Hello. I just bought foto turntable and found that it doesn't have an app where I can control it. So it is just uses USB power and constantly moving...
I have an idea to use arduino to switch it on and of by timer or by pressing some button.
So what I need is be able switch on and off 5v power for my turn table by some intervals.
Can I do it by only Arduino Nano v3, or I need some other modules? And maybe some other suggestions from experienced in such cases people.
Thank you!
Search for "Arduino + motor"!
A logic level N channel MOSFET + 2 resistors would do it.
Even experienced people cannot provide answers with so little information from you to base their answers on.
It sounds like you are proposing to hack/reverse- engineer this turntable to give it new features through use of an Arduino Nano. Such projects can be a big challenge for beginners.
Begin by posting links to the turntable with as much technical data as you can find.
the turnable currently is a just motor which uses usb as a power source.
I found that I can use l298n to control it.
My goal is write code which will on and off power when I click button. so it will rotate truntable just for few seconds to rotate it to needed angle and then stop, then I make foto and then click button again so it will turn it again.
Of course I need measure the time needed to rotate it for some angle, yes.
Exactly with Arduino I don't have experience but I do coding, and once was working with FPGA... so I hope I can handle it.
(only what Im worrying now is that for the same time interval it will rotate table exactly for the same angle for each time...)
Many thanks!
so, at the end I made it. it works. the problem now only that this stupid table has random direction every time when I switch it on. I found inside DC-AC6 converter so this motor is AC and the funny thing that it has a random direction every time. so I think I need to add AC-DC-AC converter to it to make the same direction all the time, but Im not sure
looks like this motor is designed to rotate in random direction by itself, so it is not about circuit. my idea cant be done in such case
maybe it will help other users
This topic was automatically closed 180 days after the last reply. New replies are no longer allowed.