Hi, I need a product suggestion for my problem. I am gonna use servo motor to mix solutions. But I need a driver which can rotate the spinning direction of the motor in ever 10 or 15 seconds . Is there any product that I can use in that mode? Or even any products that I can control over computer or program the motor for various alternative jobs? I am an illiterate person and our group is also illiterate on these kind of things. Simply we are in need of plug and play things. I apprecite much for any kind of help Thanks in advance
A standard RC servo motor controller can send position commands to the servo, but in an of itself does not make any decisions.
You can connect many servo motor controllers to either a microcontroller or a computer.
A microcontroller can store code and act as intermediary between a computer and the servos, or simply be used on its own.
The one disadvantage is normally that the microcontroller has many IO pins and only has a few which can be used for servo control.
Certain servo motor controller (which are really microcontrollers) can also store code.
Q1) How many servos do you want to use?
Q2) How do you want to control them - from a computer, microcontroller or joystick?
Note that if you indicate that you want something to act “automatically” (ex change direction every 10-15 seconds), that usually means you will need to do some programming.
Thank you for quick reply. We just gonna use 1 motor (Servo or Stepper motor doesnt matter) . We will put some chemicals and wanna mix it via this motor . Nothing special . Programming isnt problem we will find the guy. But the drivers we wanna know what we need to estimate the price and demand from the company.
If you don’t need position control, then why not use a DC gear motor? This seems better for a “mixing” application.
RC servos operate between 0 to 180 degrees, while stepper motors are a bit more difficult to understand and control.
Hmm, we almost need minimum 1.2 nm torque . If that gear DC motor can supply that torque then we can change our shoppinglist. What kind of driver/s those DC gear motors requires? Can we program it and get it work fully automatic?
DC gear motors can provide a wide range of torque, and 1.2Nm is really not a lot.
To control a brushed DC motor / gear motor, you just need a corresponding brushed DC motor controller.
A small number have an onboard programmable microcontroller, though most need to be connected to either a microcontroller, computer or other external device in order to receive commands.
The following tutorial should give you some insight: How to Make a Robot – Lesson 5: Choosing a Motor Controller