So I’ve started a project for my wife for christmas. I’ve made a rose from sheet metal and steel all thread. i plan on mounting it into a hollowed out
wooden base. my question is: I ordered a free rpm of 100 reduction gear motor and some LEDs. I wan’t to wire it to were I plug it into a basic
12v or 24V dc plug, (I have both) the LEDs stay on and I can connect the motor so the rose will spin slowly, kinda like a lighter display case.
Any schematics or videos would be greatly appreciated, or any other parts I may need.
It sounds like you’ll need a power module… I use a couple of these in my ROVer project (links below)… the primary battery/power source is 12v and then I use these power modules to convert to 6v and 5v for other components as needed (the primary drive motors are 12v).
That motor is rated at 6V, so you will need a DC-DC converter if your main power supply is 12V or 24V: robotshop.com/en/power-regulators.html
You’ll need a separate one for the LEDs since they operate at 1.8V to 2.2V.
Your main adapter would need to be split to the two regulators, which then power the motor / LEDs.
The power supply needs to handle the total current of the system.
and these LEDs in both white and red, I plan on using at least 3 or each connected straight to input power along with input of the pwm: amazon.com/gp/product/B007O … UTF8&psc=1
will this work for actually wiring it up or am I going to catch something on fire? sorry I’m kind of new to this i appreciate all the help.
One possible issue that I can see is your power source only delivers 500ma at 12v; you’ll want to very the current draw on the controller, motor, and however many LEDs so that you’re under that limit as 500ma is not very much.
Here are some updated pictures from the project. I’m working on uploading a short clip of it. I ended up going with a small reduction gear motor connected to a pwm, and 12v LEDS with built in resistors.
I’m having issues uploading a video. I doing it from my phone, it’s only 13sec long it keeps saying too large to upload. I tried cutting down to 13sec and 5 sec but still says too big
Hmmm… I’m not sure what the policy is here on the site… I personally use YouTube for the videos you see linked in my signature… if you’re comfortable posting there, of course.
Thank you Nick! I appreciate all the help from everyone. I had a lot of moments I was just scratching my head trying to figure out how to make this work.
