technotony007
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Hi,
I am an ROV technician with a mechanical background. I am trying to learn PLC’s to enhance my electrical and electronic knowledge for the benefit of my career and hobby. The project, which I am starting, is to build a ROV in a basic form. The list of equipment that I am working with is a laptop, which has a 5-axis joystick attached to it. via its usb port. A serial 9 pin lead to gofrom my laptop to my plc. The plan is run two plc’s. One at the surface and one in the Rov. The Rov basically has 6 - 12 volt dc electric drill motors .the direction of these as I understand up to now is controlled by polarity. The following information I would be most grateful if anyone could help me with is:
Regards
Tony
I am an ROV technician with a mechanical background. I am trying to learn PLC’s to enhance my electrical and electronic knowledge for the benefit of my career and hobby. The project, which I am starting, is to build a ROV in a basic form. The list of equipment that I am working with is a laptop, which has a 5-axis joystick attached to it. via its usb port. A serial 9 pin lead to gofrom my laptop to my plc. The plan is run two plc’s. One at the surface and one in the Rov. The Rov basically has 6 - 12 volt dc electric drill motors .the direction of these as I understand up to now is controlled by polarity. The following information I would be most grateful if anyone could help me with is:
- What type of plc’s do I requireor suggest using . (8,12, 16 channel, make, etc?)
- What type of software platform would I use to program / control the plc, via the joystick in a window environment.
- Could I run a camera signal through a plc?
Regards
Tony