Automatic Measuring Device.

Im in need of some advice.

ive attached the ino from my project.

basically im trying to use 2x motors to draw a line on some wood,
it needs to be able to do min and max measurements,
or be able to move x distance from the begining / end of the wood before starting for example.

however ive gotten this far with the help of a friend who no longer has the time to help me, i dont want someone to write it for me but rather to give me guidance on how to do it.

Regards

automeasure.ino (4.56 KB)

There is something wrong with it?

Hi,
Can you post a picture of your project, so we can see how you have arranged the motors.
Or a hand drawn diagram.

How are you measuring distance and controlling the motors?

Can you please post a copy of your circuit, in CAD or a picture of a hand drawn circuit in jpg, png?

Tom.... :slight_smile:

Hi Tom,

ive not currently got anything setup, however i intend to mock it up on the bench with a few DC motors.

i have a hardware encoder which i believe works out the size of the wood/metal were marking.

i currently dont have any drawings / diags yet. i shall be working on these soon.

all this is ment to do is find its start/finish limits, move to the home limit. ask for a size to mark, and then work from the centre out

so if we can 1m marking it will cut 0.5M both sides <-----HOME-----> (both markers will work outwards)