hiya,
i am really new to electronics and this is my first project! i am trying to construct an automatic tripod head which will rotate through 180, change direction, head back to where it started then change direction again etc etc. the top of the tripod will have a beam on it which i am going to use to knock a microswitch with a lever on it in order to change the direction. I need to motor to spin slowly and have found one which is suitable, a single ratio 3000:1 gearbox motor. however i am unsure of how to make a circuit to control the lot. any ideas?
After looking around the internet for a little i think i need to make a H bridge. When the switch is hit i need the signal to stay on until the other switch is hit. i think i might need to use a r/s flip flop but can the activation of one switch set one flip flop whilst resetting another? hope this makes a bit of sense!
thanks,
alex
i am really new to electronics and this is my first project! i am trying to construct an automatic tripod head which will rotate through 180, change direction, head back to where it started then change direction again etc etc. the top of the tripod will have a beam on it which i am going to use to knock a microswitch with a lever on it in order to change the direction. I need to motor to spin slowly and have found one which is suitable, a single ratio 3000:1 gearbox motor. however i am unsure of how to make a circuit to control the lot. any ideas?
After looking around the internet for a little i think i need to make a H bridge. When the switch is hit i need the signal to stay on until the other switch is hit. i think i might need to use a r/s flip flop but can the activation of one switch set one flip flop whilst resetting another? hope this makes a bit of sense!
thanks,
alex