Open AccessPiezoelectric Glove Design and Test for Future Wearable Devices
Author(s) -
Iolanda Ulisse,
Davide Colaiuda,
Stefano Ricci,
Giuseppe Ferri
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of physics. conference series
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1742-6596
pISSN - 1742-6588
DOI - 10.1088/1742-6596/1603/1/012013
Subject(s) - voltage , series (stratigraphy) , wearable computer , 3d printer , piezoelectricity , strips , movement (music) , energy (signal processing) , computer science , acoustics , electrical engineering , computer hardware , engineering , mechanical engineering , physics , embedded system , artificial intelligence , paleontology , quantum mechanics , biology
We present the first results of experimental measurements performed to estimate the available energy derived from the movement of the fingers of one hand. The proposed system consists of a mechanical hand made with a 3D printer, on which 5 piezoelectric strips are applied, electrically connected in series or in parallel. Measurements have shown that the series configuration produces the best result. In this configuration, in fact, the open circuit peak-to-peak voltage reaches 39.6V.