Arduino as a Coilgun controller?
Legit_bacon, Mon Feb 27 2012, 08:04AMHas anyone used a micro controller to control the different systems of a coilgun eg; optical triggering, firing, charging signal, voltage feedback/cutoff?
Also all the control side of things like switches lights etc...
Just wondering if anyone has tried doing this with something like an arduino or other open source micro controller?
-matt.
Re: Arduino as a Coilgun controller?
Forty, Mon Feb 27 2012, 05:52PM
The guy at anothercoilgunsite.com made some impressive coilguns using pic's i believe.
Forty, Mon Feb 27 2012, 05:52PM
The guy at anothercoilgunsite.com made some impressive coilguns using pic's i believe.
Re: Arduino as a Coilgun controller?
Legit_bacon, Mon Feb 27 2012, 06:57PM
ah yes I remember his famous coil pistol used a pic!
Legit_bacon, Mon Feb 27 2012, 06:57PM
ah yes I remember his famous coil pistol used a pic!
Re: Arduino as a Coilgun controller?
Lekky1, Thu Mar 15 2012, 10:20AM
Hi Mattster. I used a Picaxe 20M chip running at 32Mhz for a single stage halfbridge coil gun.
Injector solenoid, charge circuit, voltage monitoring of battery & caps, optical triggering & timing all done by one chip. Worked well.
Lekky1, Thu Mar 15 2012, 10:20AM
Hi Mattster. I used a Picaxe 20M chip running at 32Mhz for a single stage halfbridge coil gun.
Injector solenoid, charge circuit, voltage monitoring of battery & caps, optical triggering & timing all done by one chip. Worked well.
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