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In this study, a general purpose, low-cost, programmable, portable and high performance stimulator is designed and implemented. For this purpose, a microcontroller is used in the design of the stimulator. The duty cycle and amplitude of the designed system can be controlled using a keyboard. The performance test of the system has shown that the results are reliable. The overall system can be used as the neuromuscular stimulator under safe conditions.
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Koçer, S., Canal, M.R. & Güler, İ. Design of Low-Cost General Purpose Microcontroller Based Neuromuscular Stimulator. Journal of Medical Systems 24, 91–101 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1005516830093
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