Heya!
I've been quite successful doing audio stuff with Flowstone,
now I'm thinking I'm going to find it more satisfying to get into machine control/hardware.
It would be fun to play with steppers and Phidgets-
maybe build a drawing machine-
but I think it would be best if I looked to some more power than 5-10V .5A,
so I am dredging this old topic up. I have like 5 SEW PLCs,
I couldn't find them on their site->
http://www.sew-eurodrive.com.au/produkt/index.phpAnyway, they are an AC PLC for around 10-15 amp motors.
To begin with,
I was wondering if I could interface a tachometer I have built, somehow.
It would be cool to turn a winding machine off after say 1000metres have been run.
I was wondering what I can use my FS knowledge in in industrial machine design/control.
Everyone is very welcome to drop into this thread with ideas, solutions and chat.
I will rename it something more general, and OT is fine-
I'm sure it would be in and around the point.
So I'm looking for starting points of useful applications,
specific implementations-
I have decided to embrace the motion and control side of FS finally.
So the concept of what this thread is is a bit hazy.
I will come back with more specific questions when I think of them.
I think I will.
Will try and get the info on the input pins of these PLCs,
I have built a winding machine that was/is around 3.6kw-
I want to be able to use(say) a Flowboard/Phidgets8 to interface with this kind
of power when necessary.
Also will come back with another post that details all my engineering applications-
hopefully starting some cognitive gears turning 8D