Hello everyone!
I'm building a project for a senior capstone that requires me to mount horizontal winches into the ceiling corners of aluminum framing.
I'm hoping to be able to remotely control two winches simultaneously from a Microsoft surface tablet.
Can an Arduino board do this with an X-BULL Electric ATV winch?
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Can an Arduino board do this with an X-BULL Electric ATV winch?
The Arduino can send IR signals, with a suitable IR LED and suitable code (the IR library will prove useful).
The Arduino can read serial data, where some app on the PC is sending something like "<1:up>" or "<3:down>". It can then parse the data, and determine that corner needs to go up or corner 3 needs to go down.
With 4 senders, pointing at each of the 4 winches, you could make the4 corners move up or down.
What isn't clear is what is going to decide which way each corner needs to move.
You mention 2 winches, but a room has 4 corners...
Have you studied the product reviews. Someone wrote the best use was a paper weight. Others wrote the aluminum gears immediately stripped out with about 150 lbs. weight.
Paul
PaulS:
The Arduino can send IR signals, with a suitable IR LED and suitable code (the IR library will prove useful).The Arduino can read serial data, where some app on the PC is sending something like "<1:up>" or "<3:down>". It can then parse the data, and determine that corner needs to go up or corner 3 needs to go down.
With 4 senders, pointing at each of the 4 winches, you could make the4 corners move up or down.
What isn't clear is what is going to decide which way each corner needs to move.
You mention 2 winches, but a room has 4 corners...
Thanks for the response. The idea is to design a basic app for the tablet that has virtual directional keys. If you imagine an aluminum framed cubicle, one winch will be in the front left corner and one will be in the back left corner. These winches will support a large hanging monitor.
Paul_KD7HB:
Have you studied the product reviews. Someone wrote the best use was a paper weight. Others wrote the aluminum gears immediately stripped out with about 150 lbs. weight.Paul
Roger. I chose this product because of the wireless remote control. I figured it would be easier to implement wireless Arduino control with a product that already has wireless, as opposed to a wired controller.
And your plan as to how the winches are to know which one to move is? Nothing says the controls can be customized.
Paul
Can the remotes be opened and hacked so the Arduino "presses" the buttons using relays, digital switches, etc.? Or, can their output, whether IR or RF, be "sniffed" and duplicated by some other device?
Yes, yes and yes. But they all seem like bad ideas.
The wireless element is the Surface, right? The Arduino should be wired to the winches.
Oh, right. I was thinking simple wired serial connection from the Surface to a single Arduino controlling the remotes' switches, but I guess that's not possible with a Surface tablet.
Yes it is possible but usually it would be better to not plug in to the Surface.
MorganS:
Yes it is possible but usually it would be better to not plug in to the Surface.
Hmm, okay. May I ask why?
Also, my project is similar to this, except mine being a horizontal winch:
First, I see lots of wires in that photo. There's no "wireless" in that motor interface.
Second, the title of the Instructables page says that it's an AC motor. You specified a 12V DC motor in your first post.
Third, I have no idea what you want the winch to do but I suspect that you don't need it hauling 3000lbs at maximum speed all the time. Some PWM control with a motor controller like the Sparkfun Monster Moto
Hello!
I am very new at using Arduino's so forgive me if this question is obtuse, but I am wondering if/how it would be possible to connect an Arduino to a medium-duty smart winch like the one posted in the hyperlink. Amazon MyLifter
My plan is to have two of these winches supporting a 150lb load.
Here is my basic idea.
It ought be doable. Do some more simple projects to get acustomed to the UNO before jumping into the project. Study communication technics. That will prepair You for handling this project.
dlb398:
...possible to connect an Arduino to a medium-duty smart winch like the one posted in the hyperlink...
Give the fact the winch is...
Bluetooth Enabled
...what purpose does the Arduino serve?
dlb398:
SparkFun Shield
...is not an appropriate controller for an AC motor.
Finally... Threads merged. Please do not cross-post.
