Thank you for the help this helping me a lot more now and makes more sense. It is a food dispenser I am playing with making. Essentially I planned to have each container have a set amount of whatever food and figure the time required to turn the carousel so that the container crosses over a...
Just trying to widen my horizons to electrical/controls and turn to the dark side! The thing with detents that maybe I am overlooking is when it moves from say point A to Point B into the first detent and then stops, when the relay comes back on to move it to the next detent will it be able to...
That is a good thought. That makes me think what about reed switches? The only thing with a reed switch I wonder is when it reaches the magnet and the motor shuts off when the relay comes on again later will the motor start up and go to the next reed switch or will it be stuck because it is...
To add to the previous post and sum it up simply, I would ideally like for when the relay comes on for the motor to turn 45 degrees then to stop regardless of whether or not the relay is still on. Then the next time the relay comes on it move another 45 then stop and so on and so forth.
Hi Everyone,
I am working on a home project and I have hit a wall and wanted to get some opinions from everyone else. Essentially what I have is a carousel (eight separate compartments) that is rotated by an electric motor turning right in the center. The way I have it now is the electric...
