Arduino with a robotic arm

[Proxy1337]

I want to use my Arduino Uno for programming a robotic arm for my school project.
The robotic arm that I will use is the C-S 113. The Arm will have to draw an equation on paper.
Will Arduino Uno handle this or should I upgrade to a more powerful one?

[PaulS]

Will Arduino Uno handle this or should I upgrade to a more powerful one?

How much power do you need? How many watts?

[OldSteve]

I want to use my Arduino Uno for programming a robotic arm for my school project.
The robotic arm that I will use is the C-S 113. The Arm will have to draw an equation on paper.
Will Arduino Uno handle this or should I upgrade to a more powerful one?

From a programming point-of-view, your UNO will be fine.
Just don't supply power to the arm directly from the UNO board. Those stepper motors would suck a fair bit of current.

Actually, I just read (the power supply section of) the pdf on the arm and it has it's own power supply, so you're good-to-go. The PSU supplies 6A for the steppers.
That looks like a pretty nice arm - wish I had one.

[Proxy1337]

Actually, I just read (the power supply section of) the pdf on the arm and it has it's own power supply, so you're good-to-go.

Could you please tell me were you found that pdf?

[OldSteve]

Could you please tell me were you found that pdf?

I did a search on "Pro Arm RS2200". I got other interesting results as well as the manual.

The pdf Manual:-
Pro Arm RS-2200 Manual

And the general search results:-
Pro Arm RS-2200 Search

[Proxy1337]

I did a search on "Pro Arm RS2200". I got other interesting results as well as the manual.

The pdf Manual:-
Pro Arm RS-2200 Manual

And the general search results:-
Pro Arm RS-2200 Search

Thank you very much.

[OldSteve]

Thank you very much.

No problem. Glad to help.
Have fun.

[dante_wzj]

This web will help you.
http://www.instructables.com/id/Build-a-Laser-Cut-and-Soldering-Dobot-arm/
Use arduino mega 2560

[OldSteve]

This web will help you.
http://www.instructables.com/id/Build-a-Laser-Cut-and-Soldering-Dobot-arm/
Use arduino mega 2560

He already has a perfectly good robot arm, so why would he want to pay for a laser-cut one? And he'll be using a UNO, not a Mega2560. He already has the UNO, so why buy a Mega?

[Proxy1337]

He already has a perfectly good robot arm, so why would he want to pay for a laser-cut one? And he'll be using a UNO, not a Mega2560. He already has the UNO, so why buy a Mega?

Will the UNO have enough pins for my project?
I want to use my ramps 1.4 with it.

[OldSteve]

Will the UNO have enough pins for my project?
I want to use my ramps 1.4 with it.

I've never used ramps or the robot arm, so your guess would be better than mine. Just draw a schematic, work out how many pins it needs, and if it's 19 or less the UNO will do it, otherwise you'll need an expansion board or a Mega.
Actually, I thought a RAMPS board needed a Mega anyway. Check the RAMPS documentation.

[MarkT]

RAMPS is a Mega shield.

[OldSteve]

RAMPS is a Mega shield.

Thanks for confirming that Mark. I thought it was, but wasn't sure.

[abhineetsharma20]

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Dancing Robot using Arduino: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lt9BoopQEm0

RoboSpecies: http://www.robospecies.com/
RoboShop.in: http://www.roboshop.in/

[sezgin]

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