Its a large unit but I keep thinking that if you were going to build a robot with pneumatics this powerful you would probably want to have the air supply system separate. That way you could have a huge air supply so that you would not have to worry about the wimpy supply’s running out. I also have 1/8in hose barbs for this so I could get some very flexible 1/8in hosing from home depot and hook it up so that I could make a video with this on a robot.
I was thinking of making a robot that can jack itself up off the frame to add clearance, that would be awesome!!!
I cannot individually control each, the best I can do is add multiple cylinders to the same output port so they will all push when you switch the valve.
There are two output ports, 1 input port, and 2 exhaust ports.
Look here to get a better understanding of the valve.
Scroll down until you see the 5 port solenoid valve, it even has an animation.
I have heard about I2C but I have no idea how to use it yet.
I got this book at borders called “Making things talk” it explains how I can make my robots communicate with each other and how I can make robots talk to the computer and even servers on the web. That way I could distribute a command to my army of robots on a web server then they could access the net and receive the command and execute it!!! They talk about RS232 Serial TTL serial, and I2C in the book but I need to buy the parts from sparkfun in order to make it work.
aw man i’ve got 6 days and 2 hours of school left!
anyway you could probably make that cylinder shoot keps nuts or something, with a loader on top and the cylinder extending partway and retracting very rapidly
I had thought about this and I did a few simple tests to conclude that it is a very ineffective way of shooting projectiles. If I wanted to shoot stuff I would remove the cylinder and use the solenoid valve to cycle a double barrel pneumatic gun.
As for the lead acid battery’s, I could use these but I would need to buy rechargeable’s off the internet. Each battery is cheap, about $10 but then I need a charger and so on. But it pays off in the long run. Its something I will think about.
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