Arduino Controlled XY T-Slot Table

This is a video accompanying an Instructable of a new design for the TeleToyland Sandbox. This is an easy to make and relative low cost XY table using T-Slot for the construction to make the alignment easy. It uses an Arduino to control two Pololu JRK motor controllers. In this demo, random moves are made in sequence to show the axis timing - diagonal moves are straight.

You can try this live at http://www.teletoyland.com/Projects/Sandbox_2!

The build info is at http://www.instructables.com/id/Internet-Arduino-Controlled-T-Slot-XY-Table/

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• Arduino
• CNC
• XY
• Table
• T-Slot
• extrusion
• TeleToyland
• SandBox
• Instructable

[TeleToyland]

24x7 - that is one of the challenges in the design. It needs some adjustments every few months.

[TeleToyland]

Thanks - we added a link in the description to the live project and the build info.

[indigonator1]

Take a pencil on it and you have got a homemade printer that you can remote by a software!

[russotragik]

@wolten arduino allows you to "digitalRead" the ports, so you can make a software to send some signals and loop until a new comand is received...

like:

"while (pin18 == high){

digitalWrite(pin6, high);

}else{

digitalWrite(pin6, low);

}"

so the pin 18 is the receiver and the pin 6 is the VDD for the X axys for example, but to do this you'll need more things, like a reversible motor and "name" the controls as X_AXYS_POSITIVE, X_AXYS_NEGATIVE, Y_AXYS_POSITIVE, X_AXYS_NEGATIVE and a lot more...

[wolten]

how you control it? with a software ?? u have any code??

[cyctechproductions]

I went to the website and try the live one. It really is live after all. how long to do you leave the sandbox turned on?

[viniciusspolo]

Please, share the documantion of your project.

Eletrical schematic, sketch, and whatever you have.

Remember when you was get start with Arduino you have a lot of examples to learn.

I hope that you colaborate to the arduino community sharing.

Thanks.