Hi
Foolishly I have volunteered to take on a "little" project for our target shooting club in Worcester UK.
I thought I could "Easily" come up with a simple fool proof circuit to do the following,(However, its now really bugging me, and I'm ashamed to be asking for help now as I've found this more involved than I originally thought. Physical electric motor/pulleys are simple for me. It's the electronic control circuit that I'm failing on!
Goal:-
To create a 12V DC electric circuit that has 2 switches/sensors at either end of a 20 meter rail that will send a carriage backwards and forwards when the carriage reaches the end of the 20 meter linear track/rail.
The idea being that this carriage holds a Shooting Target that constantly moves right to left, hits the end of the 20 m rail activates a sensors/switch that reverses it direction until it hits the other end sensor /switch, and then reverses the carriages direction etc.
Any help would be greatly received.
The goal being a simple idiot basic circuit design any advice would be greatly appreciated.
I really would be grateful for any help.
I was trying to do this with latching switches, but realized this would not work as the RHS end would have to reset the LHS end and vise- Vera, and this is where it all went horribly wrong for me!
If you require a donation to a worthy charity I would be more than grateful to oblige!
Many many thanks
Mike.
Foolishly I have volunteered to take on a "little" project for our target shooting club in Worcester UK.
I thought I could "Easily" come up with a simple fool proof circuit to do the following,(However, its now really bugging me, and I'm ashamed to be asking for help now as I've found this more involved than I originally thought. Physical electric motor/pulleys are simple for me. It's the electronic control circuit that I'm failing on!
Goal:-
To create a 12V DC electric circuit that has 2 switches/sensors at either end of a 20 meter rail that will send a carriage backwards and forwards when the carriage reaches the end of the 20 meter linear track/rail.
The idea being that this carriage holds a Shooting Target that constantly moves right to left, hits the end of the 20 m rail activates a sensors/switch that reverses it direction until it hits the other end sensor /switch, and then reverses the carriages direction etc.
Any help would be greatly received.
The goal being a simple idiot basic circuit design any advice would be greatly appreciated.
I really would be grateful for any help.
I was trying to do this with latching switches, but realized this would not work as the RHS end would have to reset the LHS end and vise- Vera, and this is where it all went horribly wrong for me!
If you require a donation to a worthy charity I would be more than grateful to oblige!
Many many thanks
Mike.