Hello everyone, I'm new here and have found this to be a great resource to get useful information.
I'm working on a circuit for school that controls a motor's rotation on a conveyor belt.
A brief background on the project: I am responsible for transporting marble like balls back to a dispenser. We have a system in place to sort them into tubes with pressure sensors measuring how many there are. There are a total of four tubes with a color for each one and a pressure sensor to measure each tube. When one of the pressure sensors detects that one of the tubes has reached its capacity, a trap door holding the balls in place will open and the balls will transport down a ramp into a cart that is attached to a conveyor belt.
What I need is to have a time delay so that the balls have enough time to roll down the ramp and into the conveyor belt before the motor begins to rotate. I think a delay of 5-10 seconds before the motor begins to rotate is enough time. I'm not sure if a one shot is the best way to go. I've done a lot of research on the 555's doing the trick, but not fully grasping the concept. I was hoping maybe someone here could give me a guiding direction which way to go.
Thanks all!
Sam
I'm working on a circuit for school that controls a motor's rotation on a conveyor belt.
A brief background on the project: I am responsible for transporting marble like balls back to a dispenser. We have a system in place to sort them into tubes with pressure sensors measuring how many there are. There are a total of four tubes with a color for each one and a pressure sensor to measure each tube. When one of the pressure sensors detects that one of the tubes has reached its capacity, a trap door holding the balls in place will open and the balls will transport down a ramp into a cart that is attached to a conveyor belt.
What I need is to have a time delay so that the balls have enough time to roll down the ramp and into the conveyor belt before the motor begins to rotate. I think a delay of 5-10 seconds before the motor begins to rotate is enough time. I'm not sure if a one shot is the best way to go. I've done a lot of research on the 555's doing the trick, but not fully grasping the concept. I was hoping maybe someone here could give me a guiding direction which way to go.
Thanks all!
Sam