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Journal of Applied Sciences

Year: 2006 | Volume: 6 | Issue: 11 | Page No.: 2438-2443
DOI: 10.3923/jas.2006.2438.2443
Development of Computer Controlled FES System with Improved Circuit Design
K.W.E. Cheng, C.Y. Tang and C.P. Tsui

Abstract: An advanced computer controlled system for FES is developed that is aimed to give successful control to the electrical stimulation of muscle which is the time-varying nonlinear system. The performance of control systems is designed to be robust and can adapt to change in system gains. A DSP is programmed with Simulink for the study. In the circuit side, the new design of FES circuit is proposed that is connected together with the computer system. The circuit can give sufficient voltage without magnetic transformer that can also reduce significantly the circuit size and weight.

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K.W.E. Cheng, C.Y. Tang and C.P. Tsui, 2006. Development of Computer Controlled FES System with Improved Circuit Design. Journal of Applied Sciences, 6: 2438-2443.

Keywords: Functional electrical stimulation (FES), DSP and transformerless

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