Hello everyone!
I am a senior engineering student who is about to begin the final stages of his senior design project before graduation. Anyways, my project involves the selection and implementation of a microcontroller and I have no idea what I am doing. Here are the facts I believe to relevant:
I have programming experience in C and MatLab.
I have to program two rotary motors to track the sun as it moves throughout the sky, both daily and yearly. There are set equations based upon the time of day/year and latitude. I need to program these equations for utilization by the motors via a microcontroller. This means that the motor will be moving incredibly slowly. A matter of 180 degrees in about 12 hours (depending on latitude).
Here is the motor we plan on using:
PDE7 Solar Tracking Worm Gear Slew Drive
http://rtrengineering.en.alibaba.co...sion_Solar_Tracking_Worm_Gear_Slew_Drive.html
I will need a way to input the time, date, and latitude(can be by laptop).
Let me know if there is any other information I might be able to give. I am looking for a relatively easy-to-implement controller, as I have never done anything like this before.
Thanks.
I am a senior engineering student who is about to begin the final stages of his senior design project before graduation. Anyways, my project involves the selection and implementation of a microcontroller and I have no idea what I am doing. Here are the facts I believe to relevant:
I have programming experience in C and MatLab.
I have to program two rotary motors to track the sun as it moves throughout the sky, both daily and yearly. There are set equations based upon the time of day/year and latitude. I need to program these equations for utilization by the motors via a microcontroller. This means that the motor will be moving incredibly slowly. A matter of 180 degrees in about 12 hours (depending on latitude).
Here is the motor we plan on using:
PDE7 Solar Tracking Worm Gear Slew Drive
http://rtrengineering.en.alibaba.co...sion_Solar_Tracking_Worm_Gear_Slew_Drive.html
I will need a way to input the time, date, and latitude(can be by laptop).
Let me know if there is any other information I might be able to give. I am looking for a relatively easy-to-implement controller, as I have never done anything like this before.
Thanks.