Welcome to Simple Thimble documentation!

Simple Thimble is the first open-source and low-cost project to build your own VR-enabled force feedback device.

Overview:

• Welcome to Simple Thimble!
  • Features
• Haptic Devices: an overview
  • What is an haptic thimble?
• Hardware Overview of Simple Thimble
  • Components
  • Parts role inside the thimble

3D Printing:

• 3D-Printing Introduction
  • Tools Required
• Main Box
• Rack and Pinion
• Covers

Hardware:

• Bill of Materials
• Welcome to the hardware assembly section!
  • Tools Required
  • Assembly Instructions

Firmware:

• Firmware: an introduction
  • What is a firmware?
  • Integrated Development Environment
  • Arduino IDE 2.0
• Firmware test code
  • Setup the environment to program the D1 mini ESP8266 board
  • The test code
  • Verify and Upload!
• How to get MAC adderesses of the boards
• The dongle firmware code
  • Commands
• The final Simple Thimble onboard firmware
  • Commands
• One final test for the Simple Thimble firmware

VR application:

• VR application: how we will use the SimpleThimble in virtual reality
• VR application: how to setup our virtual reality software
  • Install Unity softwares
  • Install Leap Motion softwares
  • Install Leap Motion Unity modules
• Let’s connect the SimpleThimble to Unity and Leap Motion
  • Download the SimpleThimble unity project