Looks very promising, i think the easiest to implement and maintain, just throw a chain and a sprocket, and with todays electric motors and encoders you can do wonders with that. Are you planning to have some chain tensioners in the system? Also I'm wondering do you have any plans for a controller for this project, is it gonna be like a raspberry pi or any other small computer, a program on a laptop, or more like an industrial, physical controllers with buttons and dials?
@@P-Ian thank you! My plan was to have another sprocket on a motor properly with some kind of gear. I have thought about using encoders, but right now I'm more into vision using a webcam. I have some custom pcb with ST MCU that I will code to control stepper or dc controller (no specifics yet), the ST will be (for now) controlled by usb or rs485 from a c# program - as there are multiple steppers and motors to control. Chain tension, sure, in the other end of the chain connected to the square tube.
Looks very promising, i think the easiest to implement and maintain, just throw a chain and a sprocket, and with todays electric motors and encoders you can do wonders with that. Are you planning to have some chain tensioners in the system? Also I'm wondering do you have any plans for a controller for this project, is it gonna be like a raspberry pi or any other small computer, a program on a laptop, or more like an industrial, physical controllers with buttons and dials?
@@P-Ian thank you!
My plan was to have another sprocket on a motor properly with some kind of gear.
I have thought about using encoders, but right now I'm more into vision using a webcam.
I have some custom pcb with ST MCU that I will code to control stepper or dc controller (no specifics yet), the ST will be (for now) controlled by usb or rs485 from a c# program - as there are multiple steppers and motors to control.
Chain tension, sure, in the other end of the chain connected to the square tube.