Hey Wayne ScottyMac here, i've been super busy sorry i haven't been around or returned you email, but anyway nice video I like the motors rolling around to the guitar. Ive been working on a battery splitter to see if i can get the circuit to run on just one 12v battery by tricking the 339 using a LT1010 buffer. Ill keep you posted
I'm just about to finish soldering my circuit #4, today.. and I see you have 2 of them running. are they controlling relays, instead of motors, directly? thanks.
@helpmonkey Is that because the current available from the Tip31c is not sufficient enough to actually drive the motor? So you use it, instead to open up a relay, and thus more current? Two relays for each motor, is this to allow polarity changes? I'd love to see a diagram of how relays fit into circuit #4 on the site. Cheers. Thanks for sharing all this, cool stuff, VERY useful.
@helpmonkey Thanks very much. When I get mine up and running I'll send you a link. Hey... have you seen the tracker design (the mechanical part) where you build a big steel ring, with wheels, on good level prepared ground, then you spin the whole base, thus providing incredible support for a large array? It is especially cool in that it can be easily improvised with, pretty much, whatever... it could be geometric too.
Hey Wayne ScottyMac here, i've been super busy sorry i haven't been around or returned you email, but anyway nice video I like the motors rolling around to the guitar. Ive been working on a battery splitter to see if i can get the circuit to run on just one 12v battery by tricking the 339 using a LT1010 buffer. Ill keep you posted
surfsand 3 months ago
Point, guitar noise, point, guitar noise..... "What's that boy, Timmy's stuck in the well?" Point, guitar noise.....
dadigitechman 5 months ago
@dadigitechman ... argh ... ill add some captions
helpmonkey 4 months ago
I'm just about to finish soldering my circuit #4, today.. and I see you have 2 of them running. are they controlling relays, instead of motors, directly? thanks.
KyleCarrington 5 months ago
@KyleCarrington yes four 5amp 12volt relays... two for each motor
helpmonkey 5 months ago
@helpmonkey Is that because the current available from the Tip31c is not sufficient enough to actually drive the motor? So you use it, instead to open up a relay, and thus more current? Two relays for each motor, is this to allow polarity changes? I'd love to see a diagram of how relays fit into circuit #4 on the site. Cheers. Thanks for sharing all this, cool stuff, VERY useful.
KyleCarrington 5 months ago
@KyleCarrington the schematic is on the website but currently just posted in the comments section. Look for comments by ScottyMac
helpmonkey 5 months ago
@helpmonkey Thanks very much. When I get mine up and running I'll send you a link. Hey... have you seen the tracker design (the mechanical part) where you build a big steel ring, with wheels, on good level prepared ground, then you spin the whole base, thus providing incredible support for a large array? It is especially cool in that it can be easily improvised with, pretty much, whatever... it could be geometric too.
KyleCarrington 5 months ago