Students at Peru CSD are creating soft robotic grippers for the ZA6. We would like to control a small DC air pump (24 volt) through the robot control, but I’m scratching my head as to how I can wire it up. The pump will need to switch polarity to either push or suck air.
Here are the components I was thinking of using:
Any help or thoughts are appreciated!
If it’s a matter of needing to be able to close one circuit or the other for forward/reverse, would it work to just use 24V relays controlled by the robot? Basically, replacing the buttons/switches in the diagram with relays?
Why not use 2 motors? One that pulls one that pushes. Then you only have to activate one or the other.
Good idea - I think I will try this as it seems simple. I believe I can just make a subroutine that won’t allow them both to be in at the same time.
