Arduino / automated cuttinghead

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Tremdall
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Arduino / automated cuttinghead

Post: # 48630Unread post Tremdall
Fri Dec 01, 2017 9:21 am

Are there people here who have experience with making an arduino system for dropping down the stylus of a VR?
It seems to me really better than doing it manually xx a day...
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Re: Arduino / automated cuttinghead

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Fri Dec 01, 2017 10:14 am

Am sure you could set a solenoid with a control voltage to drop the head. You will have to experiment with the timing. or you could use a delay circuit and relay to feed the solenoid... might be an easier option.

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Re: Arduino / automated cuttinghead

Post: # 48633Unread post Tremdall
Fri Dec 01, 2017 12:22 pm

petermontg wrote:Am sure you could set a solenoid with a control voltage to drop the head. You will have to experiment with the timing. or you could use a delay circuit and relay to feed the solenoid... might be an easier option.

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Thanks
Sorry, I was not very clear. I don't know anything about Arduino... yet.
Thinking about (trying) learning it.
Would it be difficult for an absolute beginner to build something like this?
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Re: Arduino / automated cuttinghead

Post: # 48639Unread post sameal
Sat Dec 02, 2017 8:46 am

Im interested in using arduino as well for as complete a cutting computer system as i can get.

I think so far what i gather, and correct me if im wrong, but the arduino mega board is best suited for something like this.

(For just a solenoid lift/drop thing you could probably use any of the arduino boards id imagine.)

I found itsy bitsy 12v solenoids coming out of asia on ebay for pennies. I haven't gotten any prototypes up yet because my cutterhead isn't back yet.

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