Hi everyone.
I've spent the last couple of days trying to design a simple circuit that will control a linear actuator - and failed miserably. The actuator is a powered by a six volt motor. The actator lifts and lowers one corner of a large perspex ball bearing maze (there will be four of these acting independantly). I would like a switch to activate up and down on each motor. The problems arise when the actators reach the end of their travel. I have fitted some limit switches so that when say the maze gets to its highest position it hits the limit switch and reverse the action of the operators switch (so up now becomes down). I have tryed to design a circuit using switches and relays, without success. Even if I could get this working there is still the problem of reversing the switch. Am I going about this all wrong, is there a simople solution I just can't see.
Any help appreciated.
I've spent the last couple of days trying to design a simple circuit that will control a linear actuator - and failed miserably. The actuator is a powered by a six volt motor. The actator lifts and lowers one corner of a large perspex ball bearing maze (there will be four of these acting independantly). I would like a switch to activate up and down on each motor. The problems arise when the actators reach the end of their travel. I have fitted some limit switches so that when say the maze gets to its highest position it hits the limit switch and reverse the action of the operators switch (so up now becomes down). I have tryed to design a circuit using switches and relays, without success. Even if I could get this working there is still the problem of reversing the switch. Am I going about this all wrong, is there a simople solution I just can't see.
Any help appreciated.