Andrew u.k. Posted January 8, 2023 Posted January 8, 2023 I'm not up for reinventing the wheel, I've searched but haven't found anything. I'm sure someone would have had this idea. Using air wedges placed in the back of my seat, connected to a reservoir of an equal air wedge, when the reservoir gets squeezed it expands the one behind your back, giving you an indication of G force. I have a DOF reality chair so I'm thinking when the chair moves back it will compress the reservoir. when it goes forward it will suck out the air. However I'm sure tis can be rigged up with an Arduino board but that's well beyond me. 2
Andrew u.k. Posted January 8, 2023 Author Posted January 8, 2023 I've just purchased 2x blood pressure cuffs, without the pump and gauge. I shall connect these to an air reservoir that will be pressured as my chair tilts back. I shall report back!
Merlins51 Posted January 27, 2023 Posted January 27, 2023 Andrew, that's an interesting idea. Looking forward to seeing what you come up with. The Bergison Motion integrated G-seat can also be integrated into existing motion platforms (although with 2-DOF you obviously miss the heave/g-force component).
void68 Posted February 19, 2023 Posted February 19, 2023 To the blood pressure cuffs inflate behind your neck? I don't get it, but as a testing device it sounds ok. You can start a simple Arduino program to get triggered when the chair moves back and closes a circuit and make the Arduion trigger another relay bank (switching up to 380V opto coupling) to start a compressor or something. Even with a analog read you can check how much the chair moved back and put it into an analog output.
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