I am working towards a custom joystick controller to control a pan/tilt head for a video camera, and im hoping to combine camera controls such as zoom/start & stop with the buttons on the same joystick..
Im just starting with arduino so im still working things out.. I have seen a bunch of motor shields which help to power larger motors but i havent seen anything that says it can do 24 volt motor.. I havent purchased the pan/tilt head yet but the specs say its is 2 x 24volt motors with 2A output..
Am i going to be able to control this with an arduino board ? If so how do i go about it ? The shields i have seen are ated to handle 7-12volts at 2A..
In theory you can control any motor with an Arduino board.
The link you posted does not say how many amps the motors draw, only that the supplied AC adaptor can deliver 2A. From that you can probably assume that each motor draws max 1A since the adaptor should be able to power both at the same time.
I don't of he top of my head remember how much current can be drawn from the variuos motorshields available, but it should not be a problem to find other motor controllers that can handle the required currrent and be controlled from Arduino.
great.. i thought it would be ok but i started to wonder when i hadnt seen any shields that looked suitable.. I'll investigate which one i specifically need when i am a bit closer to that stage, but so long as i know it will be ok..
The reason i was hoping to use a PC joystick is because i really like the idea of the stick moving the pan/tilt and the trigger and thumb buttons on PC joysticks for zoom.. So im really hoping to be able to calibrate it to work ok but if i cant i'll pursue other options..