Guys, i'm sorry for my noobism. I don't really have any expierence using any kind of electrotechnical stuff, and i've tried to learn it through tutorials and googling it, but the proffesional lingo is killing me, i really have no idea what everything means.
So here's the bottom line. I have designed this industrial machine, which is able to saw through wood. It's quite complicated, so thats where the electric motors come in.
I need them to control the parameters. The cutting and sawing itself is done by a big-ass motor which is controlled by me. So the little electric motors do not need lots of power, they just need to be controlled through a PIC (or one computer. But preferably a PIC). Problem is; there are many. As i stated before, about a 120.
The PIC should be able to control the speed control, on/off AND bidirectional. That's about all. The electric motors itself are 5v motors, just like these:
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As I have NO experience whatsoever, i came to this site, hoping to clear some things up. What kind of PIC's should I use? Are there PIC's that can control 120 of these things, so that I only need one? What is the cheapest PIC suitable for the job? (I'd like to keep costs down as much as possible). And do I need more hardware (and what kind of hardware) to get the electric motor to move from the PIC?
Sorry for my lack of knowledge. It's just an entirely different world, electrotechnichs, and I can't really seem to get into it without the basic knowledge. Which i don't have.