I wanted to build a pipe system like the ones at pharmacies but I didn't know were to get started could someone help.
For all of us who have never seen a pneumatic system at a pharmacy, please describe what you are referring to! What does this have to do with an Arduino?
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I suspect OP means this:
If the OP related this to the operation of a remote ATM machine, then more people might know what he was referring to!
Note! I guess it is really a remote bank teller access method!
I remember them from department stores and such. the salesperson would put your sales slip and cash in the tube and a little bit later your receipt and change would appear.
And banks still use them for the drive-thru lanes.
It's so close I never thought of it as remote but, yes, it is. If only a feet. I searched 'bunny tube' because that's what I'd always heard them called. Got some odd results.
Never heard of the term! But, I had to look. The Navy use is really interesting. But Google has thousands of other hits that are just goofy! Our bunnies were usually in a cage or frying pan!
I think it is too much advance concept u are thinking off!
I want to use the Arduino as a controller for send things through it, but what would I use to power the wind?
Use an air compressor or a vacuum pump, all up to you how you will power the system.
How can I control the vacuum using Arduino? Sorry I'm new to this.
Explain WHAT control you want to have? And when?
Like when I press a button, or do something input wise it turns on.
What turns on? To be honest with you, your very first priority is the construction of the pneumatic tube system with a smooth inside so your projectile will be able to travel from end to end with no bumps! Then design the gating system for each end, then think about automating the system, once it works manually.
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Systems vary a lot, it is important to know what you are moving down the tube, is it a coundinious, batch, or single item. Is it a powder, pellets, grain, etc? How much per hour? Do you want to use vacuum or pressure? How does the payload get separated on the receiving end?
I'm really looking for a way of controlling the wind with Arduino.
When the rest of the project is working, you will know the answer!
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If you could find just the right size flexible pipe to wrap the coil around, this would be a novel way to power the loop. No longer pneumatic though.
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Have you even read the Wikipedia page? Pneumatic tube - Wikipedia
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