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Development of piezoelectric braille cell control system using microcontroller unit (MCU)

This paper describes about designing and developing a system for controlling piezoelectric Braille cell by using Programmable Interface Controller (PIC) microcontroller. For this purpose, PIC microcontroller is used as a controller to the system for controlling the piezoelectric Braille cell. Piezoe...

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Main Authors:	Mad Saad, Shaharil, Razaly, F., Md. Zain, Mohd. Zarhamdy, Hussein, Mohamed, Yaacob, Mohd. Shafik, Musa, Akihiro R., Abdullah, Mohd. Yunus
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Published:	2010
Subjects:	TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
Online Access:	http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/25104/ https://www.researchgate.net/publication/234791769_Development_of_piezoelectric_Braille_cell_control_system_using_microcontroller_unit_MCU
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spelling	my.utm.251042018-03-22T10:36:37Z http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/25104/ Development of piezoelectric braille cell control system using microcontroller unit (MCU) Mad Saad, Shaharil Razaly, F. Md. Zain, Mohd. Zarhamdy Hussein, Mohamed Yaacob, Mohd. Shafik Musa, Akihiro R. Abdullah, Mohd. Yunus TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery This paper describes about designing and developing a system for controlling piezoelectric Braille cell by using Programmable Interface Controller (PIC) microcontroller. For this purpose, PIC microcontroller is used as a controller to the system for controlling the piezoelectric Braille cell. Piezoelectric Braille cells are used in many refreshable Braille display applications. The Braille displays using piezoelectric Braille cell are able to refresh the Braille character that are read by the visually impaired by touching the dots at Braille cell. Each piezoelectric Braille cell consisting of six or eight movable pins or dots in rectangular array. The height of pins or dots in Braille cell is controlled by a piezoelectric bimorph. This will cause the pins or dots at piezoelectric Braille cell to rise or fall and therefore, create the Braille character or alphabet. Throughout the paper, the pin or dots at piezoelectric Braille cell which represent a certain Braille character is also presented. The architecture and operation of the system is discussed in detail, considering both the hardware and software elements involved. The software for programming the PIC microcontroller was written with CCS C program language. The system is developed and tested successfully. This system can be applied in the Braille Display which uses the piezoelectric Braille cell to display some of Braille characters. 2010 Article PeerReviewed Mad Saad, Shaharil and Razaly, F. and Md. Zain, Mohd. Zarhamdy and Hussein, Mohamed and Yaacob, Mohd. Shafik and Musa, Akihiro R. and Abdullah, Mohd. Yunus (2010) Development of piezoelectric braille cell control system using microcontroller unit (MCU). Wseas Transactions on Circuits and Systems, 9 (6). 379 - 388. ISSN 1109-2734 https://www.researchgate.net/publication/234791769_Development_of_piezoelectric_Braille_cell_control_system_using_microcontroller_unit_MCU
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spellingShingle	TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery Mad Saad, Shaharil Razaly, F. Md. Zain, Mohd. Zarhamdy Hussein, Mohamed Yaacob, Mohd. Shafik Musa, Akihiro R. Abdullah, Mohd. Yunus Development of piezoelectric braille cell control system using microcontroller unit (MCU)
description	This paper describes about designing and developing a system for controlling piezoelectric Braille cell by using Programmable Interface Controller (PIC) microcontroller. For this purpose, PIC microcontroller is used as a controller to the system for controlling the piezoelectric Braille cell. Piezoelectric Braille cells are used in many refreshable Braille display applications. The Braille displays using piezoelectric Braille cell are able to refresh the Braille character that are read by the visually impaired by touching the dots at Braille cell. Each piezoelectric Braille cell consisting of six or eight movable pins or dots in rectangular array. The height of pins or dots in Braille cell is controlled by a piezoelectric bimorph. This will cause the pins or dots at piezoelectric Braille cell to rise or fall and therefore, create the Braille character or alphabet. Throughout the paper, the pin or dots at piezoelectric Braille cell which represent a certain Braille character is also presented. The architecture and operation of the system is discussed in detail, considering both the hardware and software elements involved. The software for programming the PIC microcontroller was written with CCS C program language. The system is developed and tested successfully. This system can be applied in the Braille Display which uses the piezoelectric Braille cell to display some of Braille characters.
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author	Mad Saad, Shaharil Razaly, F. Md. Zain, Mohd. Zarhamdy Hussein, Mohamed Yaacob, Mohd. Shafik Musa, Akihiro R. Abdullah, Mohd. Yunus
author_facet	Mad Saad, Shaharil Razaly, F. Md. Zain, Mohd. Zarhamdy Hussein, Mohamed Yaacob, Mohd. Shafik Musa, Akihiro R. Abdullah, Mohd. Yunus
author_sort	Mad Saad, Shaharil
title	Development of piezoelectric braille cell control system using microcontroller unit (MCU)
title_short	Development of piezoelectric braille cell control system using microcontroller unit (MCU)
title_full	Development of piezoelectric braille cell control system using microcontroller unit (MCU)
title_fullStr	Development of piezoelectric braille cell control system using microcontroller unit (MCU)
title_full_unstemmed	Development of piezoelectric braille cell control system using microcontroller unit (MCU)
title_sort	development of piezoelectric braille cell control system using microcontroller unit (mcu)
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url	http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/25104/ https://www.researchgate.net/publication/234791769_Development_of_piezoelectric_Braille_cell_control_system_using_microcontroller_unit_MCU
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Development of piezoelectric braille cell control system using microcontroller unit (MCU)

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