Agree, long term success isn't at all guaranteed. But the servos are cheeeeap and I can replace fairly easily. But if I burn through them too quickly I'll decouple the servo from the powerhead and use the servo to turn the powerhead through a linkage or some sort of belt setup. I'd just have to mount the powerhead to some bearings.
My hope though is that since this servo has double sided bearings on an arm and is meant for robotics applications that it will be more suitable for the task than rc style servos.
Don't worry, my wife let me do this one...and she never lets me do anything fun.ggeeeeeee great thanks............ :/
wife's gonna kill me as i now have a new project for my tank....lol
awesome job buddy looks great!!
Awesome.
Theoretically they're no better or worse than a servo, only a different control method. Servos are a bit more appropriate for this application and are more commonly available at hobbyist type prices. The only real way that you can guarantee that the stress won't be borne by the motor assembly is by decoupling the motor assembly from the powerhead itself. They also make heavier duty robotics or industrial servos, but the price point wasn't going to work for a project of this scope.
The basic idea has been done and has been around for a while.
I'd be glad to, code is on my computer at home. I'll try to put together a wiring diagram as well... My breadboard is a mess, it will only cause confusion.I’d love the code for this and maybe a wiring diagram or photo of the breadboard and everything so I don’t have to reinvent the wheel or spend too much time figuring that part out. Been a while since I’ve built electronics but I’ve still got all my stuff so might as well try this.
Only time will tell how durable my solution really is. But thank you for the kind words.
#include <Servo.h>
Servo myservo;
int led = 13; //set first led on pin 13
int led2 = 12; // set second led on pin 12
int led3 = 11; // set third led on pin 11
int point of sale;
const int button1Pin = 2; //attach first switch to pin 2 (sweep)
const int button2Pin = 4; //attach second switch to pin 3 (sweep with delay)
const int button3Pin = 7; //attach third switch to pin 7 (point)
int button1State = 0;
int button2State = 0;
int button3State = 0;
int potpin = 0; //attach potentiometer (middle attachment point on potentiometer) to pin 0
int val;
void setup() {
pinMode(led, OUTPUT);
pinMode(led2, OUTPUT);
pinMode(led3, OUTPUT);
pinMode(button1Pin, INPUT);
pinMode(button2Pin, INPUT);
pinMode(button3Pin, INPUT);
myservo.attach(9); //servo signal wire is attached to pin 9 (power needs to be attached to vin will not operate on 3V or 5V)
}
void loop() {
button1State = digitalRead(button1Pin);
button2State = digitalRead(button2Pin);
button3State = digitalRead(button3Pin);
if (button1State == HIGH && button2State == LOW && button3State == LOW)
{
digitalWrite(led, HIGH);
for (point of sale = 80; point of sale <= 130; point of sale += 1) //set degrees for wavemaker turn angle (0-180) my setting is 80 to 130
{
val = analogRead(potpin);
myservo.write(point of sale);
delay(map(val, 0, 1023, 750, 15)); //delay is set from 15 milliseconds to 750 milliseconds, you can adjust as needed
Serial.println(point of sale);
}
for (point of sale = 130; point of sale >= 80; point of sale -= 1) //set degrees for wavemaker turn angle (0-180) my setting is 80 to 130
{
val = analogRead(potpin);
myservo.write(point of sale);
delay(map(val, 0, 1023, 750, 15)); //delay is set from 15 milliseconds to 750 milliseconds, you can adjust as needed
Serial.println(point of sale);;
}
}
else if (button1State == LOW && button2State == HIGH && button3State == LOW);
digitalWrite(led, LOW);
if (button1State == LOW && button2State == HIGH && button3State == LOW)
{
digitalWrite(led2, HIGH);
val = analogRead(potpin);
for (point of sale = 90; point of sale <= 130; point of sale += 1) //set degrees for wavemaker turn angle (0-180) my setting is 90 to 130
{
myservo.write(point of sale);
delay(40);
}
delay(map(val, 0, 1023, 60000, 1000)); //delay at end of sweep will be set from 1000 milliseconds (1 second) to 60,000 milliseconds (1 minute) depending on position of potentiometer. Can edit if necessary
for (point of sale = 130; point of sale >= 90; point of sale -= 1)//set degrees for wavemaker turn angle (0-180) my setting is 90 to 130
{
myservo.write(point of sale);
delay(40);
}
delay(map(val, 0, 1023, 60000, 1000)); //delay at end of sweep will be set from 1000 milliseconds (1 second) to 60,000 milliseconds (1 minute) depending on position of potentiometer. Can edit if necessary
}
else if (button1State == HIGH && button2State == LOW && button3State == LOW);
digitalWrite(led2, LOW);
if (button1State == LOW && button2State == LOW && button3State == HIGH)
{
digitalWrite(led3, HIGH);
val = analogRead(potpin);
val = map(val, 0, 1023, 60, 150);
myservo.write(val);
delay(15);
}
else if (button1State == LOW && button2State == LOW && button3State == LOW);
digitalWrite(led3, LOW);
}
