Fairly new novice to Arduino and coding in general.
In working towards automation of my dust collection, I've seen many renditions online. Simply starting with hardware, I would very much appreciate advice on what to get.
I wish to be able to control 16 servo-controlled blast gates, with signals generated from 9 different tools - all 110V/15 amp served on various circuits. Thus, the way I see it, I need hardware capable of recognizing at least 9 unique input signals, and capable of modulating 16 different servos. I don't mind to turn on/off the actual dust collector manually as it is already remote controlled and is a 3 HP 220V beast.
Would it be best to use the standard UNO R3 with a servo shield, or to use the Arduino Mega 2560? I am in the process of learning/understanding the code side of things currently, but will likely come up with related issues/questions down the line.
No, but that's the plan. There are already 16 gates in the system (though this could arguably be reduced with a little bit of redesign). I just have to build the anchoring for the motors and the applicable control arm.
The real issue I need solved, though, is whether the standard UNO3 with a servo shield can uniquely handle 9 different inputs and 16 servos, or if I should upgrade to the Arduino Mega.
