Staring from Zero - Multiple motor control with various pre programmed routines

01Oscar

I would like to develop a project that will control· (on/off, no reversing) up to· 20··DC small motors· 1.5 to 3V in various ways for example:·sequentially in clusters, all at once while varying the speed·of some·clusters.· I would also like to have ·the capability to have any one motor run as part of multiple clusters, depending on what program is running at the time.· Given the number of motors, I want to have them powered from 110V ·source and I would like to develop a simple to use user interface - routines would be pre-programmed, user would only select the mode of operation.·

This is my first foray into the world of electronics.· I would appreciate it if someone could give me some pointers as to where to start to educate myself on the basics I will need and some suggestions as to what components would be appropriate to develop the project so I can focus on learning what I need.·

Thanks for any help you can offer.

Oscar

allanlane5

This request is actually quite broad and very hard to answer accurately.

A simple answer would be -- start with a BS2, a couple of Darlington Array chips, a BOE-Board, and like 4 motors. Get them working the way you want, then try to scale up.

One way to scale up would be to use the BS2 and BOE as a 'hardware interface', and build a sophisticated GUI on top of that which would allow the "pre-programmed routines" to be shown and selected by the user.