I am a computing student and for a project my group are extending out of our normal field of knowledge and have built a motorised chair that rotates through 180 degrees. The chair moves by a belt/pulley mechanism from a (geared down) motor. The chair is to be rotated left and right by switching the polarity of the current running through the motor. It all mechanically works at the moment and will move the chair with someone sitting in it quite happily when connected up to the power. This is to be activated by two footswitches, one to go left and one to go right. They are just simple on/off switches and we can't change them. My question is how do we wire it all up electrically to get these footswitches operating the chairs movement? I think we need to use relays or something but I am not really sure as its been years since I have done anything like this, my knowledge is at a complete beginner level. Also we are dealing with a current of about 0.5 1 amp DC. Sometimes it peaks at 2 amps for a split second when the motor starts up. If you have any idea how to make this circuit I would greatly appreciate any help. I dont think this is that complex but please understand I have not done this stuff before.
Any help would be much appreciated
Any help would be much appreciated