BRomagosa recently described a solenoid driven drum machine using 5v solenoids to ‘strike’ various percussion instruments.
Can the motor drivers of the XRP be used to control a 5v solenoid like these?
BRomagosa recently described a solenoid driven drum machine using 5v solenoids to ‘strike’ various percussion instruments.
Can the motor drivers of the XRP be used to control a 5v solenoid like these?
Hi there!
FYI your Discord link doesn’t work for others (or maybe just me?), I’m guessing because you have to be in that server to view it. A screenshot or something would be great!
Yes, I believe the XRP Control Board could be used to drive solenoids, as long as you’re careful about it:
effort
if you’re using the MicroPython library) on the motor driver. Lower duty cycles are used to make brushed motor spin more slowly, but solenoids are really only intended to be binary on or off.Hope this helps!
Thank you for feedback on Discourse and the detailed answer to my question!