]; 
    value / 6; 
  }
  // send average to smartphone  
  Serial.print(value);
}

Credits

runjeet

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Ticcer

Things used in this project

Hardware components

Hand tools and fabrication machines

Story

Schematics

Wiring the Flex Sensor

Wiring the Bluetooth Module

Code

Code

Credits

runjeet

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Ticcer

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Things used in this project

Hardware components

Hand tools and fabrication machines

Story

Schematics

Wiring the Flex Sensor

Wiring the Bluetooth Module

Code

Code

Credits

runjeet

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