Sand Blast Controller Update to this project in the works
sam_sam_sam
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Hi EveryOne
This is a project that I have been ·ask to do·by employer
Here Is the project that·I have been working on for months
·I only work on this project when we have·not been real busy doing other thing and ·as my employer has given me time to work on it
Most of this project has been done at work
Some of this time was used to testing the controller
The Sand Silo hold 50,000·Pound of sand
We have a process that we do that we need to keep track of how much product·is left in the ·silo
so we can call the vendor to order more product there is NO WAY to put a scale to weight the Silo
The only way to know how much Sand was in the Silo was for Some Poor Soul to clime to the top of the Silo and look in it
There was one more thing that they want to keep track of·was how sand was being used for each job #
Then there was it would nice to know the Percentage of Product that has been·Used
Then I told them that there was no more room on the LCD Display for·any thing else
The only way is to do this is time how much ·product is used in one minute and keep track of it that way
·I· took the amount of product that is used in one minute by the Hopper
So this what we did was put 300 pound of sand in the hopper and timed how long it took to use up 300 pounds of sand
It took 4 minutes· and 8 seconds to run out the sand so it came out to 248 seconds
300 / 248 = 1.20967741935
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Post Edited (sam_sam_sam) : 9/26/2009 3:24:05 PM GMT
This is a project that I have been ·ask to do·by employer
Here Is the project that·I have been working on for months
·I only work on this project when we have·not been real busy doing other thing and ·as my employer has given me time to work on it
Most of this project has been done at work
Some of this time was used to testing the controller
The Sand Silo hold 50,000·Pound of sand
We have a process that we do that we need to keep track of how much product·is left in the ·silo
so we can call the vendor to order more product there is NO WAY to put a scale to weight the Silo
The only way to know how much Sand was in the Silo was for Some Poor Soul to clime to the top of the Silo and look in it
There was one more thing that they want to keep track of·was how sand was being used for each job #
Then there was it would nice to know the Percentage of Product that has been·Used
Then I told them that there was no more room on the LCD Display for·any thing else
The only way is to do this is time how much ·product is used in one minute and keep track of it that way
·I· took the amount of product that is used in one minute by the Hopper
So this what we did was put 300 pound of sand in the hopper and timed how long it took to use up 300 pounds of sand
It took 4 minutes· and 8 seconds to run out the sand so it came out to 248 seconds
300 / 248 = 1.20967741935
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Sam
Post Edited (sam_sam_sam) : 9/26/2009 3:24:05 PM GMT
1232 x 1632 - 585K
1232 x 1632 - 693K
Comments
There are a few people that I want to thank for all of there help in this Project
·Beau Schwabe··· ·P Basic Math
·Unsoundcode····· Saving data to the DS1302 Time Chip
·Leon················ ·P Basic Math
·Tracy Allen·········P Basic Math
·Mike Green········ Where to look for different thing on Parallax Site and point me in the right direction
http://forums.parallax.com/showthread.php?p=804217
There where a few problem to over come
One······ Was how to save data in the DS1302 in Case of Power Failure
Two····· Doing P Basic Math to Calculate Flow rate
Three··· Doing P Basic Math to Calculate Percentage of Product that was used out of the Sand Silo
http://forums.parallax.com/showthread.php?p=805223
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Post Edited (sam_sam_sam) : 7/25/2009 8:48:24 AM GMT
Do you have some additional pictures of the project and the display during runtime?
I notice you said your LCD ran out of space for additoinal information, I sometimes use to let the LCD change between different informations with a clearscreen in between, like say show time for 2 secs, then CLS, then show amount of precipitation for 2 secs, then CLS and back to time again, if you understand.
Thank You for your reply
These are the only photo of this Project that I can·share with you These photo where cleared by my employer to be shared on the Forum
Sorry about this
I notice you said your LCD ran out of space for additional information, I sometimes use to let the LCD change between different informations with a clear-screen in between, like say show time for 2 secs, then CLS, then show amount of precipitation for 2 secs, then CLS and back to time again, if you understand.
Do you have a routine that you can share with me on how you would do this
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Post Edited (sam_sam_sam) : 7/25/2009 8:40:35 AM GMT
' {$STAMP BS2pe} ' {$PBASIC 2.5} 'weatherRX_precip.bpe ' -----[noparse][[/noparse] I/O Definitions ]------------------------------------------------- RX CON 7 ' RX from receiver module 27981 LCD PIN 1 ' serial output to LCD lysSwitch PIN 2 ' Light switch PIN 2 RxLED CON 0 ' Blinking LED when receiving data ' -----[noparse][[/noparse] Constants ]------------------------------------------------------- #SELECT $STAMP #CASE BS2, BS2E, BS2PE T2400 CON 396 T9600 CON 84 T19K2 CON 32 #CASE BS2SX, BS2P T2400 CON 1021 T9600 CON 240 T19K2 CON 110 #ENDSELECT LcdBaud CON T19K2 ' Or..: LcdBaud CON 32 LcdCls CON $0C ' clear LCD (use PAUSE 5 after) LcdBLon CON $11 ' backlight on LcdBLoff CON $12 ' backlight off LcdOn1 CON $16 ' LCD on; cursor off, blink off LcdOn3 CON $18 ' LCD on; cursor on, blink off LcdLine0 CON $80 ' move to line 0, column 0 LcdLine1 CON $94 ' move to line 1, column 0 LcdLine0P7 CON $87 ' move to line 0, column 7 LcdLine0P8 CON $88 ' move to line 0, column 8 LcdLine0P9 CON $89 ' move to line 0, column 9 LcdLine1P12 CON $A0 ' move to line 1, column 12 LcdLine1P13 CON $A1 ' move to line 1, column 13 LcdLine1P14 CON $A2 ' move to line 1, column 14 LcdLine2P0 CON $A8 ' move to line 2, column 0 LcdLine2P13 CON $B5 ' move to line 2, column 13 LcdLine3P0 CON $BC ' move to line 3, column 0 LcdLine3P10 CON $C6 ' move to line 3, column 10 RainI VAR Byte RainT VAR Byte LastRainI VAR Byte LastRainT VAR Byte Humid VAR Byte LCDCount VAR Nib main: GOSUB ReadData 'DEBUG DEC RainI,".",DEC RainT, CR IF LCDCount = 1 THEN GOSUB Display_Precip IF LCDCount = 2 THEN GOSUB Display_LastPrecip IF LCDCount = 3 THEN GOSUB Display_Humid RUN 1 ReadData: GET 6, RainI GET 7, RainT GET 8, LastRainI GET 9, LastrainT GET 10, Humid GET 28, LCDcount RETURN Display_Precip: SEROUT LCD, LcdBaud, [noparse][[/noparse]LcdLine2P13,DEC RainI,".",DEC RainT,"mm "] ' Display today's precip. so far. PAUSE 10 RETURN Display_Humid: SEROUT LCD, LcdBaud, [noparse][[/noparse]LcdLine2P13,DEC Humid,"%RH "] ' Display humidity PAUSE 10 RETURN Display_LastPrecip: SEROUT LCD, LcdBaud, [noparse][[/noparse]LcdLine2P13,DEC LastRainI,".",DEC LastRainT,"mm* "] ' Display last day's precip. PAUSE 10 RETURNWell, Sam, the above code is a part of one of my projects, written for my favourite BS, the BS2pe but it should give you some ideas. I use a simple counter (LCDCount) that increase by one for every program loop and go back to 1 after reaching 3.
Thats because I need three different things to be written from the same place on the LCD.
To get a readable display the loop have to run slowly, perhaps·with a pause in between. In this example the display overwrites with no CLS without problem, but sometimes I need to put in a ClearScreen or a simple empty string to clear one single line, like:
SEROUT LCD, LcdBaud, [noparse][[/noparse]LcdLine2P0,"·················· "]
This is a simple solution, some ppl may have better ways.
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Thanks for sharing that routine I see how you do that
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I am working on add·a pressure transducers to calculate the flow rate and thinking about using this part
http://search.digikey.com/scripts/DkSearch/dksus.dll?Detail&name=287-1117-ND
One note
This project has help the company that I work for
Not to run out of sand and have to use the 50 pound bags of sand which cost more money and take more time to load the hopper
Also to·keep ·Some Poor Soul·from climbing to the top of the Silo and look in it to know how much Sand was in the Silo
More to come later............
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Post Edited (sam_sam_sam) : 9/26/2009 3:45:22 PM GMT