Controler for rotary solenoid

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Hi,
I am completely new to robotics, so if you can tell me the names of things I am looking for or recommend suitable tutorials that would be already very helpful.

I would like to build an automated optical shutter to interrupt a laser beam.

I had the idea that a rotary solenoid would be useful onto which a piece of metal can be screwed. The rotary motion pushes the piece of metal into the laser beam so that the beam hits the piece of metal and is thus blocked. I would like to know what I need to control a rotary solenoid (with a labview programme). For the rotary solenoid I have something like this in mind:
https://de.farnell.com/en-DE/ledex/h-2414-029/drehmagnet-kontinuierlich-21w/dp/2787330

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Hi @IonEater and welcome to our forum.

You have an interesting project :slight_smile:

If you need to rotate the shaft of this rotary solenoid, first thing that comes to my mind is to use a servo motor.

I did a quick Google search on how to control servo motor from LabVIEW and it gave me this tutorial: How to control a Servo Motor From LabVIEW - YouTube

I hope this is helpful for you.

Thank you.

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Thank you! I am checking the video out

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You are welcome :slight_smile: