pyTactor 0.1.1

Control a vibrotactor array over BLE using Python code.

pyTactor

Parties Involved

Institution: Munroe Meyer Institute in the University of Nebraska Medical Center
Laboratory: Virtual Reality Laboratory
Advisor: Dr. James Gehringer
Developer: Walker Arce

Motivation

This Python library was written to facilitate closed-loop experimental protocol for biomechanics and motor-control related research.

Installation

Clone this repository, cd into the directory using either your virtual environment or your local environment, and run: python setup.py install

Usage

import time
from pytactor import VibrotactorArray

ble = VibrotactorArray.get_ble_instance()
vta_1 = VibrotactorArray(ble)
vta_2 = VibrotactorArray(ble)

vta_1.set_all_motors(200)
vta_1.trigger_vib()
vta_1.start_imu()

vta_2.set_all_motors(200)
vta_2.trigger_vib()
vta_2.start_imu()

time.sleep(10)

Citation

@misc{Arce_pyTactor_2022,
      author = {Arce, Walker and Gehringer, James},
      month = {6},
      title = {{pyTactor}},
      url = {https://github.com/Munroe-Meyer-Institute-VR-Laboratory/pyTactor},
      year = {2022}
}